TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII 841 



KEOKUK. 

 Geo. a. Poff, What Cueer, October 20, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — About an average. 



Corti — Yield from thirty to forty bushels per acre. 



Oats — Excellent quality; yield from twenty-five to thirty bushels per 

 at'.re. 



Wheat — Very little raised, but excellent yield and fine quality. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Verj^ little raised. 



Flax — Very little raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little planted. 



Millet — Small acreage; average crop. 



Sorghum — Small acreage; average crop. 



Timothy — Crop heavy and extra good. 



Clover — Very scarce. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Hay crop heavy, about two to two and one- 

 half tons per aero; selling at from $7. .50 to $S per ton. 



Vegetables — Good crop. 



Apples — Crop was very short. 



Other Fruits — Heavy crop of strawberries and blackberries, and prices 

 were low. 



Cattle — Are in excellent condition. There are several large breeders in 

 this county. 



Horses — Have done well and are in demand at good prices. 



Sicine — A great many raised. A number of well bred herds in this vi- 

 cinity. 



Sheep — Not so many raised as in former years. 



Poultry — A great deal raised; quite an active interest here. 



Bees — Did not do so well this year as usual. 



Drainage — A great amount of tiling being done all over the county. 



Lands — Rapidly increasing in A'alue; prices range from $75 to $125 

 per acre. 



Report of Fai?'— Held at What Cheer, September 13, 14, 15, 16, 1909. 

 Was a great success on the last two days, the paid admissions being 

 larger than last year; rain interfered the first two days. All depart- 

 ments v.'cre well filled with excellent exhibits. The racing was good and 

 other attractions above the average. 



KOSSUTH. 



\V. E. MCDOXALD, ALGOXA, OCTOBER 28, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and, Season — Corn fully matured and a 

 bumper crop. Season favorable for farmers and nearly all fall work fifty 

 per cent ahead of average years. 



Corn — An excellent crop; will be better than average in last ten 

 years. 



