850 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



MADISON. 



W. E. GRISMER, WINTERSET, NOVEMBER 3, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops not as good as average. 

 Season too wet in planting time and too dry in growing time. 

 C07-n — Eighty per cent. 

 Oats — Ninety per cent. 

 Wheat — Ninety per cent. 

 Rye — Eighty per cent. 

 Barley — Ninety per cent. 

 FloiC — None. 

 Buckwheat— !<! one. 

 Millet — Seventy-five per cent. 

 Sorghum — Eighty per cent. 

 Timothy — One hundred per cent. 

 Clover — One hundred per cent. 

 •Prairie Hay — None. 

 Potatoes — Ninety per cent. 

 Vegetables — One hundred per cent. 

 Apples — Ninety per cent. 

 Other Fruits — One hundred per cent. 

 Cattle — One hundred per cent. 

 Horses — Ninety per cent. 

 Swine — Ninety per cent. 

 Sheep — One hundred per cent. 

 Poultry — One hundred per cent. 

 Bees — One hundred per cent. 



Drai7iage— One hundred per cent more than ever before in this county. 

 Other Industries — One hundred per cent. 

 Lands — Not as many farms changed as in 1908. 

 Report of Fair — Held at Winterest, September 14, 15, 16, j.909. 



MAHASKA. 



C. F. MOMYER, XEW SH.\ROX, SEPTEMBER 24, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Only fair; wet. 



Corn — Fair; probaly two-thirds of a crop. 



Oats — Good quality; medium yield. 



Wheat — Splendid. 



Rye — ^Very little sown; good quality. 



Barley — Very good; small acreage. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — Small amount sown; good. 



Millet — ^None. 



Sorghum — Good. 



Timothy — Hay heavy; good crop of seed. 



Clover — ^Very poor seed crop. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — None. 



