858 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Millet — Takes the place of other crops that have failed to produce. 

 Considerable low land that could not be planted to corn was sown to mil- 

 let and it yielded well. 



Sorghum — What little there was planted did nicely as the fall was late 

 and favorable. 



Timothy — Very good and was put up in good shape; very little cut for 

 seed but what was cut yielded very well. 



Clover — Made a good growth but there never was such a small amount 

 put up, which was owing to the continued wet weather; none cut for seed. 



Prairie Hay — A very scarce article. 



Other Grains and Grasses — None other than has been mentioned. 



Potatoes — Was a good crop; acreage larger than common but the 

 yield of early potatoes was much larger than late ones; price 75 cents 

 per bushel at the time they were dug. 



Vegetables — Yield not large but the quality good. 



Apples — A very large yield of all varieties; price at the time they were 

 gathered was very low. 



Other Fruits — Peaches were a total failure; cherries good; plums not 

 so good while other small fruits were a fair crop. 



Cattle — Not very many being fed; stock cattle are very thin in flesh 

 owing to the severe cold weather and people holding back on feed for 

 fear of a shortage. Steers are very scarce and high. 



Horses — In good demand; selling at sales from fi-ve to six hundred 

 dollars a span; quite an increase in breeding and horses in general are 

 in good condition. 



Swine — "Very small crop of pigs raised as the price is so high that they 

 are sold as fast as they are in condition; quite a few fall pigs raised. 



Sheep — Not many raised in this section. 



Poultry — The wet and cold spring made very unfavorable conditions 

 for the raising of poultry and the prices are higher than they have been 

 for years. Eggs are also a good price. Poultry raising is a coming in- 

 dustry. 



Bees — The yield of honey was good and the bees are wintering well. 



Drainage — Very little done. However, it is a paying investment and 

 there is a great deal of talk about having it done. 



Other Industries — Farming is the principal industry in this section. 



Lands — Selling higher every year. Lots of land selling from $100 to 

 $200 per acre and some small farms of ten and twenty acres close to Red 

 Oak sold recently from $300 to $500 per acre. 



Report of Fair — None held. 



MUSCATINE. 



W. H. SHIPMAX, WEST LIBERTY, OCTOBER 27, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Early part of the season was 

 backward and wet. Good weather for hay harvest. 



Corn — Badly blown down by the wind the last week in August; up to 

 that time crop was in good condition. 



Oats — Fair yield and quality. Light in weight. 



