860 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Early crop good; late crop not so good. 



Vegetables — About the average. 



Apples — Practically none. 



Other Fruits — Small fruits good; others not much good. 



Cattle — Below the average of other years. 



Horses — Below the average of other years. 



Swine — Below average of other years. 



Sheep — Below average of other years. 



Poultry — Ahout average of other years. 



Bees — Below average. 



Report of Fair— Hold at Wilton Junction, September 14, 15, 16, 1909. 



O'BREN. 



.J. B. MUEPHY, SUTHEEL.\ND, OCTOBER 16, 1909. L 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Late spring, wet and cold; 

 latter part of the summer hot and dry. Corn crop fine. Barley and oats 

 did not thresh out good on account of rotting in shock. Hay was a little 

 above the average. 



Corn — Largest acreage in years and will average about thirty to fifty 

 bushels per acre; quality A No. 1. 



Oats — Large acreage; but one-half to two-thirds of stand on account of 

 wet, cold spring; yield twenty-five to thirty-five bushels per acre; quality 

 good. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 



Rye — None. 



Barley — Small acreage and very poor. 



Flax — None. 



Btickioheat — None. 



Millet — None. 



Sorghum — None. 



Timothy — Fair acreage; yield and quality good. 



Clover — Fair acreage; crop and quality good. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Very little. 



Potatoes — Large acreage; late potatoes poor; early crop large. 



Vegetables — Plenty. 



Apples — Plenty. 



Other Fruits — Scarce. 



Cattle — Smaller number than usual being fed on account of high price 

 of feed. 



Horses — Good quality and high in price. 



Sivine — About half the usual number; quality good as a rule, and no 

 disease to speak of. 



Sheep — Large number of sheep being fed, but not so many raised; 

 quality good and good yield of wool. 



Poultry — Plentiful, but a scarcity of eggs. 



Bees — Very scarce. 



