862 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Wheat — Not much raised; quality poor. 



Rye— Yery little raised; quality good; average yield 25 bushels. 



Barley — Not much grown; quality very good; yield 25 bushels per 

 acre. 



Flax — Very little grown; quality good; yield 15 bushels per acre. 



Buckioheat — None raised. 



Millet — Good crop cut for hay; yield two tons per acre. 



Sorghum — None grown. 



Timothy — Good; average yield two tons per acre. 



Clover — Good; average yield two tons per acre. 



Prairie Hay — Very little grown; yield two tons per acre; quality good. 



Potatoes — Light yield; quality good; yield 100 bushels per acre. 



Vegetables — Good; very few raised for market here. 



Apples — Light crop; quality good. 



Other Fruits — Cherries a good crop; plums small crop; gooseberries, 

 currants and grapes a fair yield. 



Cattle — Have done well on grass. More cows being kept but about the 

 usual number of cattle on feed. 



Horses — Condition good; no disease. r^Iore colts being raised than for- 

 merly. 



Sicine — Small crop of pigs; no disease. 



Sheep — Condition good; no disease; not many sheep in county. 



Poultry — A larger number of chickens raised than usual. Very few 

 turkeys; usual number of ducks and geese; no disease. 



Bees — Made very little honey; not as many new swamis as usual. 



Drainage — More tiling and ditching done than any previous year. Peo- 

 ple would have done more but were unable to get tile. 



Other Industries — This is almost wholly an agricultural county. 



Lands — Have advanced in price about $20.00 per acre; sells quite read- 

 ily at from $65.00 to $110.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair — No fair held in this county. 



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D. D. STITT. CL.VRINDA, OCTOBKR 20, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Early season wet; almost im- 

 possible to w'ork bottom land. Very dry weather for fall plowing and sow- 

 ing of wheat. 



Cor7i — Crop and quality good on dry and sod ground; old ground very 

 spotted; not much on low land. 



Oats — Best quality and yield for several years. 



Wheat — Quality fair; average yield about twenty bushels. 



Rye — Small acreage of spring rye; fair crop. 



Barley — ^Very small acreage; light crop. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Not generally grown; some extra heavy millet sown on account 

 of too wet for corn. 



Sorghum — Very little grown. 



