866 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Barley — Average; crop eighty-five per cent. 



Flax — Good; crop eighty-nine per cent. 



BucTcioheat — Fair; crop eighty-five per cent. 



Millet — Good; crop ninety per cent. 



Sorghum — Good; crop ninety-one per cent. 



Timothy — Good; crop ninety-one per cent. 



Clover — Good; crop ninety-one per cent. 



Prairie Hay — Good; crop ninety-five per cent. 



Potatoes — Average; crop eighty-five per cent. 



Vegetables — Good; crop eighty-nine per cent. 



Apples — Good; crop ninety-four per cent. 



Other Frvits — Good; crop ninety-two per cent. 



Cattle — Scarcity of good cattle and number growing less; young crop 

 less than average. 



Horses — Quality growing better; colt crop good in quality and num,- 

 bers, better than average. Good demand for salable horses at good prices. 



Sicine — Young cro]) small; a general scarcity is very noticeable. 



Sheep — An average crop. 



Poultry — Good crop of chicks. 



Bees — Scarce. 



Drainage — Improvement along this line is wonderful; much tiling is 

 being done and big dredges are visible along every water shed. 



Other Industries — Cement factory and flour and feed mill needed. 



Lands — Rapidly increasing in value, prices ranging from $75 to $125 

 per acre. No good farms for sale unless at an exceptionally good price. 



Report of Fair — Held at Fonda, August 3, 4, 5, 1909. Was a success 

 in every department: the best in the history of the fair. 



POLK. 



M. R. .S.MlI.KIi, >IITCIIi:i.LVlLLi;, JANTAKY 21, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — All crops below normal with 

 the exception of winter wheat and grasses. The early spring months were 

 abnormally wet while August and part of September were abnormally dry. 

 The late fall months w-ere wet and cold. 



Co7-n — Below average both in quality and yield on account of excessive 

 moisture early in the season and a drouth at time of earing. Corn was 

 badly Jodged by winds and this delayed cribbing. 



Oats — Below the average, caused by excessive wet and cold weather at 

 the time of germinating, developing and maturing. 



Wheat — Winter fully normal in yield and quality; spring below normal 

 in yield but fair in quality. 



Rye — Normal both in yield and quality. 



Barley — Not enough raised to base a report upon. 



Flax — None raised. 



BucTcioheat — None raised. 



Millet — Yield above normal; quality good. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Above normal in yield and quality of hay but seed was only 

 normal. 



