868 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



POWESHIEK. 



JAMES XOWAK, MALC0L:M, OCTOBER 29, 1909. 



General Condition of Groups and Season — A rather cold, backward spring, 

 a severe droutli in August, and a very early freeze the first half of Octo- 

 ber, damaging apple and potato crops, also some of the late corn. 



C07-71 — Not as good yield and quality as last year; damaged by dry 

 weather in August. Average yield for the county estimated at thirty- 

 two and one-half bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Small acreage but good crop; average yi<'kl sixteen and one- 

 half bushels per acre. 



Rye — Small acreage; yield about seventeen bi'sheis per acre. 



Barley — Average yield about twenty-six and one-half bushels per acre. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Small acreage; quality good and yield fair. 



Millet — Very little raised; fair results. 



Sorghum — Limited acreage; fair yield and good quality. 



Timothy — Good quality; fair price; average about one and one-half tons 

 per acre. 



Clover — Yield abcut cne ton per acre. 



Prairie Hay — None cut. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Pastures have been good, except late in sum- 

 mer when grass was damaged by dry weather. 



Potatoes — Good yield of early varieties; late potatoes suffered from 

 drouth in August and freeze in October. 



Vegetables — Cucumbers and cabbage suffered from drouth; other vari- 

 eties good. 



Api)les — Light crop; damaged by late frpsts in spring and early freeze 

 in October. 



Other Fruits — Poor year for nearly all kinds of fruits. 



Cattle — Industry is growing. Prices good and demand large. Butter 

 cream, and even skim milk, are bringing good prices. No disease. 



Horses — Large demand for horses of all kinds; prices high. 



Swine — The most profitable industry on the farm, bringing quick re- 

 turns. Prices high and demand largei* than the supply. No disease. 



Sheep — Not many raised here. Prices have been good. 



Poultry — This industry is profitable; eggs are high the year around and 

 chickens are in demand at big prices. 



Bees — Crop about as usual. 



Drainage — Mile after mile of tile is put dovvu every year. Every one 

 realizes this is an improvement that pays for itself in a few years by in- 

 creased yields. 



Other Industries — All branches of business have had a busy season. 

 Towns are improving as well as the farms; over $300,000 worth of paving 

 was contracted for in the towns of this county. 



Lands — Advancing in price each year. A wide range of prices; im- 

 proved farms sold from $70 to $200 per acre last year. 



Report of Fair— Held at Malcolm, August 24. 25, 26, 1909. A success 



