876 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



cessive and hard rains in May and June and six weeks of succeeding 

 drouth, and very hot weather. 



Corn — Late planting interfered with by rains and the first plantings 

 badly washed out by rains. Very weedy as a rule. Estimated average 

 about two-thirds of a crop; 40 bushels per acre. 



Oats — Crop good generally both in quality and quantity; average yield 

 30 bushels per acre and generally overweight. 



Wheat — Not much spring wheat grown; average yield from 15 to 18 

 bushels per acre and over weight. Winter wheat, although not a large 

 acreage, has yielded well; about 25 bushels per acre and of good quality. 



Barley — Very little raised but v.'hat was raised is of good quality and 

 quantity; yield averaging 25 bushels per acre. 



Flax — Don't know of any sown in the county. 



Buckwheat — Dont know of any. 



Millet — Very little if any. 



Sorghum — ^Very little in county. 



Timothy — Good crop of hay and most of it put up in good condition. 



Clover — First crop good and secured in good condition; very little cut 

 for seed. 



Prairie Hay — Very little to be cut. 



Potatoes — Very poor yield; genergri average short; quality good. Where 

 the ground was fall plowed and the planting was done by the 20th of 

 April the yield for Rural New Yorkers was 125 to 180 bushels per acre. 

 Early varieties yielded from 60 to 80 bushels per acre. 



Vegetables — Short crop and not good quality on account of the long 

 drouth and extremely hot weather. 



Apples — Short and of poor quality; very little spraying done. 



Other Fruits — Small fruit generally good in yield; no peaches; plums 

 about as usual. 



Cattle — Good prices have prevailed; abundant pasture and prolific 

 breeders this season; well graded in this county. 



Horses — Good; shipping demand for both road and draft horses at $150 

 to $25.0. 



Swine — A fair breeding season; prices good; old stock sold close. 



Sheep — Shropshires the prevailing breed. Flocks of one to two hundred 

 head are growing larger. 



Poultry — Not a good breeding season; market active all through the 

 season. Eggs have been twenty cents, and above, all summer. 



Bees — Do not appear as plentiful as in most preceding years. 



Drainage — Such excellent results have followed work of former years 

 that much is being done this year. 



Other Industries — The season has been a favorable one for canning 

 corn; drouth ripened the corn rapidly. The output was not so large this 

 year as last. 



Lands — Still in good demand and prices advancing. Lands five and six 

 miles from railroad stations, with fair improvements, selling readily at 

 $100 to $125 per acre. 



