860 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Sheep — Very few in the county. 



Poultry — Average crop. 



Drainage — Not as much being done as usual. 



Lands — Increased about 20 per cent over 1913. 



Report of Fair — Held August 17th-19th, inclusive, at Ogden. 



BUCHANAN. 



PERRY .T. MILLER, INDEPENDENCE, OCTOBER 30, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops good and season fair. 



Corn — Fair crop; yield from twenty to seventy -five bushels per acre; 

 quality good. 



Oats — Good; yielding from thirty to fifty bushels per acre. 



Wheat — None raised. 



Rj/e — Very little raised but fair crop. 



Barley — Very little raised. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — Good crop. 



Millet — Good crop. 



Sorghum — Very little raised. 



Timothy — Good crop; yielding from one and a half to two tons per acre. 



Clover — Same as timothy. 



Prairie Hay — Good crop. 



Potatoes — Light crop. 



Vegetables — Good crop. 



Apples — None. 



Other Fruits — Good crop. 



Cattle — All cattle in fine condition; no disease. 



Horses — Good. 



Swine — A large number of spring pigs and they are in good condition. 



Sheep — More sheep in the county this year than ever before. 



Poultry — Lots of poultry of all kinds and in good condition. 



Bees — Very few bees in the county. 



Dj'ainag e^LiOts of tile being put in. 



Lands — Increasing in price and selling from $100 to .|250 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held August 18-21, 1914. Fine attendance and good 

 weather. 



BUENA VISTA. 



\V. J. SIEVEKS, ALTA, SEPTEMBER 25, 1914. 



Gdneral Condition of Crops and Seaso7i — The best crops we have had 

 in years. The weather in the early spring was ideal for sowing small 

 grain and the corn was put in the ground in good season. Rains came at 

 the right time. 



Corn — A little backward on account of fall rains and if the frost will 

 hold off for a short time the yield will be very large and would estimate 

 from fifty to seventy-five bushels per acre. 



Oats — An excellent yield, with an average of fifty bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Very little raised but quality and yield good. 



Rye — Very small acreage. 



