872 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Lands — Some land has been changing hands all year and the price has 

 gradually increased. Land ranges from $100 to $200 per acre. Quite a 

 number of well improved farms have sold for more than $160 per acre. 



Report of Fair — The Clay County Fair and picnic was held September 

 17, 1914. All the expenses of the fair were raised by subscription, so 

 everything was free. The day was ideal and we had a very large crowd 

 and more stock than we had anticipated. 



CLINTON. 



G. H. CHRISTENSEX, DE WITT. OCTOKER 26, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and treason — Good. 

 Corn — Forty bushels per acre. 



Oats — Fair crop; thirty to forty-five bushels per acre. 

 Wheat — Twenty to thirty bushels per acre; quality good. 

 Rye — Fair crop; not much raised. 

 Barley — None. 

 Buckicheat — None. 

 Timothy — Fair crop; small acreage. 

 Clover — Not much grown; fair crop. 

 Other Grains dnd Grasses — Good crop. 

 Potatoes — Not many raised; fair crop. 

 Vegetables — Good crop. 

 Apples — Not any this year. 

 Other Fridts — Fair crop. 

 Cattle — Feeders just beginning. 

 Horses — Good; many good horses. 



Swine — Lots of good hogs. Not so much sickness as last year. 

 Sheep — Only a very few herds. 

 Poultry— Fine lot of poultry. Eggs are high. 

 Bees — No honey; a good many bees. 

 Drainage — Not much tiling this year. 

 Other Industries — None. 

 Lands — Selling from $150 to $250 per acre. 



Report of Fair — A very rainy week. We ran behind in attendance 

 about 8,000 people. We paid all premiums in full; also all expenses. 



CRAWFORD. 



O. M. CRISWELL, ARIOX, SEPTEMBER 22, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 

 Corn — Very good; above the average. 



Oats — Just fair; yield from twenty to forty bushels per acre. 

 Wheat — Winter wheat, twenty to thirty bushels per acre; spring wheat, 

 from eight to twenty bushels per acre. 

 Rye — None to speak of. 



Barley — Yielded from twenty to thirty bushels per acre. 

 Flax — None raised. 

 Buckicheat— None raised. 



