FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 883 



IOWA. 



JOHN C. IIINRICIIS, VICTOU. IOWA, 0CT013ER 2, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Slight shortage of rainfall 

 held the crops back a little but caused no great damage. No frost before 

 October. 



Corn — Heavy acreage. Will easily average fifty bushels. Some fields 

 will make eighty. Some fields damaged by wind but not seriously. 



Oats — Fair amount. Averages about thirty-five bushels to the acre. 



Wheat — Averages about twenty bushels. Some fields as high as thir- 

 ty-seven bushels. 



Rye— Not much raised. Yielded about twelve bushels to the acre. 



Barley — Made about thirty bushels to the acre; small acreage. 



Flax — None raised near here. 



Buckicheat — None raised. 



Millet — Very, little raised but what we had was good. 



Sorghum — Practically none. 



Timothy — A very large crop. A safe average would be eight bushels 

 an acre. Hay was rather short but of good quality. 



Clover — Considerable seeded in with timothy. Second crop not yet 

 hulled.- 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Considerable interest is being aroused in 

 alfalfa. A large number of farmers are planting it this year. 



Potatoes — Small acreage; yielding perhaps one hundred fifty bushels 

 per acre. 



Vegetables — This has been a good year for vegetables of all kinds. 



Apples — None. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — Average number being fed. Dairy cattle on the increase. 



Horses — Quite a little breeding done. Prices high. 



Swine — A good year for swine. More than the average number raised. 

 Have heard of no cholera. 



Sheep — Very few raised. 



Poultry — Plentiful. 



Bees — Not many but they are doing well. This has been a good year 

 for honey. 



Drainage — Good. Most of the farms are well tiled. Freshets caused 

 some damage but it was of an unavoidable nature. 



Other Industries — Much building being done, especially by farmers. 



Lands — Not a great amount of land for sale. Prices are increasing. 

 The highest paid lately was $265 an acre but there are numerous farm- 

 ers who have had offers of $300 or more. 



Report of Fair — Held August llth-i:^th, inclusive. Weather was fine but 

 it was dry and dusty. Our amphitheater burned this spring and there 

 was an indebtedness on it of $712. 



