884 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



IOWA. 



II. A. HALVERSON, WILLIAMSBURG, SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 

 Corn — About two-thirds of a crop. 

 Oats — Good. 



Wheat — Not much grown. 

 Rye — Very little raised. 

 Barley — Good. 

 Flax — None raised. 

 Bnckivheat — None raised. 

 Millet — Good but not much raised. 

 Sorghum,' — Very little raised. 

 Timothy — About one-half crop. 

 Clover — About one ton per acre. 

 Prairie Hay — None. 

 Potatoes — Fair crop. 

 Vegetables — About one-half crop. 

 Apples — About one-third crop. 



Other Fruits — Not very good on account of drouth. 

 Cattle — Every farmer has a herd of cattle. 

 Horses — Good. Most every farmer raises a few colts. 

 Sivine — Good. Some cholera in the county. 

 Sheep — Not very many raised. 

 Poultry — One of our principal industries. 

 Bees — Not very many left. 

 Drainage — The county is well drained out. 

 Lands — Selling from $125 to $250 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held on September 8th-10th, inclusive, but on account 

 of the rainy weather we only had one good fair day. 



JACKSON. 



W. D. M'CAFFREY, MAQUOKETA, SEPTEMBER 25, 1914. 



Corn — Good, except along the river where it was washed out. 



Oats — Good. 



Wheat — Not much raised. 



Rye — Very little grown. 



Barley — None raised. 



Flax — I know of none. 



Bucktcheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — I know of none. 



Wheat — 100 per cent. 



Rye — 100 per cent. 



Barley — 80 per cent. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Timothy — 80 per cent. 



Clover — 100 per cent. 



