886 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



JASPER. 



r. E. MEREDITH, NEWTON. OCTOBER 26, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — About the average. 



Corn — 90 per cent. 



Oats — 90 per cent. 



Flax — None. 



Buckivheat — Good but only a small acreage. 



Millet — Very little in this section. 



Sorghum — Very good. 



Timothy — Good quality but yield not so large as usual on account of 

 drouth. 



Clover — Good. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Very light yield. 



Vegetables — Very good. 



Apples — Crop very light except where trees were sprayed. 



Other Fruits — Average yield. 



Cattle — Lots of cattle in this section and they are in good condition. 



Horses — Same as cattle. 



Sicine — A large number. No cholera reported to amount to anything. 



Sheep — An increasing industry. 



Poultry — About the same. 



Bees — Did fairly well but there are not many kept. 



Drainage — Very little done in this line as most of our lands are 

 naturally well drained. 



Other Industries — Manufacturing has been thriving. 



Lands — Steadily rising in value. 



Report of Fair — Held August 4th-7th, inclusive. "We had a record at- 

 tendance and the fair generally considered most successful. 



JOHNSON. 



GEO. A. HITCHCOCK, IOWA CITY. OCTOBER 27, 1914. 



General Condition of Crojis and Season — Good crops. Season at times 

 very dry but since the first of September we have had good rains, which 

 have made the late potatoes and pastures look fine. 



Corn — Good quality and good yields but blown down in a good many 

 places by the wind. 



Oats — Fair in quality but not an extra good yield. 



Wheat — Good in quality and yield. 



Rye — Not much raised but what we had was good. 



Barley — Good. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — None to speak of. 



Sorghum — Quite a little raised for feeding purposes. 



Timothy — Fair yield of seed and a good hay crop. 



Clover — Good yield of hay and some cut for seed. 



