890 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Horses — Quality is improving. Prices are high, and it is a great 

 temptation to let the best individuals go^. 



S^icine — Owing to cholera, we have a light stock of pigs. 



Sheep — Not many raised, but they are profitable. 



Poultry — More than the usual amount of eggs and poultry marketed. 



Bees — No special effort made to encourage the bee industry. 



Drainage — A very marked increase in this line. 



Other Industries — Farming, mostly. 



Lands — Have increased in market value from $10 to $25 per acre dur- 

 ing the year and several farms have changed hands. 



Report of Fair — Held September 8th-llth, inclusive. We had a rainy 

 week and our gate receipts were not what we had anticipated. However, 

 our fair was a success. We paid all premiums, etc., but will have to 

 borrow money to pay for improvements. 



LEE. 



CHRIS HAFFNER. DONXELLSOX, SEPTEMBER 28, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Fair. 



Corn — About half a crop, caused by excessive drouth in July and 

 August. 



Oats — Half crop; quality good. 



Wheat — Full crop; good quality. 



Rye — Full crop; fine quality. 



Barley — Very little raised. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — None. 



Sorghum — Very little raised. 



Timothy — Fair. 



Clover — Light crop. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Fair. 



Potatoes — Very light crop, owing to drouth. 



Yegetahles — Fair crop. 



Apples — Very few apples. 



Other Fruits — Pears, peaches, plums and cherries a good crop. 



Cattle — Short Horns and Polled Angus predominate. 



Horses — Percherons predominate. 



Stcine — Poland Chinas and Duroc Jerseys predominate. 



Sheep — Shropshire and Delaines predominate. 



Poultry— A great deal of interest taken in poultry raising and all 

 breeds are represented. 



Bees — Very few kept. 



Drainage — More attention given to tiling than ever before. 



Lands — Selling from $125 to $225 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held August llth-14th, and was a success in every 

 way. We had fine weather, good attendance and the largest receipts in 

 the history of the fair. 



