892 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Wheat — Very little grown. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Very little grown. 



Sorghum — Good quality and yield. 



Timothy — Average yield. 



Clover — Good yield. 



Prairie Hay — Not very heavy on account of lack of rain in the early 

 summer. 



Potatoes — Average crop. 



Vegetables — Average crop. 



Apples — Very few apples. 



Other Fruits— Yery good crop. 



Cattle — Scarce in this locality. 



Horses — High prices prevail and the demand is heavy. 



Swine — High prices prevail and hogs are scarce. 



Sheep — Demand good prices and scarce. 



Report of Fair— Wapsie Valley Fair held August 31st to September 

 4th. The attendance and gate receipts were the best in the history 

 of the fair. 



LUCAS. 



BEV. UEWITT WHITE, DERBY, OCTOBER 24, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Cor7i — The best stand we have had in years. Where moisture was 

 conserved corn goes to fifty to sixty bushels, which is extraordinary. It 

 is all clean and a higher percentage went into the silos than ever before. 



Oats — Too dry for oats; quality was good. 



Wheat — 75 per cent of average yield. Winter killed in spots. 



Rye — I know of none. 



Barley— Yery small acreage. 



Flax — Not any. 



Buckivheat — Used only as a catch crop where corn fails to make a 

 stand. 



Millet— Smsill acreage. 



Sorghum — Not enough for home consumption. ^ 



Timothy — 50 per cent of the usual crop. Too dry. 



Clover — Did reasonably well. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grain and Grasses — Blue grass pastures have never been better. 



Potatoes — Not one farmer in ten raised sufficient for family use. Early 

 season too dry. 



Yegetables — Extra early gardens fine. Too dry during the summer for 

 the late gardens. 



Apples — Probably 10 per cent of a crop. 



Other Fruits — Peaches were an unusual crop. There were but few 

 berries. 



Cattle — Standard is being gradually raised. Only about 50 per cent 

 of the usual number. 



