894 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Bees — Very few bees; condition good. 



Drainage — Natural drainage perfect; little, if any, tile necessary. 



Other Industries — Very few other industries. Cement machinery manu- 

 facturing concern doing a good business. 



Lands — Of the very highest quality and in first class condition. Aver- 

 age price at least $175 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held August 31st to September 4th, inclusive. A 

 very good fair. 



MAHASKA. 



J. C. HEITSMAN, XEW SHARON, OCTOBER 27, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Spring conditions were good, 

 with plenty of time for seeding and planting. The summer turned ex- 

 tremely dry, cutting short the late crops. The fall was too wet and 

 the crops were injured to some extent in the fields. 



Corn — Corn planted in good condition and by July 1st the crop was 

 far ahead of the average. Hot dry weather set in then and continued 

 until the crop was injured. In September heavy rains set in and the 

 corn was also blown down considerably. Crop will average from 60 to 

 70 per cent of the ordinary crop. 



Oats — Oats started slow on account of the dry weather but we had 

 rains at the right time and the crop averaged above the ordinary. 



Wheat — Generally fine crop. 



Rye — No rye raised in this immediate vicinity. 



Barley — Hardly any raised. 



Flax — None. 



Buckivheat — None. 



Millet — Very little grown. 



Sorghum — Very little raised. 



Timothy — Quite a good acreage. The crop was slow in starting and 

 the dry weather kept it short but the quality was excellent. 



Clover — Not quite an average crop on account of lack of rain. 



Potatoes — Badly damaged by dry weather. 



Vegetables — Only fair on account of the extreme dryness. 



Apples — Hardly any. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries, blackberries and raspberries, very short; 

 peaches plentiful. 



Cattle — Not the usual number and not many being fitted for market. 



Horses — Show an improvement. More draft horses are now being 

 raised and the quality is improving. 



8%oine—We have had quite a little disease in the past few years but 

 we have the average number. Better hogs are being produced and 

 farmers are paying more attention to them. 



Sheep — More than the average number and they are in better condi- 

 tion. 



Poultry — Far below the average. 



Bees — Very few on account of severe winters. Not much attention 

 paid to this industry. 



Drainage — Good; practically all farms are tiled out. 



