898 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



MILLS. 



G. H. WHITE, MALVERX, OCTOBER 31, 1914. 



Generp.1 Condition of Crops and Season — Season was not favorable for 

 the best results. Crops below the average. 



Corn — Average about thirty bushels to the acre. On account of heavy 

 winds and much rain in September the corn is badly down and much 

 of it is of poor quality. 



Wheat — Average of about twenty bu^iels to the acre; quality good. 



Rye — Very little rye raised in this county. 



Barley — Very little barley in this county. 



Flax — None. 



Millet — About the average crop. Not a large acreage. 



Sorghum — About the average crop. Not much raised. 



Timothy — On account of the dry season there was not much timothy 

 and it yielded about one ton to the acre. 



Clover — A good crop; yielded about a ton and a half per acre. 



Prairie Hay — Not much left. 



Other Grains and Grasses — About the only other grass raised in this 

 county is alfalfa, of which there is quite a large acreage. The crop was 

 good, most of it making four good crops. 



Potatoes — Light crop and not the usual acreage. 



Vegetables — Only grown for home consumption. Crop light on account 

 of the dry weather. 



Apples — A light crop. 



Other Fruits — All kinds very light. 



Cattle — About the usual number of cattle in the pastures but very 

 few in the feed lots. 



Horses — Not so many colts as usual. 



Swine — -About the usual number of hogs and there has been consid- 

 erable loss from disease. 



Sheep — Very few sheep raised in this county. 



Poultry — About the usual number. 



Bees — Very few bees in this county. Honey crop short. 



Drainage — No drainage projects in the course of construction at 

 present. 



Lands — Advancing in price, ranging from $100 to $200 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held August 4th-7th, inclusive. The attendance was 

 good; races very good; exhibits good in the stock departments but our 

 dates were too early for good displays in the agricultural and fruit de- 

 partments. 



MITCHELL. 



CAEL H. SPAANUM, OSAGE, SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops in general are good. 

 Season has been fair. 



Corn — Yield varies over the county. Some places the yield will be 

 sixty to seventy-five bushels per acre but where the flood covered the 

 land corn is not so good. 



