FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 901 



Other Fruits — Average. 



Cattle — About the usual number of cattle of all breeds and ages. Not 

 many on feed, more attention being paid to dairying. 



Horses — All classes represented, and there are many good specimens. 

 The market at this time is rather slow. 



Simne — The usual number. Cholera is considerably scattered over the 

 county and many are vaccinating. 



Sheep— Not many in the county. Some are shipped in for feeding. 



Poultry — This industry adds much to the finances of the county. 



Bees — An unimportant industry. 



Drainage — The dry seasons of 1913-14 have not been conducive to work 

 along the drainage line. 



Other Industries — Principally a farming community. 



Lands — The price of land is holding steady to an advance and ranges 

 from $175 to $250 per acre for farms and transfers at those figures are not 

 rare. 



Report of Fair — The Union District Agricultural Society held its fifty- 

 second annual exhibition on August 24th-27th, inclusive. The exhibits 

 were good in all departments and financially the fair was a success. 



MUSCATINE. 



W. A. COOLING, MUSCATINE, OCTOBEB 24, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — All crops are about the average 

 although the early part of the season was very dry. During the month of 

 October we have had plenty of rain. 



Corn — In the southern part of the county corn will go from fifty to 

 sixty-five bushels to the acre, while in the northern part the yield will be 

 less on account of the dry weather and heavy winds. 



Oats — Are of good quality but the yield is poor on account of the hot 

 dry weather. 



Wheat — Winter wheat was very good, both as to yield and quality. 



Barley — Good quality but a poor yield. 



Buckwheat — No buckwheat raised. 



Millet — "Very little raised. 



Sorghum — Pine quality but not much grown. 



Timothy — Short crop on account of the dry weather. 



Clover — One of our best hay crops; above the average. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Some alfalfa is raised but only in patches 

 where the ground has been carefully prepared has the yield been good. 



Potatoes — The late crop is fairly good although there are some that 

 did not get ripe. Plenty harvested for home use. 



Vegetables— Good yield and good quality. 



Apples — Almost a failure in this county. 



Other Fruits — All small fruits were short on account of the dry weather. 



Cattle — I believe there are more cattle in the county than a year ago. 

 Farmers have not sold so many calves and many cattle have been shipped 

 in from the southwest. 



