. 002 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Horses — A good horse weighing 1,200 or 1,400 pounds will bring a good 

 price. The foreign governments are buying many small horses. One 

 agent bought twenty-five broncos yesterday. 



Swine — Farmers have lost heavily through cholera this year. 



Sheep — We have but very few sheep. 



Poultry — Lots of poultry; farmers are making a specialty of this in- 

 dustry. 



Drainage — Most of the farmers in this vicinity have tiled their lands 

 and those who have not are tiling as fast as they can. In the southwestern 

 part of the county many large ditches have been made. 



Other Industries — Moscow, Muscatine county, has become a great wa- 

 termelon and cantaloupe center. Several carloads were shipped this fall. 



Lands — Most of our land is $200 land. Farmers are making good im- 

 provements upon their farms. 



Export of Fair — Held August 18th-20th, inclusive. We had one rainy 

 day but will pay out. Farmers are taking more interest each year. 



O'BRIEN. 



GEORGE GARDNER, SHELDON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1914. 



Corn— Acreage is about 50 per cent of all grains. The stand is good 

 and the crop is well matured. Average yield is estimated at about forty- 

 five bushels per acre and the quality is good. 



Oats — Estimated yield is about thirty-five bushels per acre; quality 

 and weight fair to light. 



Wheat — Very light acreage with fair yield and quality. 



Rye — Practically none. 



Barley — Acreage is light; quality fair to good. Average yield estimated 

 at twenty-five bushels per acre. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckioheat — I know of none. 



Millet — ^Very little raised; quality and yield good. 



Sorghum — But little raised; quality is good. 



Timothy — Acreage is rather below the average; quality is good and 

 the yield fair. 



Clover — Clover hay crop is good; second crop is being cut mostly for 

 hay. 



Prairie Hay — None except slough hay, which is mostly a good crop. 



Potatoes — Acreage is considerably below last year. Condition of crop' 

 about 75 per cent, estimated yield about ninety bushels per acre. 



Vegetables — Generally good; quality excellent. 



Apples — Early varieties good but generally light crop. Late varieties 

 are poor to fair. 



Cattle — Prices considerably higher than a year ago, especially for the 

 dairy type. Not much of an increase in number and about the same 

 number of feeders. 



Horses — Mostly draft breeds being raised; prices average lower than 

 a year ago. 



