FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 907 



Oats — A fair yield and fair quality; will average thirty-five bushels 

 per acre. 



Wheat — Will average about twelve bushels per acre; fair quality. Price 

 ninety cents. 



Rye — Will average about fifteen bushels per acre; fair quality. Price 

 fifty-five cents. 



Barley — Will average twenty-five bushels per acre; good quality. Price 

 fifty-five cents. 



Flax — None raised here. 



Buekuheat — Very little grown. 



Millet — Very little raised. 



Sorghum — Not much raised; good yield. 



Timothy — Will yield about two and one-fourth tons per acre; quality 

 good. 



Clover — Will yield about two and one-half tons per acre; quality good. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — There was a good yield. Pastures have been 

 fine since September 15th. 



Potatoes — Selling at sixty cents per bushel. There was a fair yield of 

 potatoes and they are of good quality. 



Vegetables — All kinds were very good. 



Apples — About 30 per cent of a normal crop. Not very good quality. 



Other Fruits — Lots of grapes and small fruits. Some peaches and plums.. 



Cattle— Bring a good price and there is a strong demand. 



Horses — Bringing big prices and there is a strong demand. 



Swine — Some cholera reported. Prices are good and the demand is 

 strong. 



Sheep — Not many raised here. Prices are fair. 



Poultry — Good prices and lots of poultry marketed. Eggs also bring 

 a good price. 



Bees — Good yield of honey. 



Drainage — Lots of drain tile being put in. 



Other Industries — All industries are profitable. An aeroplane factory in 

 this county is a new line; its product today holding the U. S. record for 

 longest continuous flight. 



Lands — Increasing in price and usually sold as quick as offered for sale. 

 Prices range from $125 to $225 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Fair was held on August 25th-27th, inclusive. We had 

 good exhibits and a good crowd. The fair was a success. 



POWESHIEK. 



I. S. BAILEY, JR., GRINNELL, OCTOBER 14, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Condition of crops good; sea- 

 son quite dry up to about the first of October. Since then we have had 

 plenty of rain and fall feed is in abundance. 



Corn — Good crop. No frost at this time. 



Oats — Fair crop; yield from twenty-five to fifty bushels per acre; qual- 

 ity excellent. 



