916 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Apples — Very scarce. 

 Other Fruits — Too dry weather. 

 Cattle — Scarce and high. 



Horses — A good many. Good ones selling high. 

 Swine — Very good supply. No cholera that I know of. 

 Sheep — A few flocks kept. 

 Poultry — Good. 

 Bees — Scarce. 

 Drainage — Natural. 

 Other Industries — None. 



Lands — Not much land changing hands. Average prices about $100 

 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 3d, 4th and 5th. 



WEBSTER. 



A. G. KIGBY, FORT DODGE, OCTOBER 15, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Conditions the early part of 

 the spring and summer were very favorable for all kinds of crops with 

 abundant moisture and plenty of sunshine. Soil in excellent condition. 

 Drouth during the latter part of summer and early fall cut the yield of 

 the later maturing crops. Quality of all crops generally is good. 



Corn — Quality good. Yield cut from 20 to 50 per cent in different parts 

 of county on account of drouth. Practical freedom from frost to date 

 gives all corn splendid chance to mature. 



Oafs— l^plendid quality and good yield. Many fields reported fifty to 

 sixty bushels to the acre. 



Wheat — Not a large acreage, but quality and yield good. 



Rye — Not much rye raised in this county, but what is raised is good 

 quality and fair yield. 



Barley — Small amount raised. Quality and yield above average. 



Flax — None raised in this county that I know of. 



Buckwheat — Not much raised this year. 



Millet — Acreage small, but quality and yield excellent. 



Sorghum — Hurt by drouth; small acreage. 



Timothy — Excellent quality and fairly large yield per acre. 



Clover — Old seeding, good quality and yield; new seeding, not up to 

 average, probably on account of dry weather. Second crop of clover cut 

 short on account of lack of rain. 



Prairie Hay — Practically none raised. 



Other Grains and Grasses — None to speak of raised in county. 



Potatoes — A very short crop on account of drouth. 



Yegetahles — Poor year for vegetables on account of the very dry season. 



Apples — Practically no apples on account of late frosts killing buds and 

 unfavorable season generally. 



Other Fruits — Short crop on account of unfavorable conditions. 



Cattle — This is not a dairying county, though more attention is being 

 given to this branch of stock raising. More beef cattle are raised and 

 more attention paid to pure breeds than formerly. Herefords, Galloways, 

 Red Polls and Shorthorns are in favor. 



