920 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Other Industries — Agricultural county. Very few factories. 



Lands — In good demand. Not so much changing hands as last season. 

 Prices for improved farms about $100 per acre. 



Reiwrt of Fair — Fair held at Northwood, August 27th-29th. Some rain 

 first day. Attendance good on second and last day. Good exhibit of 

 stock and grains. Fair a success. Will close the year with a balance in 

 treasury. 



WOODBURY. 



JOE MOETON, OCTOBEB 20, 1914. 



Corn — The corn crop varies considerably throughout the county. In the 

 northwestern part of the county the yield will not average more than 

 thirty bushels per acre. In the northeastern part the average is probably 

 forty to fifty bushels per acre. The same is also true of the southern 

 part of the county. 



Oats — The oat crop was greatly damaged by hot weather shortly before 

 it ripened, and the average yield will not exceed thirty bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Comparatively little wheat is grown in this county, except in 

 a very few restricted localities where winter wheat is grown quite ex- 

 tensively. This crop yielded well. The average was in the neighborhood 

 of thirty-five bushels per acre. Spring wheat averaged about fifteen 

 bushels per acre. 



Rye — Rye was a fair crop, with an average yield of about twelve 

 bushels per acre. 



Barley — The yield of barley was between twenty-five and thirty bushels 

 and a very good quality. 



Flax — No flax raised in Woodbury county. 



Buckwheat — No buckwheat. 



Millet — Millet yielded very well as a hay crop, the average being from 

 three to four tons per acre. 



Sorghum — Late sorghum produced from three to four tons per acre. 

 Early sorghum was injured by the drouth and did not do as well as 

 usual. 



Timothy — Timothy on good land yielded one and one-quarter tons per 

 acre, and from this on down to three-quarters ton per acre. However, the 

 crop was up to the usual standard. 



Clover — Clover produced about one and one-half tons per acre, and in 

 some fields a second crop was obtained and was used for either hay or 

 seed. The seed yield of this second crop was about one-half bushel per 

 acre. 



Prairie Hay — A normal yield of about three-quarters ton per acre. 



Other Grains and Grasses— Alfalfa produced three crops, and on the 

 better lands the average was about four tons per acre. In some sections 

 the second crop was very small, and, on the other hand, where good 

 stands were produced, four cuttings were obtained, and the average was 

 four tons per acre. 



Potatoes — Potato crop about 60 per cent of normal. 



Vegetables — Early vegetables were injured by the drouth. Late vegeta- 

 bles yielded well, the average being, perhaps, 75 per cent. 



