PART XIV. 



Report of Agricultural Conditions by County and 

 District Agricultural Societies in Iowa, 1913. 



ADAIR. 



S. E. ALLEY, GREEXFIELD, DECEMBER 8. 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season dry and crop conditions 

 fair. Hay and small grains extra good; corn fair; potatoes and late 

 garden very poor. 



Corn — Quality very good with about 75 per cent of a crop. Yielding 

 about 32% bushels per acre on the average. 



Oats — Quality very good and a very large yield, making on the average 

 about 45 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Quality very good with an extra heavy yield, making on the 

 average of 15 to 20 bushels for spring wheat and from 25 to 30 for 

 winter wheat. 



Rye — Not much raised. 



Barley — Not much raised in the county but the crop was very good, 

 yielding about 35 bushels per acre. 



Flax — No flax raised in the county. 



Buckicheat — No buckwheat raised in the county. 



Millet — Very little grown. 



Timothy — Very good crop, making about 1% tons to the acre for hay 

 and about 5 bushels per acre for seed. 



Clover — Very good; yielding about 2 tons per acre for hay. Not much 

 seed. 



Prairie Hay — Not much left but the crop was very good. 



Potatoes — Early ones fair; late ones very poor. 



Vegetables — Early ones good but the late ones were poor. 



Apples — Fair crop but most of them fell off the trees before they were 

 ripe. 



Other Fruits — Good crop of grapes, plums and peaches. 



Cattle — A large number of cattle raised but not a very large number 

 being fed. The market is very high and all cattle are in good condition. 



Horses — A good many colts raised and they are of good quality. All 

 horses are in good condition. 



Swine — A large number of swine raised but cholera has taken a good 

 many of them. 



Lands — Well kept and in good demand. Land is rapidly rising in value 

 and it is selling on the average of $100.00 or more per acre. 



Report of Fair — No county fair held this year on account of failure in 

 finances in 1912. It has not been decided whether there will be a fair 

 held in 1914 or not. 



