910 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



ADAMS. 



GEO. E. BLISS, CORNINt!, SEriEMHER 20, 1913. 



Com— Owing to drouth corn will yield only a lialf crop. A great deal 

 of it will be utilized in silos. 



Oats — Average crop; yield about 40 bushels to the acre and excellent 

 quality. 



Wheat — Winter wheat a fine crop. 



Bye — Just a small amount raised; yield about 30 bushels per acre. 



Barley — Straw short but fair yield; about 35 bushels to the acre. 



Flax — None raised in this locality. 



Buckwheat — Not any. 



Millet — Good crop; yield about 2 tons per acre and saved in excellent 

 condition. 



Sorghum — Good, but the acreage is growing smaller each year. 



Timothy — Extra heavy crop and put up in good condition. 



Clover — Good crop but small acreage. New seeding all killed by drouth. 



Prairie Hay — Good crop; ground nearly all broken up in this county. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Owing to abundant moisture in the spring 

 all grains and grasses were fine. 



Potatoes — Early ones good but no late ones to speak of. 



Vegetables — Early ones fine; drouth cut down the supply of late 

 vegetables. 



Apples — Promised well but they are falling badly and the quality is 

 poor. 



Other Fruits — Fairly good; few berries of any kind on account of 

 drouth. 



Cattle — Are in good condition but not so many as usual. 



Houses — Plentiful and in good condition. One sees more horses in the 

 pastures than cattle. 



Sicine — Owing to cholera herds are being depleted. 



Sheep — They are in good condition and there are more of them than 

 any other domestic animal. 



Poultry — Increased interest in poultry and large numbers raised; very 

 little disease. 



Bees — Have done extra well this year, making honey of very fine 

 quality. 



Drainage — Nearly all the farms are tiled in this county. 



Other Industries — Very little manufacturing done in this locality. More 

 farm machinery sold than usual. 



Lands — Not many farms changing hands at present. Land is selling 

 at from seventy-five to one hundred fifty dollars an acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 8-12. Only two days held this year on 

 account of rain. 



ALLAMAKEE. 



GEO. S. II.VI.I., WAUKON, OCTOBER 7, 1913. 



General CondUion of Crops and Season — Crop conditions were generally 

 good. Our rainfalls were of a gentle nature and enough to supply plenty 

 of moisture to make good crops. 



Corti — Better than the average and will make an average yield. 



