012 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



SorgJium — Very little grown. 



Timothy — Did not seed very good but the hay crop was fair. 



Clover — Fair yield and good quality. 



Prairie Hay — Not any. 



Potatoes — Very poor crop; potatoes are being shipped in. 



YegetabJes — Short crop. 



Apples — "Very good crop of apples. 



Other Fruits — Lots of plums; fair crop of grapes. 



Cattle — Very high, especially feeders. Not so many being fed as usual 

 on account of the high cost of feeders and corn. 



Horses — We have good horses but they are cleaned up every year by 

 horse buyers and shipped out. The quality is getting better each year. 



Swine — Lots of cholera; hogs have died by the hundreds. 



Sheep — This industry is increasing year by year and quite a number 

 are now being kept by the farmers. 



Poultry— A great industry. 



Bees — Not many. 



Drainage — Natural. 



Other Industries — Limited. We boast of one of the best sweet corn 

 canning factories in western Iowa. 



Lands — Land ranges from $125.00 to $250.00 per acre and advancing. 



Report of Fair — Held September 23-27. On account of rain the first 

 part of the w'eek the fair was held over one day. We only had two real 

 fair days. 



BENTON. 



SOL WHITE, VIXTON, OCTOBER 16, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Dry season; fair crops. 

 Corn — Average 40 bushels. 

 Oats — Average 30 bushels. 

 Wheat — None. 

 Rye — Average 20 bushels. 

 Barley — Average 30 bushels. 

 Flax — None. 

 Buckwheat — None. 

 Millet — None. 

 Sorghum — None. 

 Timothy — Good crop. 

 Prairie Hay — None. 

 Potatoes — Very poor. 

 Vegetables — Fair. 

 Apples — Good. 

 Other Fruits — Berries good. 



Cattle — High in price and about tli(> average number. 

 Horses — Average; quality good. 



Swine — Many thousands liave died witli cholera but there seems to be 

 a good lot on hand. 



Sheep — Small flocks; a good many shipped in for feeding. 

 Poultry — A great induetry in this county. 

 Bees — Fair, 



