916 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



BOONE. 



JOHN S. CROOKS, BOONE, OCTOBEE 4, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Fair; season dry and warm. 



Corn — Good average crop. 



Oats — Fair crop; 35 to 50 bushels per acre. Extra good quality. 



Wheat — Good crops; 25 to 40 bushels per acre. 



Rye — None. 



Barley — None. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — Not any. 



Sorghum — Fair. 



Timothy — Good yield and good quality. 



Clover — Good yield and quality. 



Prairie Hay — Good yield. 



Other Grains and Gi'asses — All good. 



Potatoes — Almost a total failure. 



Vegetables — Good crop of early potatoes; too dry for the late ones. 



Apples — Large yield. 



Other Fruits — Fair. 



Cattle — Many good herds and all in good condition. 



Horses — Large number of good horses. 



Swine — ^A great many dying. 



Sheep — A number of flocks being fed. 



Poultry — A large number and prices arc high. 



Bees — Not many. 



Drainage — A large amount of work being done. A number of large 

 county jobs. 



Lands — Some land changing hands; prices range from $150.00 to $250.00 

 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 1-4. Fair attendance; good exhibits. 



BUCHANAN. 



J. S. BASSETT, INDEPENDENCE, OCTOBKB 28, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Owing to the extreme heat 

 and drouth that characterized the season of 1913 crops of all kinds were 

 below the average. Final returns, however, were better than anticipated. 



Corn — The usual acreage; husking returns show yields from 25 to 50 

 bushels and in some instances as high as 75 bushels per acre is reported. 



Oats — Yields as low as 12 bushels are reported. The highest yield 

 report was 60 bushels. The quality was good and the acreage was in- 

 creased over last year. 



Wheat — Comparatively little grown in this county. On the small acre- 

 age sown, however, satisfactory results were obtained both from the 

 spring and winter fields. 



Rye — Winter rye is grown to a small extent, chiefly as a nurse crop for 

 timothy. It is not considered a profitable market crop. 



Barley — Acreage small; average yield IS; bushels. 



Flax — None grown here. 



