920 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



CALHOUN. 



W. Q. STEWABT, ROCKWELL CITY, OCTOBER 16, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Fairly good crops; fore part 

 of season too rainy. 



Corn — Good average; 40 to 50 bushels per acre. 



Oats — Fair average; 30 to 40 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Not much grown but winter wheat averages 15 to 20 bushels 

 per acre. 



Rye — Not much raised. 



Barley — Just fair. 



Flax — Not much raised. 



BucTcwUeat — Not much raised. 



Millet — Fair crop. 



Sorghum — Good. 



Timothy — One and one-fourth tons per acre. 



Clover — First crop 1^2 tons; second crop yielded about one bushel of 

 seed per acre. 



Prairie Hay — Good. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Fair. 



Potatoes — No good; small and not enough to supply home use. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — ^Large crop of fall apples. 



Other Fruits — Medium. 



Cattle — 25% of the average number. 



Horses — Average number. 



Swine — 25% of the average number. 



Sheep — 50% of the average number. 



Poultry — County full of chickens; no disease reported. 



Bees — Failure. 



Drainage — About all tiled out. 



Other Industries — Normal. 



Lands — $15.00 higher than a year ago. 



Report of Fair — Held at Rockwell City, July 29-August 1. All depart- 

 ments were fairly well filled. The weather was fine and we had the 

 largest attendance we have ever had. 



CALHOUN. 



11. A. ARNOLD, MANSON, OCTOBER 4, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good, rather hot and dry. 



Corn — An average yield and good quality except a small per cent of the 

 late planting. 



Oats — Not an average yield but the quality was good 



Wheat — Not much raised but the yield was good. 



Rye — Very little sown. 



Bailey — Where sown on good soil the crop was good, botli as to yield 

 and quality. 



Flax — None to speak of. 



Buckwheat — Mostly grown for hay; yield good. 



