FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART XIV. 939 



Prairie Hay — A fair crop; the dry weather enabled farmers to harvest 

 and secure all crops. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa is a great success this year and 

 the several cuttings were secured with but little loss. 



Potatoes — A very light crop. 



Vegetables — All were injured by excessive heat and lack of moisture. 



Apples — As a rule apples are small and not up to the usual quality. The 

 yield will be fair. 



Drainage — Great interest in drainage. Many miles of tile ditches have 

 been laid this season. 



Report of Fair — Held at Missouri Valley on September 9-12. The ex- 

 hibition was a decided improvement over recent fairs and the fair man- 

 agement is very much encouraged. 



HENRY. 



JNO. A. EiVXTEB, WINFIEI.D, I0\VA, OCTOBER 17, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Early part of season good but 

 later it became too dry. 



Corn — Will average about half a crop and not an average in quality. 

 Most farmers report from 25 to 40 bushels per acre. 



Oats — Good quality; averaging from 25 to 35 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Not much raised. Yield averaged from 20 to 35 bushels per 

 acre. 



Rye — About 20 bushels per acre. 



Barley — None to speak of. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — None. 



Sorghum — Very little and it was not good on account of drouth. 



Timothy — Good crop. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — About one-fourth of a crop; too dry. 



Vegetables — Early ones were good; late ones did not amount to any- 

 thing. 



Apples — About half a crop and very poor quality. 



Other Fruits — Peaches, pears and plums were a fair crop. 



Cattle — Very few cattle on feed owing to the high price of corn. 



Horses — About an average number of colts. 



Swine — Not as many hogs on hand as usual on account of high price 

 of feed and loss by cholera. 



Sheep — About an average. 



Poultry — About the average of former years. 



Bees — Very few kept. 



Drainage — Most all the land in this section is tiled. However, tile 

 is still being laid. 



Lands— Yery little land changing hands at the prices asked. Prices 

 range from $175.00 to $225.00 per acre, according to improvements. 



Report of Fair — Held August 5-8. We had good weather and had a 

 very successful fair. 



