960 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Timothy — Not mucli timothy raised this year. 



Clover — Good clover crop; some farmers report a bushel per acre and 

 some even better. 



Prairie Hay — Rather a small crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses. — Fair. 



Potatoes — Crop very light; reports now would indicate about 90 to 100 

 bushels per acre. 



Vegetables — Not up to the average on account of dry weather. 



Apples — Abundant crop of apples; more than we could market. 



Other Fruits — Berries a fair yield; plums a poor yield. 



Cattle — Farmers are paying more attention each year to the breeding 

 of cattle. A great many farmers are starting pure bred herds. 



Horses — Same as cattle. . 



Drainage — A great deal of tile has been put in this year. 



Other Industries — Farmers' creameries and beet raising interests the 

 farmers of late. 



Lands — Are increasing in value each year; some farms are selling for 

 $150.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Osage on September 9-12. The weather was 

 fair but the roads were bad on account of rains nearly every night. Ex- 

 penses were about as usual and the attendance not quite up to what it 

 should have been. 



MONONA. 



I. A. BLOCTKY AND J. >I. HATHAWAY, ONAWA, OCTOBER 27, 1913. 



Corn — 75% of full crop. 



Oats— 15% of full crop. 



Wheat— S5% of full crop. 



Barley— &0% of full crop. 



Flax — None. 



MiUct—607o of full crop. 



Sorghum — 70% of full crop. 



Prairie Hay — Full crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Full crop. 



Potatoes— 20% of full crop. 



Apples — 50% of full crop. 



Other Fruits — 40% of full croj). 



Cattle — Normal. 



Horses — Normal. 



Swine — 65% of the usual number on account of hog cholera. 



Pmiltry — 80% of the usual number. 



Drainage-^Too dry. 



Lands — Increasing in value on account of raise of taxes. 



Report of Fair— Held September 9-10-11-12. 



MONROE. 



LOREN PERRIX, ALIIIA, SKPTKMHER 14, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Very dry since June 1st. 



Corn — Not over 25% of a crop. 



Oats — Very good; average 35 to 60 bushels per acre. 



