FOURTEENTH ANNUAT. YEAH BOOK — PART XIV. 9G1 



M'hcat — Fall wbcat 20 bushels; spprins wheat 14 l)ushels. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — None. 



Flax — None. 



Buckicheat — None. 



Millet — None. 



Sorghum — Small acreage but very good. 



Timothy — Fair crop; about 1 ton per acre. Not much threshed but 

 seed is of good quality and made about five bushels per acre. 



Clover — First crop good, making about 11/2 tons per acre. The sec- 

 ond crop was short on account of dry weather and not much cut for 

 seed. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Blue grass short. 



Potatoes — Early ones a fair crop; late ones a failure. 



Vegetables — Very poor. 



Apples — Trees mostly full but falling badly on account of w'orms and 

 dry -weather. 



Other Fruits — Berries fair. 



Cattle — Generally looking good but not many of them. 



Horses — About the usual number and they are in good condition. 



SuAne — About the usual number. No cholera in the county. 



Sheep — Not many. 



Poultry — Plentiful and healthy. 



Bees — Not many kept. 



Lands — Not much changing hands but prices are high. 



Report of Fair.— Held August 18-21 and while the weather was very 

 warm and dusty we had a good attendance and good exhibits. We con- 

 sider the fair very successful. 



MUSCATINE. 



W. A. COOLING, AVTLTOX, OCTOBER 7, 1913. 



Corn— 75 % . 

 Oats — Light. 

 Wheat— Yevy light. 

 Rye — Good. 

 Barley — Fair. 

 Flax — None. 

 Bucktoheat — None. 

 Millet — None. 

 Sorghum — Good. 

 Timothy — Light. 

 Clover — Good. 

 Prairie Hay — None raised. 

 Potatoes — Early ones fair, late ones poor. 

 Vegetables — Good. 

 Apples — Plentiful. 

 Other Fruits — Lots of fruit. 

 Cattle — A little short. 

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