726 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Cattle — Better stock being raised each year. About the usual number 

 this year. 



Horses — Better quality each year. 



Swine — More full blooded hogs and better care taken of them. 



Sheep — Very few but on the increase. 



Poultry — Increasing each year. 



Bees — Very few. 



Drainage- — Some tiling being done but not as much as had been 

 planned on account of the dry weather. 



Lands — Increasing in value. Valuations from $80.00 to $125.00 per 

 acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Nashua, September 5-8. Had a rainy week; at- 

 tendance was cut down one-half. Exhibits nearly up to average. 



CHICKASAW. 



G. M. BIGELOW, NEW HAMPTOX, OCTOBER 19, 1911. 



Com — General conditions good; acreage large; yield fully up to aver- 

 age for this locality. 



Oats — Good quality; yield about 75% of an average crop. 



Wheat — Very little raised; quality poor. 



Rye — Practically none grown. 



Barley — Fair quality; small yield. 



Flax — Fair quality; small yield. 



Buckwheat — Scarcely any raised. 



Millet — Very little raised. 



Sorghum — Good quality; not much grown. 



Timothy — Good quality; very light crop. 



Glover — None raised this year; too dry. 



Prairie Hay — ^Very scarce. 



Potatoes — Late ones good; no early ones. 



Vegetables — Generally good. 



Apples — ^Very good. 



Other Fruits — What we had were good. 



Cattle — Plentiful and in fair condition. 



Horses — In fair condition and plentiful. 



Swine — Good condition and plentiful. 



Sheep — Not many raised in this county but they are in good condition. 



Poultry — Plentiful. 



Bees — Not many. 



Drainage — Good. 



Lands — Prices higher than ever; constantly increasing in value. 



Report of Fair — Held at New Hampton on September 12-15 inclusive. 

 The stock exhibits were not as good as usual but the farm products 

 exhibit was fine. 



