744 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Report of Fair — We held our fair at Winfield, on September 12th to 15th, 

 inclusive, but owing to rain we were only able to hold it one day and a 

 half. We had a good display of everything and would have had a suc- 

 cessful fair had the weather been favorable. 



HENRY. 



C. H. TRIBBY, MT. PLEASANT, OCTOBER 27, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — ^The early part of the season 

 was all that could be asked for but excessive heat and dry weather set in 

 the latter part of June and continued until August. 



Com — We never had as good a stand of corn but the hot weather and 

 lack of rainfall shortened the crop. The quality was good and the yield 

 average. Large acreage. 



Oats — Short straw; yield 15 to 45 bushels per acre; quality good. 



Wheat — ^Very little raised and that is all of the fall variety. The crop 

 was light. 



Rye — Not much raised; light this year. 



Barley — Small acreage; light crop. 



Flax — None. 



Buckioheat — Not much raised and what we had was damaged by the 

 continued wet weather in September and October. • 



Millet — Good crop but small acreage. 



Sorghum — Less each year. 



Timothy — Very light; one-half ton per acre. But little cut for seed. 



Clover — Light; large acreage. More being sown each year. 



Potatoes — Very light crop; started well but did not have enough mois- 

 ture to mature. Supply being shipped in. 



Tegetables — The very early and late crops good; others light. 



Apples — Never better. One-third of the crop went to waste. Not many 

 grown for commercial purposes. 



Other Fruits — Berry crop cut short by excessive heat. Cherries, plums 

 and peaches were good. 



Cattle — Our people claim land is too high to raise cattle on. We 

 depend mostly on the Missouri River markets for feeders. Not to exceed 

 one-third of the number raised here 15 years ago. 



Horses — Plenty of them. Not so many marketable horses as usual as 

 they have been picked up by shippers. Our horses have been materially 

 improved in the last ten years. 



Swine — The average number of pigs. The raising of swine is a very 

 profitable industry in Henry County. 



Sheep — Many more are raised than in previous years but the flocks 

 were materially reduced this season on account of the short pastures. 



Poultry — The poultry, especially the chickens, have outgrown all esti- 

 mates of years ago. Many of our farmers now pay for all their groceries 

 and part of their dry-goods through this industry. 



