TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII 751 



potatoes — Small yields. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — ^A large yield. 



Other Fruits — ^Large crop. 



Cattle — Gfood. 



Horses— Good many horses raised and of good quality. 



Sioine — Good quality and a good many raised. 



Sheep — Not many raised. 



Poultry — Good quality; raised extensively. 



Bees — ^Very poor. 



Drainage — Good natural drainage. 



Other Industries — Two lime kilns and a button factory. 



LancZs— Increasing in value every year. 



Report of Fair — Held at Maquoketa, September 5-8, inclusive. Had a 

 large exhibit in every department. We had rainy weather but were able 

 to have some very good racing. 



JASPER. 



F. E. MEEEDITH, NEWTOX, KOVEMBEE 13, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Above the average. The lack 

 of rainfall during the growing season cut short small grain and vegetables 

 but the quality was good. 



Corn— 90% of a yield and 100% quality. 



Oats— 50 7o of a yield and 100% quality. 



Wheat — 75% of a yield and 80% quality. 



Rye — Normal. Not much raised in this county. 



Barley— 50% of a yield and 90% quality. 



Flax — ^Very little raised. 



Buckwheat — Normal. Very little raised. 



Millet — Normal. Very little raised. 



Sorghum — Normal. Very little raised. 



Timothy — 50% of a yield; about 80% quality. 



Clover — 50% of a yield; about 90% quality. 



Prairie Hay — Do not have any. 



Potatoes — 60% of a yield; about 100% quality. 



Vegetables — 85% of a yield; about 90% quality. 



Apples — 100% of a yield and 100% quality. This county never had 

 more apples, nor of better quality. 



Other Fruits — Great quantities of cherries, small crop of berries, 

 peaches and pears. Most small fruit was badly dried up. 



Cattle — About 75% of feeding cattle and about 75% stock cattle. 

 Both are short. 



Horses — About an average; prices a little off. 



Swine — About an average; considerable cholera among them. 



Sheep — ^About an average. 



Poultry — Very good. 



Bees — ^An average. 



