758 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Vegetables — Fair to good crop. 



Apples — Big crop; good quality. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — Short-horns and Polled Angus predominate. 



Horses — Quite an interest taken in horses, Percherons taking the lead, 



Sunne — Duroc Jerseys and Poland Chinas predominate. 



Sheep — Shropshire and Delaines are in the lead. 



Poultry — A great deal of interest taken in poultry raising and all breeds 

 are represented. 



Bees — A very few kept. 



Drainage — More attention is being paid to tiling. 



Lands — Sells from $125 to $175 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Fair at Donnellson was to be held on S^tember 6-8, 

 but on account of excessive rains had to be declared off. The fair meeting 

 was a total failure. 



LEE. 



JOHN WALLJASPEB, WEST POINT, OCTOBER, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The general condition of crops 

 is somewhat below the average as the unusual dry season cut the pastures 

 short and also made a deficiency in the hay crop. The drouth began in 

 May and lasted until the 5th of September, after which time rain has 

 been very plentiful; in fact too much of it. 



Corn — The corn withstood the drouth in good shape and is turning out 

 about two-thirds of a yield. Many farmers cut up their corn before the 

 rains set in and the corn is getting musty, 



Oats — A fair crop; good weight and quality. 



Wheat — Good quality; fair crop. 



Rye — Not much sown. 



Barley — Hardly any sown. 



Flax — Very little sown; not worth mentioning. 



Buckwheat — Very' little sown; good prospect. 



Millet — Considerable sown; doing well. 



Sorghum — Suffered from drouth; quality good. 



Timothy — Suffered from drouth; about two-fifths of a crop. 



Clover — Suffered from drouth; about one-half crop. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Not much raised in this district. 



Potatoes — Almost a failure; although smaller in size than in former 

 years they are of good quality. 



Vegetables — Not many turnips sown on account of drouth. Cabbage and 

 other vegetables are doing well. 



Apples — A bumper crop; quality fair. 



Other Fruits — Peaches a good fair crop; plums and cherries good; goose- 

 berries and currants good; blackberries dried up. A fine grape crop. 



Cattle — On account of the drouth a lot of stock cattle were shipped away 

 and sold, making the supply much smaller than in former years. 



