TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII 767 



Potatoes — Early potatoes very light crop; the late ones made an average 

 yield of good quality. 



Vegetables — All very fine. 



Apples — An abundance of all varieties and of fine quality. 



Other Fruits — Plums and cherries in abundance; grapes fine; very few 

 peaches; light crop of berries. 



Cattle — In good condition and farmers are raising more pure-bred cattle 

 than ever before. 



Horses — A large number of imported horses are being brought into the 

 county and all draft breeds are more numerous than five years ago. Har- 

 ness horses are being improved and fine teams can be found in nearly every 

 farmer's barn. 



Swine — More numerous than a year ago. 800 were shown at the county 

 fair this year. 



Sheep — But few in the county but they prove profitable to the farmers. 



Poultry — One of the leading industries and on the increase every year. 



Bees — But few kept; good results this year. 



Drainage — Some drains being put in on low lands with good results. 



Lands — Selling from $125 to $225 per acre. The demand is just as good 

 as the day when it could be had for $100.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Marshalltown on September 11-16 inclusive. We 

 had one rainy day "out our attendance and receipts were ahead of any 

 former year. The exhibits of horses and swine were exceptionally large 

 and other exhibits about as in former years. 



MARSHALL. 

 H. M. Weeks, Rhodes, Octobee 10, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The season opened favorably 

 and crops were put in the ground in good time. However, the summer 

 drouth made the pa-stures short; made a light hay crop and did damage 

 to all field crops. 



Cor7i — In the western part of Story county the rains came in time to 

 bring out a fair crop, probably 90% of an average. The northern part 

 of Jasper and most of Marshall counties was considerably damaged by the 

 drouth, probably 80 % of an average crop. 



Oats — Harvesting weather was favorable and the crop was cut and 

 threshed in good condition. The quality was good and the yield from 20 to 

 25 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Spring wheat is not extensively raised and was a light crop; 

 from 10 to 15 bushels; good quality. More winter wheat is grown every 

 year and the crop this season yielded from 30 to 35 bushels of good 

 quality. 



Rye — None raised to speak of. 



Barley — Same as rye. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Flax — None. 



Millet — But little grown here. 



Sorghum — None. 



