782 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Cattle — Doing fine; some being fed; prices good; not the average num- 

 ber. 



Horses — Scarce and good prices prevail. 



Swine — In the best of condition; but not the usual number of young 

 pigs. 



Sheep — Fine quality but not many in the county. 



poultry — In the best of condition and a great many raised. Produce 

 company paying good prices for same. 



Bees — Season very unfavorable. 



Drainage — Lands pretty well tiled. 



Other Industries — ^Tile works, stone plant, canning factory for sweet 

 corn all doing a fine business. 



Lands — All land is of the best and selling for fair prices; some changing 

 hands from $85.00 to $200.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Sac City August 8-11. The largest and best 

 ever held in our county. We built a large stock pavilion this year and 

 many other improvements. The fair is in good condition financially 

 and every one is a booster. 



SHELBY. 



FEED FEAZIEB, HARLAN, SEPTEMBER 23, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops are fairly good, consid- 

 ering that we have ha'd the most protracted drouth since 1894. 



Corn — We will have about 2-3 of a normal crop of good sound merchant- 

 able corn. 



Oats — The poorest crop ever grown here; poor yield; poor quality. 



Wheat — Some winter wheat yielded as high as 38 bushels but not a 

 great deal sown. Spring wheat not a heavy yield, probably an average 

 crop for this locality. 



Rye — But little grown; fair crop. 



Barley — Good crop; about an average yield of good quality. 



Flax — None grown. 



Buckwheat — None grown except an occasional patch for bees. 



Millet — Too dry for this crop; an occasional patch looks fairly well 

 but little sown this season on account of the dry weather. 



Sorghum — Just an occasional patch. 



Timothy — Fairly good crop of hay, probably a ton to the acre. Seed 

 is high priced and much of the hay is being threshed for seed. 



Clover — Poor crop; badly winter killed. Crop thin and light. 



Prairie Hay — Only a few sloughs of wild hay left; fairly good yield. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa is good but we have only a small 

 acreage. The blue grass has not done well this season. 



Potatoes — Poor crop; selling for 40c per peck. 



Vegetables — Poor crop of all kinds of vegetables. 



Apples — Probably the best yield and quality that has ever been known 

 in this county. Mostly summer and fall varieties. 



Other Fruits — Abundant and good quality. 



