790 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Vegetables — Fair. 



Apples — Excellent crop of apples; good quality. 



Other Fruits — Small fruits suffered for want of moisture. In parts 

 of the county there were some very good yields. 



Cattle — Not a good year for feeding cattle on account of the poor 

 pasture. However, there has been the usual number raised and from 

 all reports they are doing well. 



Horses — High priced; no surplus. 



Stvine — The average number raised and they are in good condition. 

 No disease or epidemic reported. 



Sheep — A fine quality of sheep raised but not as many as in other 

 localities. 



Poultry — The poultry industry, I believe, has greatly increased during 

 the last two years. There are many fanciers raising large flocks. 



Bees — An unusually small amount of honey on account of the dry 

 weather. 



Drainage — I believe the system of draining the lowlands of Woodbury 

 county is as good as any county in the state. 



Other Industries — Other manufacturing industries we have seem to 

 be in a flourishing condition. 



Lands — Steadily increasing in value and there is a strong marliet for 

 land in this county; more buyers than sellers. 



Report of Fair — The Interstate Live Stock Fair was held at Sioux City, 

 September 18-23 inclusive. In regard to exhibits and attendance it was 

 one of the oest fairs ever held by this association. The weather was 

 good and the patrons seemed perfectly satisfied. 



WOODBURY. 



JAMES HOBBS, MOVILLE, SEPTEMBEB 25, 1911, 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops generally are of very 

 good quality but the quantity is less than any year since 1894. The early 

 spring was very favorable but hot winds and dry weather set in in early 

 summer and this caused the low yield. 



Corn — About 65 per cent of the average crop. 



Oats — Yielded from 10 to 30 bushels per acre; light weight. 



Wheat — Fall wheat made from 15 to 40 bushels per acre; spring wheat 

 from 8 to 12 bushels per acre; poor quality. 



Rye — Acreage very light. 



Barley — 40% of an average crop. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — None. 



Sorghum — None. 



Timothy — Not more than one-half ton per acre. 



Clover — One-half crop; about one ton per acre; no second crop. 



Prairie Hay — Fine quality and about two-thirds of an average crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa good. 



