754 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Clover — Light crop. 



Prairie Hay — Light yield; season too dry. 

 Potatoes — Fairly good. 

 Vegetables — Good. 

 Apples — Light crop. 

 Other Fruits — Good. 

 Cattle — Good. 

 Horses — In good condition. 



Swine — Pig crop not as large as usual. Some cholera reported. 

 Sheep — Not many in county, but are of good breeding. 

 Poultry — A large number raised this year. 

 Bees — Small amount of honey; season too dry. 

 Drainage — Most of the farms are well drained. 



Lands — Range in price from seventy-five to one hundred dollars per 

 acre. Not many farms for sale. 



Report of Fair — Held at Manson, September 4-7. 



CEDAR. 



H. PIATT, TIPTON, OCTOBER 2, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season dry; crops good. 



Corn — Exceptionally large and well-matured crop. Best for years. 

 The principal varieties grown are yellow and white dent. 



Oats — Good. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 



Rye — Small acreage, but yielded a good crop. 



Barley — Fine. Good price obtained. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — None raised. 



Sorghum — Small acreage, but yielded weU. 



Timothy — Fair. 



Clover — Fair. 



Prairie Hay — None raised. 



Potatoes — Fair. 



Cattle — Breeds represented are Short-Horn, Hereford and Polled 

 Angus, all being well graded. 



Horses — Marked improvement in their breeding. Percherons, Shires, 

 Clydesdales and German Coach well represented. Manifest interest in 

 the breeding of roadsters. Ready sale and prices good. 



Swine — Chester White, Poland China and Duroc Jersey are the prin- 

 cipal breeds raised. Little, if any, disease. 



Sheep — Breeds represented are Oxford Down, Cotswold and Shrop- 

 shire. ,A large number of western sheep are shipped in to feed. 



Poultry — The egg and poultry market of this county is rapidly becom- 

 ing an important factor to the farmer, and is a source of much revenue. 



Fruit — Plentiful. Peach crop unusually large; one dollar per bushel 

 top price paid. 



