758 IOWA PEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



CLINTON. 



J. B. AHRENS, LTONS, SEPTEMBER 29, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good and very favorable. 

 No frosts in this vicinity to date. 



Corn — Of good quality and will yield, on an average, forty bushels 

 per acre. 



Oats — Not as good as last year. Would have been of good quality 

 had it not been for the wet weather during harvest time. Average yield 

 thirty-five bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Small acreage, but yielded an average of twenty-seven 

 bushels per acre and was of good quality. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — Averaged about thirty bushels per acre, of fair color and 

 quality. 



Flax. Buckwheat, Millet, Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Short crop; quality good. 



Clover — Good stand, also of good quality. 



Prairie Hay — None raised. 



Potatoes — Yield not up to average; quality fair. 



Vegetables — Plentiful, and of good quality. 



Apples — About half a crop. 



Other Fruits — Peaches and pears plentiful, and of good quality. 



Cattle — The same as usual. Not much attention paid to breeding. 



Horses — Plentiful. A great deal of attention paid to quality of breed- 

 ing. Drafters selling at from one hundred to two hundred and fifty 

 dollars. 



Swine — An unusually large number raised this year. 



Sheep — None to speak of, especially in this vicinity. 



Poultry — Plentiful, the weather having been favorable for the rais- 

 ing of them. 



Drainage — Very little artificial drainage being done. 



Lands — Active demand at prices ranging from eighty-five to one hun- 

 dred and twenty dollars per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Clinton, September 18-21. Weather extremely 

 favorable through the week. Live stock exhibit was not as large as last 

 year, which was no doubt due to the extreme hot weather. Other ex- 

 hibits were as large as usual, and the attendance was very good con- 

 sidering that ours was the last fair in this vicinity. 



CLINTON. 



p. BUTTERFUSS, DE WITT, OCTOBER 15, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops good; season warm 

 and wet at the right time. 



Corn — Good. Perhaps never better. 



Oats — Good, both in yield and quality. 



Wheat — None raised. 



Rye — Small acreage; quality a little light in weight. 



