778 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



JEFFERSON. 



R. C. SAYEKS, FAIRFIELD, SEPTEMBER 17, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Above the average crop. 



Oats — Not very good. 



Wheat — Small acreage, but yielded a crop of fair quality. 



Rye — Fair. 



Barley — Very little raised. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Good. 



Sorghum — Small acreage. 



Timothy — Not as large yield as usual, but of excellent quality. 



Clover — Did well; more being sown each year. 



Prairie Hay — Very little raised. 



Potatoes — Good, both in quality and yield. 



Vegetables — ^^Good, although some parts of the season was a little 

 too dry. 



Apples — Yielded a large crop. 



Other Fruits — Extra large crop of peaches; other fruits on an aver- 

 age with crops of former years. 



Cattle — Have done well; many fine herds of registered stock in 

 county. 



Horses — Have done well. 



Swine — Good supply, and are doing well. 



Sheep — Although there are not many in this county, they have done 

 well the past season. 



Poultry — Several fanciers in this county, and the showing in this 

 department of our fair was excellent. 



Bees — Very few kept. 



Drainage — A great deal of tiling is being done. 



Other Industries — Are in a prosperous condition. 



Lands — Price ranges from forty to one hundred dollars per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Fairfield, September 11-14. Owing to unfa- 

 vorable weather the attendance was not as large as it otherwise would 

 have been. All departments were well filled with excellent exhibits, and 

 our speed program was unusually good. 



JOHNSON. 



GEORGE A. HITCHCOCK, IOWA CITY, OCTOBER 16, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Good. 



Oats — Averaged about thirty bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Good. 



Rye — Fair. 



Barley — Light yield. 



