798 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Swine — All are in good condition, and no disease reported. 



Sheep — Are kept for both wool and mutton, and there is an increase 

 in their numbers each year. 



Poultry — According to Congressman Dawson "The American Hen" 

 is the best thing on the farm, and the farmers' wives here are be- 

 ginning to think this is true. 



Bees — Very few kept, and the yield of honey the past season was 

 light. 



Other Industries — The Iowa Condensed Milk Company here had a 

 very successful year, but the supply of milk does not meet their de- 

 mand. They now receive between twenty and twenty-five thousand 

 pounds per day, for which they pay a price that will average nearly 

 one dollar and twenty cents per hundred pounds. 



Report of Fair — Held at . West Liberty, August 21-24, and was a 

 success in every respect. The attendance on Wednesday, which was 

 children's day, was very good, and on Thursday our record for attends 

 ance on any previous day in the history of society was broken. On 

 Friday there was a good attendance, but a rain came up and the 

 races were continued over until Saturday. The racing was good 

 throughout. We had a special race for single drivers, offering ten 

 premiums, and we received thirty entries — a show well worth going 

 to see. 



We use the single expert judge system in all departments, and find 

 it very satisfactory. 



MUSCATINE. 



THOMAS BOOT, VICE-PRESIDENT, WILTON JUNCTION, OCTOBEB 5, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Of good quality and will yield from thirty to seventy bush- 

 els per acre. 



Oats — Of good quality and yielded about thirty bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Winter variety the best for several years, yielding from 

 thirty to thirty-five bushels per acre. Small acreage of spring variety, 

 but yielded a fair crop. 



Rye — Yielded from twelve to fifteen bushels per acre. 



Barley — Yielded an average of about twenty bushels per acre. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Small acreage, but yielded from ten to twelve bushels 

 per acre. 



Millet — None raised. 



Sorghum —Good crop, producing about one hundred gallons per 

 acre. 



Timothy — Fair crop, yielding from one to two tons per acre. 



Clover — Where there was a stand the crop was good, yielding from 

 one to one and one-half tons per acre. 



Prairie Hay — None raised. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Spelt yielded about forty bushels per 

 acre, and of good quality. 



