808 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Wheat — Small acreage, but yield and quality good. 



Barley — Good, both in quality and yield. Larger acreage than usual. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Small acreage, but yield and quality good. 



Millet — Small acreage, but fair yield and of good quality. 



Sorghum — Fair yield and of excellent quality. 



Timothy — Yielded only about two-thirds of the usual crop of hay ow- 

 ing to dry weather. However, quality and demand is good, and price high. 



Clover — Short crop, but quality good and price high. 



Prairie Hay — None cut. 



Other Grai>'s and Grasses — Pastures have been very poor since the 

 first of September. Small streams and wells are going dry, and there 

 Is a scarcity of water for stock. 



Potatoes — Early varieties yielded a fair crop of good quality, while the 

 later varieties did not do so well. Market price is fifty cents per bushel. 



Vegetables — Garden truck was abundant early in the season, but later 

 suffered from drouth, especially cucumbers and cabbage. 



Apples — A good yield, but wormy. 



Other Fruits — Peaches, pears, plums, cherries, grapes and blackberries 

 were abundant. 



• Cattle — Have done well, but had to be fed earlier than usual, owing 

 to shortage of pasturage caused by dry weather. No disease reported. 



Horses — Prices are increasing each year. Demand is large and good 

 salable horses are quickly bought for the eastern markets. 



Swine — Have done well, are plentiful, demand good and prices high? 

 Very little disease reported. 



Sheep — Not many raised in this vicinity. Some brought in for feed- 

 ing, and are doing well and bring good prices. 



Poultry — Turkeys scarce and prices high. Ducks in fair demand. 

 Chickens doing well and high in price. Good prices obtained for eggs 

 all season. 



Bees — Have done fairly well. 



Drainage — A great deal of tile being put in. Roads have been good 

 nearly all summer. The new read law is a success, and a great improve- 

 ment over the old method of working the highways. 



Other Industries — Many are engaged in the sale of Canadian land. 



Lands — Very little changing hands. Prices range from $80 to $115 

 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Malcom, August 21-23. The weather was 

 exceedingly hct, dry and dusty, owing to which the attendance was cut 

 down to some extent. The exhibits in all departments were good, as was 

 also the racing and special attractions. 



A week after the close of the fair our sheep and swine sheds, and a 

 part of the cattle sheds, were burned, and were but partially insured. 



