1040 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



GUTHRIE. 



ALEX II. GKISELL, GUTHEIE CENTER, OCT. 24, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops and Season. — The season was favorable 

 for the growing of crops. — Seasonable rains fell when needed, produc- 

 ing luxuriant pastvrage and a wonderful crop of hay. Corn on the 

 uplands and drained bottoms is an average crop. Poor seed planted 

 reduced the crop in many fields. Oats did not reach the expectations 

 warranted by the season and the growth of straw, the yield being from 

 tv,-enty-five to forty bushels per acre. 



Report of Fair. — Held at Guthrie Center. Sept. 12-15, and the week 

 was one not soon forgotten by the managers of the association. Tues- 

 dny it rained and continued until Thursday. Friday the clouds rolled 

 away but the roads and the grounds were a sea of mud. This was 

 the only day that any money was taken in at the gates. Thursday 

 night it again rained and the fair of 1905 was all off. If the weather 

 had been good the attendance would have been a record breaker. 



HANCOCK. 



"\V. A. SIMKINS, BRITT, OCT. 3, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops and Season. — Has been exceedingly good' 

 and except that excessive rains in the early part of the season shortened 

 the crop some in low places. 



Corn. — Good acreage and well matured. 



Oats. — Large acreage and fair quality. 



Wheat. — Very little raised, quality and yield good. 



Rye. — Very little sown. 



BarleiJ. — Light acreage; quality fair. 



Flax. — Scarcely any sown. 



Buckwheat. — Acreage light; quality good. 



Millet. — Light acreage; quality good and heavy. 



Sorghum. — Light crop. 



Timothy. — Increased acrejige; quality heavy; a good crop harvested' 

 in good shape. 



Clover. — Same as above. 



Prairie Hay. — Quality heavy and good. Acreage increasing. 



Potatoes.— ^'E^vly crop heavy and of good quality; late crop light. 



Tecietables. — Crop heavy and quality good. 



Apples. — Crop good and quality fine. More than enough raised to 

 supply home demand, and a great many were shipped out. 



Other Fruits. — The berry crop was good, while all other fruits yielded 

 light and were of fair quality. 



Cattle. — There is a noticeable increase in the number being raised,, 

 and more attention is being given to breeding of fine stock. 



