1044 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



HENRY 



C. M. CLAEK, MT. PLEASANT, SEPT. 8, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops and Season. — Good. 



Corn. — Fair. 



Oats. — Fair. 



Wheat. — Small acreage, which yielded a fair crop. 



Rye. — Very little raised. 



Bar-ley. — Very little raised. 



Flax. — None raised. , 



Millet. — Fair. 



Sorglixini. — FoXv. 



Timothy. — Good. 



Clover. — Good. 



Prairie Hay. — None raised. 



Other Grains and Grasses. — Abundant. Pastures excellent. 



Potatoes. — Light yield of fair quality. 



Vegetables. — Good. 



Apples. — Poor. 



Other Fruits. — Excellent. 



Cattle. — In good condition; number assessed in the county 26,327. 



Horses. — Are in good condition; number assessed 10,332. 



Swine. — Have done well; no disease reported; number assessed 30,590. 



Sheep. — Have done well; number assessed 13,620. 



Drainage. — Good. 



Lands. — Range in prices from $25 to $140 per acre. 



Report of Fair. — Held at Mt. Pleasant, Aug. 15-18. The weather was 

 favorable throughout the week and the attendance was large. Exhibits 

 in every department were large and of excellent quality. 



HENRY 



WILL D. GAEMOE, WINFIELD, OCT. 7, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops, etc. — The season has been very favorable 

 and crops generally have been very good. 



Corn. — Will yield a large crop of excellent quality. 



Oafs.— .Yielded a fair crop of good quality. 



Wheat. — Very little raised. 



Rye. — Small acreage; yield and quality fair. 



Barley. — Small acreage sown. 



Flax. — None raised. 



Buckwheat. — None raised. 



Millet. — Very little sown. 



Sorghum. — Small acreage, but yield and quality good. 



Timothy. — Good, both in yield and quality. Mostly cut for hay; there 

 being very little seed sarod. 



