1056 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sorghum. — Yield and quality good. 



Timothy. — Fair quality. Yielded in seed from three to rix bushels- 

 per acre. 



CZover— tLight crop. 



Prairie Hay. — None raised. 



Potatoes. — Fair yield but of good quality. 



Vegetables. — Fair. 



Apples. — Small yield but of good quality. 



Other Fruits. — Fair. 



Cattle. — Raised extensively. A great many feeders are shipped in 

 from Kansas City and western markets, although very little profit has 

 been made in feeding for market the past year. 



Iforses.— There is a good demand for heavy draft breeds, and prices 

 range from $100 to $400. 



Sivlne. — Are in good condition. No disease reported. Poland China 

 is the principal breed raised, although there are some Chester Whites and 

 Duroc Jerseys. 



Sheep.~>Not extensively raised. Middle w^ool breeds predominate. 



Poultry. — Has been very profitable, and there is quite a noticeable 

 improvement in the quality being raised. 



Bees. — Did very well. 



Drainage. — Good. 



Other Industries. — Cheese factories have been quite successful. 



Lands. — Range in price from $60 to $100 per acre, and are advancing. 



Report of Fair. — Held at Donnellson, Aug. 22-24. Exhibits were good 

 in all departments. The weather was unfavorable, with the exception 

 of one day, on which the attendance was very good. 



LEE 



JOHN KEMPKER, WHST POINT, SEPTEMBER 23, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops, etc. — The season was ra,ther too cold and 

 wet for corn and oats, but corn at this writing is out of danger from 

 frost and will average about half a crop. A great deal was drowned 

 out by early rains and had to be replanted. 



Corn. — Will yield from twenty-five to thirty bushels per acre of good 

 quality. 



Oa^s.— .Averaged about half a crop; of good quality. Season was very 

 wet at cutting time and it was impossible to get at a great deal of it 

 with machines. Yielded from twenty to twenty-five bushels per acre. 



Wheat. — Small acreage, but yield and quality good. Mostly fall variety 

 raised. 



Rye. — Good quality and yielded on an average twenty bushels per 

 acre. 



Barley. — None raised. 



Flax. — None raised. 



