700 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



JEFFERSON COUNTY. 



L. J. Marcy. 



Fair held at Fairfield, September 8, 9 and 10, 1903. 



The season in this section was very much retarded, owing to snows 

 leaving the ground in a very wet condition, and a cool and cloudy spring 

 preventing it from drying out quickly, thereby delaying planting from 

 three to four weeks. 



The acreage of oats and barley sown was less than usual, owing to 

 the ground not being in condition at planting time. The yield was from 

 ten to twenty bushels per acre, and of poor quality. Oats did not weigh 

 on an average of more than twenty-four pounds to the measured bushel. 



Not over one third of the corn was planted in seasonable time, and 

 that only on the hilly and rolling ground. This corn will mature and will 

 yield from twenty-five to forty-five bushels per acre, while the corn on the 

 low lying and level land will not yield more than a third of a crop. There 

 is considerable old corn in this county. 



There was an unusually large crop of hay, of good quality, and was 

 put up in the best of condition. Not as much timothy cut for seed as 

 usual, but was of a good quality and yield. More than the average acre- 

 age of clover was cut for seed. 



Pasturage has been abundant all season, and live stock have done 

 exceptionally well. 



Potatoes and other vegetables were a poor crop both in quality and 

 yield, there not being enough raised for home consumption. 



Fruit, with the exception of plums^ had a very light yield and were 

 of poor quality. 



Farms are well stocked with cattle and swine, and there is an 

 increase in the breeding of horses, owing to matured horses being very 

 scarce. 



JOHNSON COUNTY. 



/. C. Leasure. 



Fair held at Iowa City, September 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1903. 



Corn which was planted early and on high land is of a good quality, 

 and will be of the average yield, while that planted late and 'on the low 

 lands is very uneven, and of poor quality. 



The oat crop while not an average yield is of a good quality. 



Potatoes were of a light yield, being small in size, but quality is good. 



There is an abundant amount of rough feed, including hay, fodder 

 and pasturage. 



There is a noticeable improvement in the grade of horses since last 

 year, and the younger class show good breeding, and have careful atten- 

 tion by the farmers. 



