PART XIV 



REPORT OF AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS 



BY 



COUNTY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETIES IN IOWA 



1912 



ADAIR. 



W. W, BURRELL, GREENFIELD, OCTOBER 3, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The season lias been favorable, 

 except during corn planting. On account of inferior seed some had to 

 plant the second time. Good weather during the haying and harvesting 

 period made it possible to harvest all small grain in good condition. 



Corn — Well above the average; will yield 40 to 75 bushels; quality 

 good. The early frost hurt some late plantings but 90 per cent of the 

 crop is out of the way of frost. 



Oats — Best crop we have had in years; yield from 20 to 50 bushels; 

 excellent quality and all harvested and threshed in good shape. 



Wheat — Good, not much raised but what there was yielded from 20 

 to 50 bushels; quality good. 



Bye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Not much raised. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — Very little grown. 



Sorghum — Good. 



Timothy — Good; taken care of in excellent condition. 



Clover — Same as tim^othy. 



Prairie Kay — Not any. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Blue grass pastures have been excellent and 

 have furnished good pasture all the season. 



Potatoes — Small crop early potatoes; late crop fair. 



Vegetables — Plenty of all kinds and good. 



Apples — Almost a failure. 



Other Fruits — Good, far above the average, especially plums. 



Cattle — Not as many as usual but fairly well stocked; mostly cows; 

 young stuff short. Feeding steers also short. 



