906 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Lands — Not selling very lively but prices remain from $50.00 to $150.00 

 per acre. 



Report of Fair— Held September 10-13, 1912. Had the largest fair in 

 the history of Davis County. 



DECATUR. 



E. E, M'LAUGHLIN, LEON, NOVEMBKB 12, 1912, 



Corn — Corn will average about 110 per cent; quality 95 per cent. 



Oats — 120 per cent, the greatest crop the county ever had; quality 100 

 per cent. 



Wheat — 110 per cent; quality 95 per cent. 



Rye — None. 



Barley — Not any. 



Fl<ix — Not any. 



Buckwheat — I know of none. 



Millet — 110 per cent; average yield; quality 100 per cent. 



Sorghum — Raised only for home consumption. 



Timothy — Average 110 per cent; quality 100 per cent. 



Clover — Yield 95 per cent; quality 100 per cent. 



Prairie Hay — Yield 100 per cent. Very little left in the county. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Blue grass an average crop. 



Potatoes — Average yield about 25 per cent. 



Apples — Yield 25 per cent; quality 50 per cent. 



Other Fruits — Plums the largest crop ever raised; quality fine. Cher- 

 ries also very good. 



Cattle — Comparatively few cattle in this county. 



Horses — The usual number. Quality improving, 



Swine — 50 per cent. A good deal of cholera. 



Sheep — Quality is improving. 



Poultry — On the increase. 



Bees — Many bees winter killed, not enough honey for home con- 

 sumption. 



Drainage — Natural drainage. 



Lands — Have not increased the last year. But very few cash sales 

 of land. 



DELAWARE. 



J. B. HIGMAN, MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 17, 1912. 



Corn — Nearly all early planted corn out of the way of frost but quite 

 a large acreage requires two to three weeks to mature. 



Oats — Best we have had for several years. 



Wheat — Good quality but very little raised. 



Rye — All that was sowed early last fall is good. That sown late 

 not so good. 



Barley — About 30 bushels per acre. 



BucJcwheat — Heavy growth. 



Timothy— Fvova one-half to one ton per acre, 



