914 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Flax — Best crop we have ever had. Yielded as high as 20 bushels 

 per acre. 



Buckmlieat — Small patches raised, mostly for private use. 



Millet — Big crop for feed; not much threshed. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Big fields threshed out and yielded heavy. Price dropped 

 considerably. 



Glover — None raised. 



Prairie Hay — A very good crop of lowland hay. 



Potatoes — Big yield; quality good; price low. Being shipped out by 

 carloads, 



VegetaMes — Plentiful. 



Apples — Not any. 



Other Fruits — Cherries and plums a big crop; small berries also good. 



Giattle — High price and in good condition. 



Horses — Selling high. Supply fair. 



Svnne — A great many raised. Very high price and no disease. 



Sheep — Few raised. 



Poultry — Raised in big bunches. 



Bees — But few bees kept. 



Drainage — Six big ditches drain the county well. 



Lands — Big advance over last year and quite a little changing hands. 



Report of Fair — Held September 2-6th. Had fair crowds but we don't 

 seem to get the support of the county. Taken too much as a one town 

 affair. 



HARDIN. 



H. S. MARTIN, ELDORA, OCTOBER 10, 1912. 



Corn — Heavy yield; some corn hurt by frost. 

 Oats — 40 to 75 bushels. 



Wheat — ^Winter wheat went 20 to 40 bushels; spring wheat 15 to 20. 

 Rye — Fair. 

 Barley — Good. 

 Timothy — Average. 

 Clover — Fair. 



Prairie Hay — None, with the exception of slough or marsh hay. 

 Potatoes — Good quality; light yield. 

 Apples — Light crop. 

 Other Fruits — Good. 

 Cattle — Good condition; scarce. 

 Horses — Average. 

 Swine — About an average. 

 Sheep — Not many here. 

 Poultry — Average. 



Lands— A good deal changing hands. Selling from $100.00 to $200.00 

 per acre. 

 Report of Fair— Held September 3-6. 



