916 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Buckwheat — ^None sown. 



Millet — Good. Very little sown. 



Sorghum — Fair. 



Timothy — Very light crop; too dry. 



Clover — Light crop. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Medium. 



Potatoes — About one-fourth crop; too dry. 



Vegetables — Fair but too dry. 



Apples — Some early apples but very few winter ones. 



Other Fruits — Medium. 



Cattle — Not so many raised on account of high price of corn and hay. 



Horses — About an average. 



Swine — Not so many as usual on account of high price of feed. A 

 good many rushed to market early. 



Sheep — About as usual. 



Poultry — About 25 per cent above the average. 



Bees — Poor. 



Drainage — Very little in this vicinity as most of the ground is tiled. 



Other Industries — Very prosperous. 



Lands — Very little changing hands as few care to sell. Prices range 

 from $100 to $200 per acre. 



Report of Fair— Held August 6-9, 1912. A very good fair. 



HENRY. 



C. H, TRIBBY, MT. PLEASANT, OCTOBER 12, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — A very prosperous season. 



Corn — Large acreage and all well matured with the exception of a little 

 late planted. I doubt if there has ever been so many bushels of good 

 corn grown in the county. 



Oats — Best crop in ten years; good grain and fine straw. 



Wheat— Very little sown. Fall wheat good. 



Rye — Best for many years. Only sown for the purpose of seeding 

 ground to grass. 



Barley — Good crop but small acreage. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — Too dry for crop. Not much sown. 



Millet — Sown when oats or corn fails. Very little this season. 



Sorghum — Very little. 



Timothy — Good crop of seed but dry weather in April injured the 

 grass in some localities. 



Clover — Same as timothy. 



Other Grains and G^'asses— Blue grass, our profitable crop, was cut 

 as other grasses. 



Potatoes — Good crop and good quality. 



Vegetubles — Fine and plentiful. 



Apples — Light crop; good quality. 



