930 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Timothy — Fair. 

 Glover — Fair. 

 Prairie Hay — Not any. 

 Potatoes — Good. 

 Apples — Poor. 



Cattle — Feeding cattle scarce and high. 

 Horses — Improving in quality. Not many for sale. 

 Sivine — Not as many as usual on account of cholera last year. 

 Sheep — Very few. 

 Poultry — Good. 

 Bees — Very few. 



Report of Fair — Held September 4-6. Attendance was good. Stock 

 exhibits light. 



LUCAS. 



J. C. WILLIAMSON, CHARITON, NOVEMBER 25, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — This has been a very favorable 

 year for the farmer. Crops of all kinds were good and are bringing a 

 fair price. 



Corn — One of the largest crops ever harvested. Some of it a little soft 

 but most of it is fine. Selling at 35 cents at this date. 



Oats — A good crop was harvested, yielding from 25 to 65 bushels per 

 acre. 



Wheat — The best crop ever seen in this county, averaging from 20 to 

 50 bushels per acre. 



Rye — Very little grown but quality good. 



Barley — Not any. 



FlOrX — Not any. 



Buckwheat — Very little grown. 



Millet — Most of the millet was cut for seed. A fine yield. 



Sorghum — Not much raised and most of it was frosted. 



Timothy — Nearly all cut for seed, making from 5 to 9 bushels per acre. 

 Hay made from % to li tons per acre. 



Clover — Not a great deal as it has been hard to get a stand for several 

 years. The 1912 seeding looks fine. 



Prairie Hay — Not very much prairie hay left. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Blue grass has made a good growth and has 

 furnished pasture nearly all the year. 



Potatoes — An average crop but not enough to supply the county. 



Vegetables — A good season for gardens and the supply of vegetables 

 exceeded the demand. 



Apples — Very few; most of them winter killed. 



Other Fruits — Cherries were plentiful, strawberries a good crop. All 

 other fruit was light. 



Cattle — A great scarcity of cattle and they are selling high at sales. 

 Nearly everyone seems to have more feed than stock. 



Hoises — The usual number of colts but market horses are scarce. 



Swine — Quite a good deal of cholera in the county, which accounts for 

 shortage of pigs. 



