938 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



MITCHELL. 



CARL H. SPAANUM, OSAGE, OCTOBER 23, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Yield good. A little early to make an estimate. 



Oats — ^Average yield 55 bushels per acre. Quality good. 



Wheat — ^Yield about 20 bushels per acre. 



Barley — Above the average. 



Flax — Not much grown but reported a good average crop. 



Timothy — Good quality and yield. 



Potatoes — Way above the average. More than we have had for years. 



Yegetables — Have been plentiful and are of good variety. 



Apples — No apples. 



Other Fruits — A good many plums, currants, gooseberries, etc. 



Cattle — Not very many cattle. A great many shipped in for feeding. 



Horses — About the average. 



Swine — Plenty of hogs. 



Sheep — Very few. 



Poultry — About the average. 



Bees — Very few. 



Drainage — A great deal of tile draining being put in. 



Other Industries — Sugar beet crop above the average. 



Lands — Selling from $50.00 to $200.00 per acre. Great advance this 

 season. 



Report of Fair — Held September 24-27. Exhibits were good but we 

 had bad weather and the attendance was small. 



MONONA. 



C. E. BLANCHARD, ONAWA, OCTOBER 25, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — ^With the exception of apples 

 all were bumper crops. 

 Corn — Fine but late. 

 Oats — Fair. 

 Wheat — Good. 

 Rye — Fair. 

 Barley — Good. 

 Timothy — Good. 

 Clover — Good. 

 Prairie Hay — Good. 

 Potatoes — ^Average. 

 Yegetatles — Fine. 

 Apples — Not many. 

 Other Fruits — Small fruit fine. 

 Cattle — Fine. 

 Horses — Fine. 



Swine — Fine; some cholera. 

 Poultry — Good. 

 Drainage — $1,000,000 expended to date and worth the money. 



