954 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



TAYLOR. 



F. N. LETSVIS, BEDFORD, OCTOBER 27, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 

 Corn — Good. 

 Oats — Good. 



Wheat — Better than usual. 

 Rye — Normal. 

 Barley — Average. 

 Flax — Normal. 

 BuckivJieat — About as usual. 

 Millet — Good. 

 Sorghum — Good. 

 Timothy — Good. 

 Clover — Good. 



Prairie Hay — Not much in the county. 

 Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 

 Potatoes — Fair. 

 Vegetables — Good. 

 Apples — Failure. 



Other Fruits — Plums good but everything else almost a failure. 

 .' Cattle — Good but not enough in the county. 

 Horses — Good. 



Swine — Good but not so many as usual. 

 Sheep — Good. 

 Poultry — Good. 

 Bees — Good. 

 Drainage — ^Fair. 

 Other Industries — Normal. 

 Lands — Prices good and advancing. 

 Report of Fair — No fair held this year. 



VAN BUREN. 



D. A. MILLER, MELTON, NOVEMBER 15, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — One of the most prosperous 

 seasons we have ever had. 

 Corn — Bumper crop; will yield from 60 to 100 bushels per acre. 

 Oats — Excellent quality; big yield. 

 Wheat — Quality excellent; small acreage. 

 Rye — Good but only a small acreage. 

 Barley — None grown here. 

 Flax — Not any. 

 Buckwheat — Good. 



Millet — Excellent quality; big yield. 

 Sorghum — Big crop. 



Timothy — Largest in years; yielding from 5 to 10 bushels per acre. 

 Clover — Quality good; yield small. 

 Prairie Hay — Excellent but not much grown here. 

 Other Grains and Grasses — Good quality and large yield. 

 Potatoes — Fair crop. 



