956 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



WARREN. 



JOE M'COY, INDIANOLA, SEPTEMBEB 23, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The best in 20 years. 



Com — The acreage is as large as usual and the stand good. Indications 

 are that we will have a big yield of good quality. 



Oats — Good. 35 to 70 bushels. 



Wheat — Good. Will average 35 bushels. 



Rye — Good. 



Barley — Not much sown. 



Flax — Not any. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — Not much raised but what we have is good. 



Sorghum — None. 



Timothy — Good. 



Clover — Not much. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Early ones good; late ones need two weeks longer. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Not any. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — Scarce. 



Horses — About the average. 



Swine — Not as many as usual. 



Sheep — Average. 



Poultry — Good supply. 



Bees — Not many. 



Drainage — Not much put in this season. 



Lands — Selling at a wide range — $45 to $200 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held Sept. 10-13. Attendance on Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day best in history but we were rained out on Friday. Good exhibits in 

 most departments. 



WAYNE. 



LOKEN JOHNSTON, SEWAL, NOVEMBER 1, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — ^Favorable. 

 Com — I believe it will yield an average of 40 bushels per acre. 

 Oats — Yielded all the way from 50 to 88 bushels. 

 Wheat — Yielded about 25 bushels per acre. 

 Rye — About 25 bushels an average yield. 

 Barley — I know of none. 

 Flax — Not any. 



Buckwheat — None to report on. 

 Millet — Fair crop but not much raised. 

 Sorghum — Very little grown. 



Timothy — Not very heavy on account of the dry weather in May and 

 June. 



Clover — Same as timothy. 

 Prairie Hay — ^None to speak of. 



