724 IOWA -^DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ADAMS. 



J. M. Devore, Corning, Iowa, September 23 , 1904. 



General condition of crops— '$ini2\\ grains below average, owing to exces- 

 sive rainfall in early part of season. 



^^;-«_Yield will average about forty bushels per acre. None raised on 

 very low bottom lands. 



(9a/5— Averaged about twenty-five bushels per acre; straw very heavy. 



Wheat— K failure, owing to excessive rainfall. 



Rye — Very little grown in this county. 



Barley — Not much grown; yield good; averaged about thirty-five bushels 

 per acre. 



Flax — None grown. 



Buckwheat — None grown. 



Millet — Not much grown; medium crop. 



Sorghum— None planted. 



Timothy — Very good; a considerable amount harvested for seed, which 

 averaged about nine bushels per acre. 



Clover — Pastures good; none cut. 



Prairie hay — None grown. 



Potatoes— '^2s\y ones yielded]well, but late ones not so good. None for 

 export. 



Vegetables— ^ery good. 



Apples— ^Mmvaet and fall varieties abundant and of good quality; only a 

 fair crop of winter varieties. 



Other fruits— Flum and peach trees did not bear well; all other fruits 

 good. 



Cattle— In good condition, owing to pasturage being fine all season. 



Horses — Good grade raised in county; many carloads shipped during the 

 year. 



Swine— In healthy condition, but not quite so numerous as former years 

 owing to scarcity of corn from crop of 1903. 



Pouliry — In healthy condition and being raised extensively. 



Bees— }loney crop, early part of season, good; not doing quite so well 

 this fall. 



Drainage— KoWin^ land; drainage good. 



Lands — Prices range from thirty to ninety dollars per acre. 



/^az>— Held at Corning, August 22d, 23d, 24th and 25th. 



ALLAMAKEE. 



J. C. Craw fold, Wauhon, /owa, October SI, 1904. 



Condition of crops the past season — Were fairly good. 



Corw— Good, medium and fair. 



Oats — Good. 



IVheat— Not very much grown; quality and yield, fair. 



Pye — Good . 



