T66 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Other Industries — Have been generally prosperous and considerable 
building going on. 
Lands— Very little changing hands but bringing good prices. 
Report of Fair — Held September 8, 9, 10 and 11. Weather fine; attend- 
ance good; exhibits with the exception of swine very satisfactory. Cleared 
about fifteen hundred dollars over and above current expenses. 
CHICKASAW. 
C. L. PuTXEY, Nashua, September 23, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — Spring late and wet but later 
conditions favorable; hay good; small grain fair and corn good and out 
of the way of frost. ; 
Corn — Good; better than average crop. 
Oats — Fair; hardly an average crop. 
Wheat — None. 
Rye — None. 
Barley — None to amount to anything; good quality what there is of it. 
Flax — None. 
Buckicheat — Very little. 
Millet — None to speak of. 
Sorghum — Very little. 
Timothy — Good crop; some to be shipped out. 
Clover — Enough for home consumption; gobd quality. 
Prairie Hay — Enough for home consumption; good. 
other Grains and Grasses — None. 
Potatoes — Enough for home consumption; quality fair. 
Vegetables — Enough for home consumption; very good. 
Apples — No orchards to speak of; what we have is of good quality. 
other Fruits — ^A few plums and grapes. 
Cattle — Are being graded up better every year; show at fair good 
in nearly all classes. 
Horses — Raising more horses than formerly and better bred. 
Swine — Average number raised and better bred. 
Sheep — Numbers gradually increasing each year; good stock. 
Poultry — Big item of revenue to farmers; more of them each year and 
better stock. 
Bees — Very few in county. 
Drainage — Good naturally and some little tiling being done where 
poor. 
Lands — Values steady; average prices $70 to $75 per acre. 
Report of Fair — Held September 1, 2, 3 and 4. Largest attendance 
since organized; all lines of exhibits well filled and displays good; weather 
fine and patrons well pleased with improvements made over last year. 
CLAYTON. 
Henry Leuhsex, Garnavillo. October 14, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — In spite of the backward 
teason and an abundance of rain the crops in general are all that can be 
