768 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Timothy — Large amount and good quality. 
Clover — Heavy yield. 
Prairie Hay — But little grown. 
Other Grains and Grasses — All good but dry weather in September 
injured pastures. 
Potatoes — Yield light but of best quality. 
Vegetables — All good. 
Apples — Average yield and fair quality. 
Other Fruits — All good. 
Cattle — Dairy county, special attention given to milch cows but little 
feeding done. 
Horses — Not many marketable horses but a large number of draft colts 
in the community. 
Swine — A leading industry; several pure bred herds of different breeds, 
which sell at best prices. 
Sheep — But few raised. 
Poultry — Large amount raised with good profits. 
Bees — Not many bees but output of honey good. 
Drainage — Good drainage naturally. 
Other Industries — All in favorable condition. 
Lands — A steady advance in price. 
Report of Fair— Held at Strawberry Point September 8, 9, 10 and 11, 
1908. Premiums paid in full; slight increase in attendance, although 
weather very warm and dusty. 
CLAYTON. 
W. W. Davidson, Elkader, October 24, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Seaso7i — Good. 
Corn — Large yield and fine quality. 
Oats — Mostly good. 
Wheat — Good, but little is raised. 
Rye — Good quality. 
Barley — Good yield. 
Flax — None. 
Buckwheat — Very good. 
Millet — None. 
Sorghum — Reports show good crops but little is raised. 
Timothy — Fine. 
Clover — Good yield of hay; second crop well filled with seed. 
Prairie Hay — None. 
Other Grains and Grasses — Everything of good quality and large yield. 
Potatoes — Poor crop in some localities and in others good. 
Vegetables — Abundant. 
Apples — Scarce. 
Other Fruits — Plentiful. 
Cattle — Fat and sleek. 
Horses — Good quality and in fine condition. 
Swine — Large number in county. 
Sheep — Good crop wool. 
