776 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Barley — Quality and yield poor. 
Flax — Very little grown. 
Buckwheat — Yield fair and about the usual amount grown. 
Millet — Large amount sown; yield and quality excellent. 
Sorghum — Very little raised. 
Timothy — Acreage above the average; yield good; quality No. 1. 
Clover — Large acreage; unusually good stand. 
Potatoes — Good yield and fine quality where planted early; late plant- 
ing effected by dry weather. 
Vegetables — Very much better than last year. 
Apples — Less than average crop; quality good. 
Other Fruits — Good crop of small fruit with the exception of rasp- 
berries. 
Cattle — In good condition throughout county; small number will be 
fed; quality of stock being improved each year. 
Horses — Usual number raised; prices lower than a year ago. 
Swine — Number of old hogs on hand below the average; large num- 
ber of spring pigs which are looking fine. 
Sheep — Only small number raised in county. 
Poultry — Increased number in county; large amount of poultry and 
eggs marketed. 
Bees — None to speak of. 
Drainage — Large amount of tiling being done in county. 
Other Industries — Gasoline traction engine factory has doubled capacity 
of plant during past year, and is employing many additional men. 
Nurseries growing each year and they also are employing more men; 
other factories gradually increasing. 
Lands — Considerable land changing hands; prices about the same as 
a year ago. 
Report of Fair — Held at Charles City, September 8, 9, 10 and 11. More 
stock exhibited than heretofore; other departments about the same as 
last year; fair was a success financially and attendance was good. 
GRUNDY. 
C. E. Thomas, Grundy Cei^teb, October 24, 1908. 
General Conddion of Crops and Season — Crops above the average in 
yield; quality good. Season favorable for growing crops; no bad storms 
but plenty of rainfall. 
Corn — Yield from forty to sixty-five bushels per acre; quality very 
good. 
Oats — Yield from thirty-five to fifty bushels per acre; quality good. 
Wheat — Small acreage; quality good. 
Rye — None raised. 
Barley — Good crop; fine quality. 
Flax — None raised. 
Buckwheat — None raised. 
Millet — Only small amount raised; quality good. 
Sorghum — Very small amount raised. 
Tirnothy — Excellent crop; quality good. 
