782 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
of late planting and the farmers could not expect it all to mature but 
owing to the extremely hot dry weather during August and September, 
and the lateness of the frost, almost all of the corn matured and the 
yield will be about seventy-five per cent of a full crop. 
Oats — The oats crop was very light this year. The usual acreage was 
sown but the yield was not over one half what it should have been and 
the quality was light. 
Wheat — Good, and an increased acreage will be sown next year. 
Rye — The usual small acreage was sown but the yield w^as very satis- 
factory. 
Barley — Not enough raised to make a report on. 
Flax — None raised in the county. 
Buckwheat — Not much raised; do not know at this time what the 
yield will be. 
Millet — Very good. 
Sorghum — Very good, but only a small amount raised in this county. 
Timothy — An excellent crop and well harvested; there is but very 
little damaged hay in this county and there is as heavy a crop as we 
ever had. 
^iOver — Very heavy; many acres of the second crop was cut for seed 
and is yielding good. 
Prairie Hay — None. 
Other Grains aticl Gi'asses — Bluegrass is the principal pasture here 
and is always good. 
Potatoes — Very good quality but not very large yield; about sixty per 
cent of an average crop. 
Vegetables — A very good crop. 
Apples — About one-fourth of a crop. 
Other Fruits — There was a very good crop of peaches in this vicinity 
this season; plums, berries, grapes, cherries and other small fruit were a 
very fair crop. 
Cattle — Cattle are generally in fine condition but on account of the 
high price of corn there will not be as many fed here as usual; we had 
a fine showing of cattle at our fair and the quality of cattle raised in 
this county are the very best. 
Horses — Horses are extensively raised here and the farmers are tak- 
ing quite an interest in "good breeding" and there is an exceptional high 
grade of horses in this county. The heavy draft horse is the money 
maker for the farmer as they always are ready sale at a good price. The 
norses shown at our fair were a fine lot and worthy of notice on any 
fair ground. 
Swine — A large number raised; well bred and profitable. 
Sheep — Sheep are quite numerous in this county; the price is not 
Wxiat it was last year on account of the decline in the price of wool. 
The Shropshire is the popular breed and well bred ones still sell at a 
very good price. 
Poultry — Everybody raises poultry and some quite extensively. A 
good profit is realized from the money invested in poultry and the more 
attention paid to the poultry department the larger the returns. There 
