NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 785 
Report of Fair — Held September 12, 13, 14 and 15. Weather good; 
attendance good except last day. There were good exhibits in all de- 
partments except in the agricultural departmt^nt and there was no excuse 
for the poor showing in that department. 
IOWA. 
Alkx McLennw. ]\LvRi:xf;(). Octoiikr 26, 1908. 
General Conditions of Crops and Season — The quality of crops in gen- 
eral are good and the season very favorable for maturing crops. 
Co7-n — About ninety per cent of an average crop; good quality; not 
harmed by frosts and yield good. 
Oats — Light in yield and quality; average about thirty bushels to the 
acre; straw and grain look bright. 
Wheat — But very little grown; yield from fifteen to twenty bushels 
per acre and of excellent quality. 
Rye — But very little grown but good yield and quality. 
Barley — About the usual acreage and fair quality. 
Flax — None raised. 
Buckwheat — Very little grown. 
Millet — Very little grown. 
Sorghum — Very little grown but of good quality. 
Timothy — Very heavy crop and of good quality. This year's crop pos- 
sibly the heaviest ever had in this section. 
Clover — Crop very heavy and much harvested for hay; seeding poor 
last spring. 
Prairie Hay — None in the county. 
Potatoes — Yield good and of good quality; quite a number of carloads 
shipped out of the county. 
Vegetables — About the average amount raised and quality good. 
Apples — Fair crop; good showing at fair. 
Other Fruits — Peaches good in most localities where grown; number of 
trees increasing. Light crop of plums but very good crop of cherries. 
Cattle — Not as many on exhibition at fair as last year but the breed- 
ing and quality was of the best; Aberdeen Angus, Herefords and Short 
horns predominate. General conditions good. 
Horses — Good demand and high prices for horses; tendency among 
farmers to raise more horses and raise only the best. Very good show 
ing at the fair. 
Siuine — Large number; better than last year; all well bred; no cholera 
in the county and prices good. 
Sheep — Not generally raised among the farmers. 
Poultry — Increasing interest taken in poultry raising; larger number 
on exhibition than usual. 
Bees — Very few stands in county. 
Drainage — Considerable wet land has been reclaimed in the past year 
by tiling. 
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