786 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Other Industries — Woolen and flouring mills report good business; can- 
ning factories did considerable better than last year; creameries have 
done an exceptional business and brick and tile factories are behind with 
orders. 
Lands — Improvement in methods of cultivation and more attention 
given to rotation of crops and fertilizing. The use of manure spreaders 
increasing considerable over last year; more intensive farming. Farm 
lands range in price from $90 to $150 per acre. 
Report of Fair — Held at Marengo, September 8, 9 and 10. Ideal v/eather; 
good attendance; not as large exhibits of stock and poultry as last year 
but of better quality. Exhibit of farm products larger than last year 
and of better quality, while the exhibit of fine arts was the largest and 
best ever on the grounds. 
IOWA. 
J. P. BowLTXG, Victor, September 19, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops arid Season — Good. 
Com — Will be a splendid yield in this vicinity; good quality and 
mostly all out of danger from frost at this writing. 
Oats — Good quality and fair yield. 
Wheat — Not much raised but of good quality. 
Rye — Fair crop and good quality. 
Barley — Fair crop and good quality. 
Flax — None raised in this vicinity. , 
Bucktvheat — Very little raised. 
Millet — Very little raised. 
Sorghum — Very little raised. 
Timothy — Good crop and good quality. 
Clover — Fair crop; price low. 
Prairie Hay — Not much in county. 
Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 
Potatoes — Fair crop; good prices. 
Vegetables — Average amount raised and of good quality. 
Apples — Good crop. 
Other Fruits — Light crop of cherries and plums but peaches good. 
Cattle — Fine display at our fair. 
Horses — Good; many sold at high prices. 
Swine — Good prices and good reports from all over the county. 
Sheep — Not many raised. 
Poultry — A growing and profitable industry. 
Bees — Very few stands. 
Drainage — Considerable tiling done this year. 
Other Business — Creamery has done a fine business all year. 
Lands— Prices high. 
Report of Fair— Held at Victor, August 11, 12 and 13. The best and 
most successful fair ever held by the society; exhibits were large in all 
departments and the most horses in the races ever seen in an Iowa 
county fair. 
