790 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 
Apples — Good; more than an average crop of fall apples; not many 
\v inter ones raised. 
Other Fruits — Good; peaches a banner crop. 
Cattle — Not many on feed but the pastures have been good and stock 
cattle are in good flesh. 
Horses — Scarce but good prices prevail. 
Sioine — Plenty; the price of old corn being high makes the farmers 
put them on the market as soon as possible. 
Sheep — Not so many as usual. 
Poultry — Farmers are taking more interest in this business as a source 
oi" profit than formerly. 
Bees — Swarmed a good deal but made an extra amount of honey. 
Drainage — More tile put in each year and consequently more land 
reclaimed. 
Lands — Sell at good prices; prices range from $100 to $200 per acre. 
Report of Fair— Held August 31, September 1, 2 and 3, 1908. Had nice 
weather; good showing of all kinds of stock except cattle; attendance 
fair, and had Prof. A. V. Storm with us one day and he gave a lecture 
which was very much enjoyed by the people, and we contemplate having 
another such feature next year. 
JONES. 
J. J. LOCHER, MONTICELLO, OCTOBER 14, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — Good, with the exception of 
small grain. 
Corn — Good stand and yield; very little soft corn. 
Oats — Fair yield but of light quality. 
Wheat — Very little raised. 
Rye — Very little raised but good. 
Barley — Very good. 
Flax — None raised. 
Buckwheat — Little, if any, raised. 
Millet — Very little raised; have seen none. 
Sorghum^dood. 
Timothy — Very good. 
Clover — Excellent yield of both hay and seed. 
Prairie Hay — Little, if any. 
Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 
Potatoes — Good, but only fair yield. 
Vegetables — Good. 
Apples — Fair. 
Other Fruits — Fair. 
Cattle — Jones county is in the midst of a dairy country; good. 
Horses — Very good. 
Swine — Hogs thin, occasioned by lack of corn of the 1907 yield. 
Sheep — Few, if any. 
Poultry — Many chickens raised. 
Bees — Very few hives. 
Draiwa^Fe— Excellent; much tiling done. 
