796 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Vegetables — Fair. 
Apples — Good. 
Other Fruits — Good. 
Cattle — In good condition but not many in this vicinity. 
Horses — In good condition. 
Svnne — Healthy but not plentiful on account of high priced corn. 
Sheep — Very few here and in poor condition. 
Poultry — O. K. 
Bees—0. K. 
Drainage — Two dry to consider. 
Other Industries — Very good. 
Lands — In poor shape. 
Report of Fair — Held September 1-4, inclusive. Our fair exceeded 
our expectations as we had no fair in 1907 ; had a very good display of 
stock and other exhibits and expect to do better still next year. 
LINN. 
E. E. Hendersox, Central City, Octodeb 1, 1908. 
Corn — Much better matured than the 1907 crop and also a better stand 
and yield. There was no killing frost until September 28th. 
Oats — Very uneven crop; varying much in yield and quality, the yield 
averaging from twenty-two to fifty bushels per acre. 
Rye — Good quality; yield averaged about twenty bushels per acre. 
Barley — Good quality and yield and a much larger acreage than in 1907. 
Flax — None raised. 
Buckwheat — Very little raised. 
Millet — Small acreage; good quality. 
Timothy — Good; large acreage threshed for seed. 
Clover — Spring seeding suffered from August drought; old fields in the 
average condition. 
Potatoes — Average acreage but very light yield, especially of late pota- 
toes. 
Apples — Large crop and of good quality. 
Other Fruits — Good condition and a fair crop. 
Cattle — Good condition but feeders scarce. Farmers generally milk 
cows and sell cream to local creameries. 
Horses — Good condition but demand not quite so brisk as in 1907. 
Swine — Healthy; no cholera but not so many raised as usual. 
Sheep — Good condition and flocks increasing in this locality. 
Poultry — Average number raised; good local markets for selling live 
poultry. 
Bees — Good season; large amount of honey made. 
Drainage — Large amount of tile being laid. 
Lands — Very little being sold; prices range from $70 to $110 per acre. 
Report of Fair— Held at Central City. September 8, 9, 10 and 11, Was 
very successful in attendance and the exhibits were large, the society pay- 
ing over $200 more for premiums than in 1907. Prof. P. G. Holden. :Miss 
Edith Charlton and others, were present in instruction work. 
