806 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Sheep — The grades are being thinned out and their places filled with 
thoroughbreds. 
Poultry — Sold off close on account of high prices. 
Drainage — Considerable work being done uj the county; new ditches 
and old ones cleaned out. 
Other Industries — The Iowa Condensed Milk Company makes a good 
market for milk; they make condensed milk, evaporated cream; plain 
milk for ice cream, butter, etc. 
Lands — More buyers than sellers and the price going up all the while. 
Report of Fair — Held August 17 to 20 and was called the best held in 
the forty -six years of the organization; exhibits good in all departments, 
especially apples, garden vegetables, and farm products. We use the 
single expert judge in all departments and find it very satisfactory. 
We put on a boys' judging contest and sent the four highest boys 
to the state fair contest. Had a good show in all stock classes and the 
races were all filled and were closely contested. 
MUSCATINE. 
H. WiLDASi^", Wilton Junction, October 9, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — About average. 
C07'7i — Above average. 
Oats — A little below average. 
Wheat — Practically none raised. 
Rye — Good. 
Barley — Fair. 
Flax — None raised. 
Buckwheat — Practically none raised. 
Millet — Practically none raised. 
Sorghum — Good but small amount. 
Timothy — Extra good. 
Glover — Extra good. 
Prairie Hay — None. 
Potatoes — Below average. 
Vegetables — Good. 
Apples — Good crop. 
Cattle — About as usual. 
Horses — About as usual. 
Swine — Not as many. 
Sheep — About as usual. 
Poultry — Average. 
Report of Fair— Held September 1.5, 16, 17, 1908. 
O'BRIEN. 
J. B. Murphy, Sutherland, October 13, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — Season wet and backward; 
corn planting late; crops fair. 
Corn— Average crop; dry and warm weather in September made the 
corn mature. 
