814 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Rye — Yield good and quality good. 
Barley — Small crop. 
FlcLX — No flax raised. 
Buckwheat — Crop good; not threshed yet. 
Millet — Crop good; not threshed yet. 
Sorglium — Quality and yield good. 
Timothy — One of the best yields we have had. 
Clover — Best clover crop we have had in years. 
Prairie Hay — None. 
Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 
Potatoes — Yield good and large; quality good. 
Vegetables— Could not be beaten. 
Apples — Small crop. 
Other Fruits — Small crop. 
Cattle— We have some of the best cattle in the state; our exhibits good. 
Horses— Our exhibit was excellent; it would be difhcult to beat the 
showing any place; quality and breed of the best. 
Swine— We raise the best hogs that are raised in the state. 
Sheep — Our sheep are fine and exhibits large. Are good mutton sheep 
and the v/ool is heavy. 
Poultry— 'Excellent exhibits and the breeds all standard. 
Bees — Large number of hives in this county. 
Drainage — Good. 
Other Industries — Good. 
Lands — Good; prices range from $65 to $100 per acre. 
Report of Fair— First annual fair held September 23 and 24, 1908. It 
was a decided success from an exhibit standpoint as the showing in all 
departments was fine. 
:_ SAC. 
S. L. Watt, Sac City, Octobek, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops arid Season— Not up to standard but better 
than last year; first part of season was wet and the last part dry; small 
grains light but corn quite good. 
Corn — Acreage a little short on account of the wet; quality good but 
ears not filled clear out to ends. The yield was more than last year 
and out of the way of frosts. 
Oats — Better than last year; early oats the best but the yield is light 
in weight. 
Wlieat — Considerable wheat grown here; winter wheat good; spring 
not very good. 
Rye — Fair but not much raised. 
Barley — Good and considerable raised. 
Flax — Good but not very much raised. 
Buckwheat — Good but not very much raised. 
Millet — Good and lots raised. 
Sorghum — Fair but not very sweet; considerable raised. 
Timothy— Good and lots of it. 
