748 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Wheat — Good quality but very little raised. 



RvE — Very little raised. 



Barley — ^Very little raised. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — A good crop and of good quality. 



Sorghum — Small quantity but of good quality. 



Timothy — Light crop; about one half that of last year. 



Clover — No clover cut for seed. 



Prairie Hay — About an average crop. 



Potatoes — Yield short, although a good many are being shipped away. 



Vegetables — Average crop and of good quality. 



Apples — Light crop. 



Other Fruits — About an average crop. 



Cattle — About the same amount as usual being raised; many being fed. 



Houses — More raised than for many years previous; some high class 

 horses. 



Swine — Crop is not quite as large as last year. 



Sheep — Few raised, but of good quality. 



Poultry — A great deal of poultry raised. 



Bees — Honey crop is good. 



Drainage — A great deal done in the county during the summer 



Other Industries — Coal mines just opened; good supply of coal of 

 the very best quality. 



Lanls — Land is selling from ninety to one hundred dollars per acre. 



Report of Fair— Held at Ogden September 25 to 27. Week rainy; only 

 one good day. 



BOONE. 



A. M. BuRNSinE, Boone, Octorer 11, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The season was backward 

 and crops were late in growth on account of drouth. 



Corn — A large acreage planted but considerable drowned out on the 

 lowlands. An average yield of early planted; frost damaged the l.tte 

 planting. 



Oats — Light yield and poor quality. 



Wheat — Acreage small but of good qualilty. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley^ — Good. 



Flax — None sown. 



Buckwheat — Very little sown and of poor quality. 



Millet — Small acreage and good yield. 



SoRGiiuM — Good. 



Timothy — Very light crop on account of dry spring. 



Clover^ — Fair. 



Prairie Hay — Acreage small but good yield. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 



