754 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Flax — None. 

 Buckwheat — None. 

 Millet — Good. 

 Sorghum — Good. 

 Timothy — Fair to good. 

 Clover — Fair to good. 

 Prairie Hay — Slough hay good. 

 Potatoes — Fair. • 



Veg eta bles — Goo d . 

 Apples — Poor crop. 

 Other Fruits — Poor crop. 

 Cattle — Good crop; good price. 

 Horses — More good colts; prices high. 

 Swine — Good crop and healthy. 

 Sheep — Good crop; good condition. 

 Poultry' — Good. 

 Bees — Good. 



Drainage — Considerable draining being done. 

 Lands — Prices increasing. 



Report of Fair — Held at Massena, September 9 to 12. Best in 

 history of the association; attendance large; weather good. 



CEDAR. 

 F. H. Conner, Tipton, October 19, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops were thin in places and 

 the season was two weeks late. 



Corn — There will not be a great crop of grade corn; crop about sixty- 

 five per cent. 



Oats — Thin and very light. 



Wheat — Very little grown. 



Rye — Fairly good in the east and south portions of the county. 



Barley — Same acreage as last year, and fairly good crop in east and 

 south portion of the county. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — Not much planted and a poor stand. 



Millet — Scarce. 



Sorghum- — None. 



Timothy- — Light and thin. 



Clover — Fairly good but seed light. 



Prairie Hay — Not much cut. 



Potatoes — Quite a good acreage but a very poor yield. 



Vegetables — Not very good; tomatoes did not ripen. 



Apples — Very poor crop. 



Other Fruit.s — Scarcely any this year. 



Cattle — Good. 



Horses — Getting better every year. 



Swine — Quality the best and a large number raised. 



