758 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 

 Millet — None raised. 

 Sorghum — Good in quality. 

 TiMOTHY^Large crop and of good quality. 

 Clover — Good crop. 

 Prairie Hay — None. 

 Other Graixs and Grasses- — Good. 

 Potatoes — Good crop but late and affected by rot. 

 Vegetables — Excellent. 

 Apples — Short crop but quality good. 

 Other Fruits — Short crop. 

 Cattle — Fine condition and selling well. 

 Horses — Scarce and selling at high prices. 



Swine — The principal Industry; large number raised and of good 

 quality. 



Sheep — ^Very few raised. 



Poultry — Large number raised, mostly well bred. 



Bees — None raised or kept. 



Drainage — Natural conditions excellent. 



CLAYTON. 

 J. C. Flenniken, Strawberry Point, October, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Unfavorable season; crops 

 below the average. 



Corn — Fairly good but most of it did not mature. 



Oats — Average yield but quality not the best. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 



Rye — Good. 



Barley — Good. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Good. 



Millet — Fairly good. 



Sorghum — Average acreage but quality poor on account of early frosts. 



Timothy — Good quality but yield a little light. 



Clover — Fairly good. 



Prairie Hay — Usual yield. 



Potatoes — Light yield and quality not the best. 



Apples — Light crop. 



Other Fruits — Average yield. 



Cattle — Special attention given to milch cows, this being a dairy 

 section. 



Horses — A good many draft and roadsters raised. 



Swine— One of the leading industries of this community; several 

 farmers make a specialty of raising the best breeds of stock. 



Sheep — Not many raised. 



Poultry— Large amount raised with profitable returns. 



Bees — Yield of honey below the average. s 



