762 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sorghum — Small acreage; quality good. 



Timothy — Good; the seed crop was the best in years. 



Clover — Good. 



Prairie Hay— None. 



Potatoes — Fair yield and of good quality. 



Vegetables — Fair. 



Apples — A total failure, killed by late freeze. 



Other Fruits^ — Strawberries, blackberries and raspberries yielded fair 

 and were of good quality; cherries, plums and peaches a failure. 



Cattle — An increased interest is being taken in the breeding of cattle 

 generally; Short-horns predominate. 



Horses — A great many are raised and their breeding has been im- 

 proved during the last few years, especially in the draft classes. 



Swine — A great deal of interest is taken in the improved breeds. 



Sheep — Not extensively raised but are of good quality; farmers who 

 have kept them have found them a good investment. 



Poultry — A growing and profitable industry. 



Bees — Wintered poorly; honey crop light. 



Lands — Range in price from $50 to $100 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Bloomfield, September 10 to 13. Attendance 

 largest in the history of the society; exhibits good in all departments. 



DELAWARE. 



J. J. Pentony, Manchester, September 30, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Very wet and backward. 

 Corn — About seventy-five per cent of usual crop. 

 Oats — About half a crop. 

 Rye— Small acreage but good. 

 Barley — Sixty-five per cent of the usual crop. 

 Buckwheat — Very little raised. 

 Millet — Very little raised. 

 Sorghum — Good. 



Timothy — Good. • 



Clover — Good. 

 Prairie Ha\- — Good. 



Potatoes — Poor yield and poor quality. 

 Vegetables — Good. 

 Apples — About an average crop. 



Other Fruits— Grapes good; plums killed by late frost in the spring. 

 Cattle — Not much change from last year. 

 Horses — Good horses are scarce and high. 



Swine— Full an average crop of hogs; good quality and free from 

 disease. 



Sheep — Not many. but good. 



Poultry — Good. 



Drainage— Fair; a good deal of tiling being done this fall. 



