768 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Praieie Hay — None raised. 



Potatoes — About half a crop. 



Apples — Apples a failure. 



Other Fruits — A failure, except Damson plums. 



Swine — Some cholera exhibits in the northwest part of the county. 



Report of Fair — Held at Guthrie Center, October 2 to 5. Weather was 

 very unfavorable, Friday and Saturday being the only clear days of the 

 week; the receipts were sufficient to pay expenses and premiums. 



HAMILTON. 

 F. A. Edwards, Webster City, October 17, 1908. 



Corn — About seventy per cent of a crop; quality fair to good. 



Oats — About sixty per cent of crop; quality fair. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — None raised. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — ^Very little raised but those who planted had a fine crop. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Eighty to eighty-five per cent; quality good. 



Clover — Eighty to eighty-five per cent; quality good. 



Prairie Hay — Good crop. 



PoTATOEs-^Ninety-five per cent; quality good. 



Vegetable.s — Fairly good. 



Apples — Poor yield. 



Other Fruits — Very poor. 



Cattle — Good; a few being fed. 



Horses — Good; prices excellent; many colts raised this year. 



Swine — Good; some sickness but outlook good. 



Sheep — Good; few raised but very successful. 



Poultry — Excellent. 



Bees — Very few kept. 



Drainage — Several hundred thousand dollars are being invested by the 

 county in drainage ditches in this vicinity; lots of small tiling. 



Other Industries — Good. 



Lands — Fairly active demand; prices range from $70 to $100 and $125 

 per acre. 



Report of Fair— Held at Webster City, September 10-13; fair very suc- 

 cessful. 



HANCOCK. 



John Hammill, Britt, October 23, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Corn drying out well; crops 

 forty per cent of normal; pastures good; fall plowing well along; season 

 fine and frost delayed until September 28th. 



