770 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Timothy — Fair. 



Clover — Light. 



Potatoes — Poor. 



Vegetables — Average. 



Apples — Light crop. 



Other Fruits — Grapes good, others light. 



Cattle — Average condition. 



Horses — In good condition. 



SwiiNE — Healthy. 



Sheep — Good. 



Lands — Prices high. 



Report of Fair — Held at Eidora, September 3-6. 



HARRISON. 

 W. H. Withrow, Missouri Valley, Octouer 2G, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Seiason — ^Owning to frequent rains in 

 the early spring, planting was done quite late; corn crop will be about the 

 usual average, with a larger acreage. 



Corn — Crop will be about an average compared with former years. 



Oats — Yield not up to the average; quality fair. 



Wheat — An increased acreage; yield and 'quality good, especially with 

 fall wheat; prospects good for increased acreage next year. 



Rye— Acreage averages with former years; quality and yield only fair. 



Barley — Acreage about the same as in former years, with average yield 

 and quality. 



Flax — Very little raised. 



Buckwheat- — Usual yield and quality; not much raised. 



Millet — Good crop on high lands, but light on low lands owing to too 

 much early rain. 



Sorghum — Usual acreage and average yield. 



Timothy — Crop about an average with former years with somewhat 

 increased acreage. 



Clover — Good yield on well drained land; nor good in low lands. 



Prairie Hay — A very large crop in drained lands; not so good on low 

 lands. 



Potatoes — Not as good quality as usual to this soil; acreage about an 

 average; quantity not an average. 



Vegetables — Very good quality but yield only about one-third of that 

 of 1906, owing to late spring frosts. 



Other Fruits — Not quite up to the usual production. 



Cattle — Have done very well; not much summer feeding, majority of 

 feeders prefering winter feeding. 



Houses — County not overstocked with horses, but improvement in 

 breeding shown each year; producers are beginning to realize there is more 

 profit in raising well bred stock. 



Swine — The usual number raised, but cholera has created havoc in some 

 parts of the county. 



