774 • IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



IOWA. 

 Alex McLennan, Makengo, October 23 1907. 



General Condition of Chops and Season — The quality of crops in gen- 

 eral not good on account of cold wet spring and late frosts; considerable 

 fall plowing being done; fall pastures good and stock in good condition. 



Corn — About seventy-five per cent of crop, of mixed quality; much had 

 to be replanted. About two-thirds of the crop was out of danger of the 

 frost on September 24th; balance more or less harmed; will be chaffy. 



Oats— Light in yield and quality; average about twenty-four bushels 

 per acre; good harvesting weather; straw and grain look bright. 



Wheat — But very little grown; yield from ten to twenty bushels per 

 acre; of excellent quality. 



Rye — Very little grown; good yield and quality. 



Barley — About the usual acreage; fair quality. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little grown. 



Millet — Very little grown. 



Sorghum— Very little grown but quality good. 



Timothy — Very short on account of cold wet spring; qual'ty of hay 

 and seed excellent but yielded light. 



Clover — Not much harvested except for hay; a good year for clover 

 and last spring's seeding is exceptionally good. 



Prairie Hay— None in the county. 



Potatoes — Very small yield but of excellent quality; many shipped 

 in and are selling at seventy-five cents per bushel. 



Vegetables — About the average amount raised and quality very good. 



Apples — Very scarce on account of late frosts in the spring; some late 

 apples and of good quality. 



Other Fruits — Peaches good in most localities where grown; not many 

 trees in the county although the number is increasing. Light crop of 

 plums and cherries on account of late frosts. 



Cattle — Larger number than usual on exhibition at our fair and of 

 better breeding and quality; Aberdeen Angus, Herefords and Short-horns 

 predominate. General condition good, better than last year; fall pastures 

 good and cattle will be in fine shape for the winter. 



Horses — Good demand and higher prices for good horses than for a 

 number of years; there is a tendency among the farmers to raise more 

 horses and raise only the best. Many western horses shipped in and met 

 with ready sale at good prices. 



Swine — Pig crop fair; better than last year; all well bred. No cholera 

 in the county and prices are good. 



Sheep — Not generally raised among the farmers. 



Poultry — Increasing interest taken in poultry raising; large number on 

 exhibition. 



