EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 779 



SoRGUuii — Little planted. 

 Timothy — Good crop, plenty of hay. 

 Clover — Good crop. 

 Prairie Hay — Little if any. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Grass in abundance the entire season. 

 Potatoes — Poor yield; too much moisture. 

 Vegetables — Below the average. 

 Apples — Very few. 



Other Fruits — Poorest in years excepting an abundance of grapes. 

 Cattle — In fine condition owing to abundance of feed. 

 Horses — Good demand and raising of same profitable. 

 Swine — Large crop of pigs. 

 Sheep — Few if any raised in this commiuiity. 

 Poultry — Good prices prevail and a goodly number raised. 

 Bees — A good year; yield of honey large. 

 Drainage — A great deal of tile being laid. 

 Other Industries — Thriving. 

 Lands — Steadily increasing in value. 



Report of Fair — Held at Monticello, September 2 to 6. Most suc- 

 cessful fair in the history of the association. Agricultural exhibits light. 



JONES. 



L W. Russell, Anamosa, October, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — ^Very wet season. 



Corn — About three-fourths of a crop; quality only fair. 



Oats — Very small crop; poor quality. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley' — Very little raised. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — None. 



Sorghum — None. 



Timothy — Good crop and good quality. 



Clover — Good crop and good quality. 



Prairie Hay'^ — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Pastures fine. 



Potatoes — Crop and quality fair. 



Vegetables — Fair. 



Apples — None. 



Cattle — A good year for cattle. 



Horses — In good condition. 



Swine — Good. 



Sheep — Very few. 



Poultry-' — Good year. 



Bees — Very few kept. 



Drainage — Good. 



