782 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Oats — Yield light and quality poor. 



Wheat — Yield good but somewhat damaged by wet weather. 



Rye — Good quality and good yield. 



Baeley — None raised. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — None. 



Sorghum — Fair crop. 



Timothy— Yield good; quality only fair. 



Clover — Light crop. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Fair crop and of good quality. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — A total failure. 



Other Fruits — None. 



Cattle — Short-horn and Polled Angus breeds predominate. 



Horses — Roadsters and Percherons predominate. 



Swine — Duroc Jersey, Poland China and Chester White breeds pre- 

 dominate. 



Sheep — Shropshire and Delaines predominate. 



Poultry — All kinds raised in large quantities 



Bees — ^Very few kept. 



Drainage— Good. 



Lands — Range in price from $80 to $125 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Donnellson, September 4 to 6. Exhibits were 

 very good in all departments. The weather was exceptionally favorable 

 the entire week and the attendance large. The fair was a success in 

 every particular. 



LEE. 

 John Walljasper, West Point, September 23, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Unfavorable; a late back- 

 ward spring and too much rain during harvest. 



Corn — Late in maturing; much replanting was necessary; estimated 

 yield three-fourths of a crop. 



Oats — Fairly good; average crop. 



Wheat — Very good but somewhat damaged by wet weather at harvest; 

 average in yield and about the average in quality. 



Rye — Very good. 



Barley — Very little sown. 



Flax — None sown. 



Buckwheat — Small acreage; average crop. 



Millet — Very little Sown. 



Sorghum — Not much planted; season too wet. 



Timothy — A good average crop of hay. 



Clover — Good. 



Praihie Hay — None. 



