786 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Rye — ^Very little raised; yield about forty bushels per acre. 



Barley — Yield good; quality first class; averages thirty bushels per 

 acre. 



Flax — Very little raised; yield twelve bushels per acre. 



Buckwheat — Small acreage. 



Millet — Yield good. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Large acreage and good crop; acreage increasing every year. 



Clover — More clover being sown each year; crop this season was very 

 heavy. 



Prairie Hay — Small acreage. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Pastures did well this season. 



Potatoes — Acreage large; quality first class and yield very large; will 

 ship four hundred car loads this year. 



Vegetables — Matured in good season and were of the best quality. 



Apples — A large yield of all varieties; quality good; some being shipped. 



Other Fruits — All kinds of small fruits, including grapes and plums, 

 yielded a large and excellent crop. 



Cattle — In fine condition; a majority of the farmers have dairy herds; 

 feeders will be fully up to last year's number. 



Horses — Scarce and high in price; many colts being raised; a number 

 of high class pure bred stallions in the county. 



Swine — Have done well; prices high and there is a big demand for 

 shoats; no disease reported. 



Sheep — This industry is increasing; many pure bred flocks In the 

 county, also a great many western sheep being fed. 



PoLTLTRY — A profitable industry and more attention is being paid to 

 the better breeds than in former years. 



Bees — A paying industry and increasing each year. 



Drainage — Natural conditions very good, but farmers are doing a great 

 deal of sub-drainage, making it possible to cultivate all the flat and 

 slough lands, thereby increasing the value of the farms. 



Lands — Deep black loam with heavy yellow clay subsoil. Will stand 

 considerable rain and requires more than the ordinary dry weather to aifect 

 crops; prices range from $65 to $100 per acre. 



Report of Fair— Held at Rock Rapids, September 3 to 6. The weather 

 was favorable and the fair a grand success. Entries in all departments 

 were heavy, especially in the horse department. Extensive improvements 

 in the way of buildings were made this year and prospects for the future 

 of the fair were never brighter. 



MADISON. 



Elmer Orris, Winterset, October 31, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season— Good. Season fair. 



Oats — Light crop. About 25 per cent of average yield. 



Corn — About 90 per cent of an average yield. 



Wheat — Not much raised. Fair yield. 



Rye — About 75 per cent of an average y'*>ld. 



