788 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Drainage — Practically all farms are well tiled out. 



Lands — Price ranges from $100 to $125 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 17 to 20 at New Sharon. Good attend- 

 ance, paid all premiums in full and had some money left in the treasury. 

 Best showing of live stock in the history of the association. 



MARION. 

 T. D. TicE, Pella, October 26, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The backward season affected 

 the crops. 



Corn — An average crop. 



Oats — Very light. 



Wheat — Average; little sown. 



Rye — Average. 



Barley — Average. 



Sorghum — Good average crop. 



Timothy — Crop about seventy-five per cent. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Fair. 



Potatoes — Half a crop. 



Vegetables — Half a crop. 



Apples — Light crop. 



Other Fruits — None. . 



Cattle — Eighty per cent; farmers selling freely on account of high 

 price of land. 



Horses — Eighty per cent; prices high; marketed as soon as possible. 



Swine — Ninety per cent; some sickness. 



Sheep — One hundred per cent; seem to be on the increase. 



Poultry — Ninety per cent; in good demand. 



Bees — Did not do well, owing to unfavorable season. 



Drainage — Compares with former years; about seventy-five per cent. 



Other Industries — Prosperous. 



Lands — Increasing in value; prices range from $75 to $125. 



Report of Fair — Held at Pella, September 24 to 27. Weather un- 

 favorable. Small debt after payment of premiums and expenses. Every 

 department was well represented except the horse department. 



MARSHALL. 

 W. M. Clark, Marshalltown, October 15, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The season has been back- 

 ward and crops are below the average. 



Corn — A very poor stand; crop will not average over sixty-five per 

 cent of the usual yield. 



Oats — Light in weight; yield thirty to thirty-five bushels per acre. 



WiiELiT — Yield of winter wheat twenty-two to twentynfive bushels 

 per acre; spring wheat eighteen to twenty bushels. 



