790 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Barley — Acreage small but yielded well. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — But little raised. 



Sorghum — Very little raised, but good. 



Timothy — A good average crop and of fine quality; put up generally 

 in good shape. 



Clover — Probably below the average; much of the new seeding winter- 

 killed; second crop not as heavy as usual. 



Prairie Hay — Very little in this district. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Above the normal. 



Potatoes — Yield rather light; quality good. 



Vegetables — Good, both in yield and quality. 



Apples — Rather light yield, except early fall apples, winter apples 

 about an average yield. 



Other Fruits — Most small fruits were good, especially grapes; a very 

 light crop of plums. 



Cattle — Many pure bred cattle in this community; also a great many 

 feeders. A fine season for pastures and cattle are in good condition. 



Horses — This district is well stocked with good horses; heavy draft 

 horses are principally bred; prices have been good and more attention is 

 being paid to this branch of stock raising. 



Swine — District well stocked with good hogs and good prices have 

 ruled the past year; some disease among the new crop. 



Sheep — Doing well and free from disease; few sheep raised but many 

 shipped in for feeding. 



Poultry — Poultry raising is extensively carried on in this section; 

 present season has been fair for this industry, although some loss on young 

 stock on account of wet weather. 



Bees — But few kept; a poor season for honey. 



Drainage — Tiling has been carried on to a large extent all over the 

 district; the county ditch now under construction will greatly improve 

 several hundred acres of wet lands. 



Other Industries — Little attention is given to other industries than 

 farming and stock raising; several brick and tile factories, a plant for 

 cement fence posts, and some canning factories in the district. 



Lands — Farms generally well improved and in a good state of culti- 

 vation; some farms sold for $100 to $150 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Rhodes, October 1 to 3; rain somewhat in- 

 terferred with the attendance but exhibits were good, especially in cattle, 

 horse and swine departments. 



MILLS. 



J. T. Ward, Malvern, September 25, 1907. 



Gene^ial Condition of Crops and Season — Season two weeks late; most 

 crops good. 



Corn — Good, average from forty to seventy bushels per acre. 

 Oats — Poor, from eighteen to thirty bushels per acre. 



