794 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Repokt of Fair — Held at Muscatine August 17 to 20. Attendance close 

 to a record. Our early dates and late season made the display in farm 

 products light, but in every other department the show was good. We 

 had an especially good show of the single drivers, and had a good list of 

 entries in the speed department and some very good racing. We use 

 the single expert judge in all departments and find it satisfactory. 



MUSCATINE. 

 H. WrLDASiN, Wn.TON Junction. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season has been too wet and 

 backward for good crops. 



Corn — About sixty per cent of a full crop. 



Oats — About fifty per cent of a full crop. 



Wheat — Very little grown. 



Rye — About seventy-five per cent of a full crop. 



Barley — About sixty per cent of a full crop. 



Flax — None grown. 



Buckwheat — Very little grown. 



Millet — Practically none grown. 



Sorghum — Fair. 



Timothy — Good. 



Clover — Good. 



Prairie Hay— None. 



Potatoes — Fifty per cent of a full crop. 



Vegetables — Fair. 



Apples — Very small yield. 



Swine — Large number of spring pigs. 



Poultry — More poultry raised this year than usual. 



Report of Fair — Held at Wilton Junction, September 17 to 19. 



O'BRIEN. 

 Ray R. Crum, Sutherland, October 7, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The acreage of corn and 

 oats is greater, but on account of the backward season the yield will not 

 be as great as that of 1906. Farmers are doing considerable fall plowing. 



Corn — Acreage large, but yield will fall short of that for 1906. Quality 

 is good and will average about forty to sixty bushels per acre. 



Oats — Large acreage, light in weight and will average about thirty 

 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — No winter wheat raised. Small acreage but good yield of 

 spring wheat. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — Fair yield, but small acreage. 



Flax — None raised. 



