798 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



MrLLET — On high ground very good, but on low ground in most cases 

 a total failure. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Good quality averaging from one and one-half to two and 

 one-half tons per acre. Well cured and very little rained on. 



Clover — Old clover is good crop, but new seeding very light. 



Prairie Hay — Good yield and nearly all cut in season to make good 

 salable hay. 



PoTATOES^ — Potatoes are yielding fairly well, but are rotting on ac- 

 count of wet weather. Most of the potatoes are free from scab and the 

 later varieties are nearly all sound. 



Vegetables — Large crop and good quality. 



Apples — The apple crop is large. Wealthy, Snow, Plumb Cider and 

 Hass of large size and well colored. Walbridge and Famouse small and 

 pale. 



Other Fruits — Plumbs were a failure on account of frost. Rasp- 

 berries a small crop, and gooseberries about an average crop. 



Cattle — We have many herds that are headed by prize takers and in- 

 dividual animals that are good enough to be shown at the large shows. 



Horses- — At least six car loads of draft horses varying in price from 

 $125 to $200 each have been shipped out of this county. 



Swine — Chester White, Duroc Jersey and Poland China are the leaders 

 among our farmers. Our farmers are dipping their hogs which proves 

 to be successful method of keeping out cholera. 



Sheep — This branch of stock raising is in its infancy in this county. 



Poultry — Much money is lost by neglecting the poultry. 



Bb:es — None kept. 



Drainage — This county has twenty-three drainage districts established 

 or in the course of establishment, and large tracts of land otherwise un- 

 productive are being made ready for cultivation. 



Lands — Are selling quite readily at prices ranging from $45.00 to $80 

 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Emmetsburg, September 17-20. Attendance 

 was good, and the exhibits of horses, cattle, swine and agricultural pro- 

 ducts were the best in the history of our fair. 



POCAHONTAS. 

 John Forbes, Fonda, October 18, 1907. 



Genhsal Condition of Crops and Season — Below the average of formal- 

 years. 



Corn — The yield will not be as large as last season, will average about 

 thirty-five bushels per acre. 



Oats — ^Quality very poor, about half a crop. 



Wheat — Not much raised in this county. 



Rye — Yield good, but very little raised. 



Barley — Good quality and fair yield. 



Flax — Very little raised. 



Buckwheat — Small acreage, but good yield. 



