810 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



WARREN. 

 Lee Talbott, Indianola, September 23, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The season has been a 

 fairly favorable one, and all crops will be up to the average. 



Corn — A very good crop. 



Oats — Fair crop. Early varieties light in weight. Late oats much 

 best crop this year. 



Wheat — A very good crop of both winter and spring wheat. 



Rye — Small acreage, but good yield and quality. 



Barley — Very little grown. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None grown. 



Millet — None raised. 



Sorghum — Very little grown. 



Timothy — Good yield and was put up in good condition. 



Clover — First cutting not put up in good condition. Second crop good. 



Prairie Hay — Small acreage, but quality good. 



Potatoes — Early potatoes good, late crop light. 



Vegetables — All varieties yielded well. 



Apples — A very light yield and of poor quality. 



Other Fruits — Cherries and plums almost a failure, other small fruits 

 a good crop. 



Cattle — Farms are well stocked with good breeds of cattle. The 

 pasturage has been good all season and cattle have done exceptionally 

 well. 



Horses — Large number of the heavy draft breeds raised in this county 

 and shipped to the eastern markets. 



Swine — Usual number in the county and are free from disease. 



Sheep — A few are raised in the county and seem to be doing well. 



Poultry — Raised in large numbers by all classes of farmers. 



Bees — Only a few kept. Have done well this season. 



Drainage — Farms are as a general thing well drained. 



Lands — Selling from $60 to $125 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Indianola, September 3-6. Good attendance. 

 All departments were well filled with exhibits. 



WAYNE. 

 Edd Aten, Humeston, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season was backward In the 

 early spring, but all crops are up to the average. 



Corn — ^Yield and quality was very good excepting a few fields that 

 were replanted in June. Some fields yielded seventy-five bushels per 

 acre. 



Oats — Early oats made the best crop and would weigh out. Average 

 yield from twenty to forty bushels per acre. 



