PART XIII 

 REPORT OF AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS 



BY 



COUNTY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETIES IN IOWA 



1910 



ADAIR. 

 FEED D. .MAIJTIX, GREENFIELD, OCTOBER 24, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The general condition is un- 

 usually good. The season has been good at all times with the exception 

 of a dry spell at the time the corn was sprouting. 



Corn — Large acreage; larger yield than usual; first class quality and 

 all well matured. Euns from thirty to seventy-five bushels per acre. 



Oats — Extra good; best yield in several years. Oats were heavy, of 

 good color and ran from twenty-five to sixty bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Extra good yield for this county; running from twenty to 

 forty bushels per acre and of A-l quality. 



Rye- — Don't know of any rye raised in this county. 



Barley — Good quality; good acreage, and yielded from thirty to forty 

 bushels per acre. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised, but what there is looks very good. 



Millet — Very little raised; don't know of any this year. 



Sorghum — Acreage small but quality extra good. 



Timothy — Extra good but not heavy; was well filled and yielded from 

 four to seven bushels of seed per acre. 



Clover — Light crop, the new seeding being the best. None threshed 

 yet. 



Prairie Hay — very little left, with the exception of sloughs, which 

 were good and heavy with tame hay mixed in them. 



Other Grains and Grasses — None. 



Potatoes — Early ones were good; late ones not so good; yield from 

 seventy-five to one hundred twenty-five bushels per acre. 

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