942 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Potatoes — Light crop. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Crop very light; no winter apples and very few early varieties. 



Other Fruits — Small fruits fair; late frost injured the most of the 

 plums and cherries. 



Cattle — Good stock of calves and they are in excellent condition. 



Horses— Above the average, both as to quality and number. Generally 

 in good condition. 



Swine — Below the average, both as to quality and number. 



Sheep — Not many raised in this county but what there are are in satis- 

 factory condition. 



Poultry — Eggs and poultry very plentiful. 



Bees — Early honey light; late will be good. 



Drainage — A great interest is manifested in drainage in this county 

 and the amount of tile laid is only limited by the help obtainable to lay 

 them. There are several large drains being put in by the county and the 

 farmers are busy putting in laterals to drain into these outlets. 



Other Industries — The Rockwell City Canning Company report the most 

 prosperous season they have ever had. Their output will be near 1,500,- 

 000 cans. 



Lands — Not much on the market but what there is is changing hands 

 at from $100 to $150 per acre, according to the improvements and location. 



Report of Fair — Held at Rockwell City July 26-29 inclusive; held over 

 the 30th on account of rain. The attendance was good; showing of horses 

 and poultry good but other stock was light on account of the early date. 

 Altogether the fair was very satisfactory to the management. 



CASS. 



CARL E. HOFFMAN, ATLANTIC, OCTOBER 26, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The general condition of crops 

 is average. The season was very dry until September. 



Corn — Good quality and about 85 per cent of an average crop. 



Oats — Good quality and about 110 per cent of an average crop. 



Wheat — Good quality; 110 per cent of an average crop. 



Rye — Not enough raised in the county to make an estimate. 



Barley — Good quality and 100 per cent of a crop. 



Millet — Fair; small acreage. 



Timothy- — Sixty per cent of a hay crop; short on account of dry weather. 



Clover — Sixty per cent of a hay crop; short on account of dry weather. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Short on account of dry summer; late rains 

 helped fall grasses. 



Potatoes — Only fifty per cent of an average crop on account of drouth. 



Vegetables — Seventy-five per cent of an average crop. 



Apples — No apples because of the late frost. 



Other Fruits — Very little fruit of any kind. 



Cattle — The average number of cattle but not so many on feed as usual. 



Horses — The average number on hand. 



