944 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



CEDAR. 



C. F. SIMMERMAKER, TIPTON, OCTOBER 1, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The season was very favor- 

 able in the early part and the crops were never put into the ground in 

 better shape. However later on the season turned dry and this effected 

 the crops generally, especially the corn. The weather during the fall has 

 been fine. 



Corn — On account of the dry summer the corn crop will be short, al- 

 though there will be a very good average crop. 

 Oats — Never better, both as to yield and quality. 



Wheat — Good but not much raised here. A car of wheat was shipped 

 from Tipton this fall, this being the first car of wheat shipped from here 

 in twenty years. 



Rye — Good average crop. 

 Barley — Good crop; better than the average. 

 Flax — None raised. 

 Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Not much raised but what was sown was good. 

 Sorghum — Very little raised. 

 Timothy — Fair crop. 



Clover — Fair crop and considerable raised in this county. 

 Prairie Hay — None here to speak of. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Hay was a good fair crop and the pastures 

 were good the forepart of the season. The drouth during the summer 

 dried them up considerably but the fall rains revived them. 

 Potatoes — Generally speaking the crop was poor. 

 Vegetables — Below an average crop. 

 Apples — Very poor. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries were a very good crop; other fruits a fail- 

 ure. 



Cattle — Plenty of cattle in the country but prices are held up some. 

 Horses — The good horses are pretty well picked up; this being one of 

 the leading counties for good horses. 



Sunne — Plenty of hogs and no disease to speak of. 

 Sheep — More than usual and of good quality. 

 "" Poultry — More than ever; this being a great county for poultry. 

 Bees — Not much of a bee county. 

 Drainage — The county is all drained out. 

 Other Industries — Good. 



Lands — Are good and the prices are going up right along. The selling 

 price at the present time ranging from $100 to $215 per acre. There is 

 much land selling. 



Report of Fair — Held at Tipton, September 6-8 inclusive and was a 

 great success. The stock show was said to have been the best ever held 

 in the county and the entertainment and attendance was good. 



