950 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Rye — Rye was very poor; only about 50 per cent of a crop. 



Barley — Very good; yielding about 90 per cent of a crop. 



Flax — No flax raised. 



Buckwheat, — None raised. 



Millet — None in tbis immediate neighborbood. 



Sorghum — Yielding about 60 per cent. 



Timothy — Extra good quality but the yield was only about 50 per cent 

 of a crop. 



Clover — Very poor quality and yield about 25 per cent of a crop. 



Prairie Hay — Very light; about 60 per cent of a full crop. 



Potatoes — Early potatoes very short crop; late potatoes not matured. 



Vegetables — Fairly good and an average crop. 



Apples — Almost a failure. 



Other Fruits — Nothing doing at all. 



Cuttle— Good number of them. Prospect of feeding cattle not as 

 bright as usual. Very few on feed at the present time. 



Horses — Scarce and prices high. 



Swine — Medium lot of shoats; old hogs about all disposed of. 



Sheep — About the usual number raised but there are not many sheep 

 raised in this county. 



Poultry — Plentiful and commanding high prices. 



Bees — Not many being raised. 



Drainage — Good. Very little tiling done in this vicinity as the natural 

 drainage is good. 



Other Industries — Prospering and there is a good demand for the out- 

 put. 



Lands — About as usual; prices ranging as high as $150 per acre for 

 half section lots. 



Report of Fair — Held at Clinton September 20-23 inclusive. The weath- 

 er was good the first two days but it rained the last day, causing the at- 

 tendance to decrease. The exhibits in all departments were filled to ca- 

 pacity. 



CRAWFORD. 



THOMAS RAB, ARION, SEPTEMBER 28, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Fairly good. The entire sea- 

 son extreme one way or the other. 



Corn — The crop is cut off ten per cent throughout the county on ac- 

 count of drouth. Some corn is very late and will be injured if the frost 

 comes before the middle of October. 



Oats — Good quality; two-thirds of an average yield. 



Wheat — Considerable winter wheat being raised; averaging 30 bushels 

 per acre. Spring wheat averaged 18 bushels and was of good quality. 



Rye — Good quality but not raised to any extent. 



Barley — Fair yield; averaging about 30 bushels per acre. Heavy dews 

 caused the straw to color. 



Flax — Practically no flax raised. 



