952 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Vegetables — Quality fine; yield good. 



Apples — Almost an entire failure. 



Other Fruits — Nearly all fruits are an entire failure on account of the 

 late snow storm and freeze last spring. 



Cattle — Not as many as usual in the county but the quality is first 

 class, owing to our fine clover and blue grass pastures. 



Horses — About as usual; quality steadily growing better. 



Swine — Somewhat scarce and prices high. The quality is fine and no 

 cholera reported. 



Sheep — About the usual number and doing well. 



Poultry — Raised in large numbers and all appear to be doing well. 



Bees — Not many and did only fairly well this season. 



Drainage — Not much done in this connection. 



Lands— Quite a good deal selling and bringing from $60 to $125 per 

 acre. There are lots of farms that could not be bought for $150 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 13-16th, inclusive, at Bloomfield. The 

 fair was the most successful one ever held in Davis county. 



DELAWARE. 



T. WILSON, MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBEE 28, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The season as a whole has 

 been fair; plenty of moisture in the early months, mid-summer dry and 

 the balance of the season had the average rainfall. 



Corn — There will be a good average crop in this locality; some places 

 extra good; some poor on account of drouth. 



Oats — Very good crop over entire county; good color and good weight. 



Wheat — Not much sown; acreage increasing each year. Quality and 

 yield very good this season. 



Rye — Not much grown. 



Barley — On the average the crop was good. 



Flax — None grown. 



Sorghum — Fair; not as good as usual. 



Timothy — Very good crop; all put up in fine condition. 



Clover — Fair crop; put up in excellent condition. 



Potatoes— On the average the crop was poor. Bugs and dry weather 

 did the damage. 



Apples and Other Fruits — Nearly all destroyed by late snow storm and 

 frosts. There were a few strawberries and grapes. 



Cattle — Have been uniformly healthy this season. Good cows at pres- 

 ent are extremely high priced. 



Horses — Horses are not overly plentiful and are high priced. 



Sioine — Have been very healthy. 



Sheep — Not many in the county; some pure-bred flocks. 



Poultry — The poultry business has done well this year; eggs and 

 chickens high priced. 



Drainage — There is a good bit of drainage being done this season and 

 this work seems to be on the increase. 



