954 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Good crop and good price. 



Flax — Fair; 10 bushels per acre. Not much sown. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Good growth but not much raised. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Very light; about one-half a crop but it was secured in fine 

 shape. Worms destroyed the seed crop. 



Clover — Light crop but saved in good shape. Not much seed threshed. 



Prairie Hay — About one-half a crop. 



Potatoes — Early potatoes light; late ones about 80 per cent of an aver- 

 age crop; quality good. 



Vegetables — Very little raised for market; home gardens fair. 



Apples — A failure. 



Other Fruits — Very little fruit of any kind. 



Cattle — Generally in good condition; about the usual number on the 

 farms. 



Horses — In good condition and selling high. 



Swine — Supply rather low. A big demand for light shoats; no sickness. 



Sheep — Sheep are in good condition but there are very few in the 

 county. 



Poultry — Somewhat neglected but more attention is being paid to the 

 better breeds. 



Bees — The best season for bees that we have had in many years. 



Drainage — A wonderful amount of drainage has been done the past 

 year and more will be done next year. 



Other Industries — Good. 



Lands — Advancing in price and considerable changing hands. 



Report of Fair — No fair held in Emmet county this year. 



FAYETTE. 



E. A. MCELREE, WEST TJNTON, OCTOBER 6, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The season has been very 

 peculiar, the early spring mild and warm, later on heavy snow fell and 

 this was succeeded by hard freezes. However, the crops matured from 

 the snow water in the ground and the exceptionally fine fall has brought 

 everything up to a full average crop of the very best quality. 



Corn — Started out with poor seed and a very poor stand; was very 

 backward all spring but the late fall made of it a full average crop. 



Oats — The best in many years; nearly all harvested and threshed with- 

 out a drop of rain. The quality of the grain was fine. 



Wheat — Considerable wheat was sown and produced the best crop we 

 have had for 30 years. Some pieces of spring wheat going as high as 35 

 bushels per acre. 



Rye — A light crop; matured during the dry weather and was not of 

 very good quality. 



Barley — Was the best crop we have had for several years; exceptionally 

 fine quality. Many pieces yielding as high as forty bushels per acre. 



