956 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



every way successful. The stock exhibits were very good ; exhibits of farm 

 products fine and fruit excellent. The attendance on the largest day was 

 around ten thousand. The society was never in a more flourishing con- 

 dition. 



FAYETTE. 



C. H. KNOS, OELWEIN, OCTOBER 28, 1910. 



Corn — Very Good. 



Oats — Quality and yield very good. 



Timothy — Light. 



Clover — Light. 



Prairie Hay — Very little in the county. 



Potatoes — Fairly good. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Not many. 



Other Fruits — Not very good. 



Cattle — Not many pure bred cattle in the county. Farmers veal nearly 

 all of their calves. Cows sell from $10.00' to $15.00 per head higher than 

 ever before. 



Horses— Lots of young horses in the county and the quality is im- 

 proving. 



Swine — Average crop. 



Sheep — Not many. 



Lands— Have increased from $5.00 to $20.00 per acre the past year. 



Report of Fair — Held at Oelwein September 14, 15, 16, and 17. Not 

 very large exhibits of vegetables but of very good quality. Not many 

 cattle or hogs but good exhibit of horses, especially single and double 

 carriage horses. 



FLOYD. 



JAS. A. KING, CHARLES CITY, DECEMBER 30, 1910'. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season was remarkably dry 

 but fully one-half of the county had sufficient moisture in the ground 

 to last through the dry season so that about a normal crop was had. The 

 quality of all crops over this half of the county was above normal and 

 in the rest of the county they were at least normal. 



Corn — Quality was uniformly high, above the average. In a third to a 

 half of the county the yield was not over half normal but the other half 

 of the county was normal. 



Oats — Same as corn. 



Wheat — Same as corn; acreage was larger than normal, especially the 

 winter wheat. 



Rye — Same as corn. 



Barley — Same as corn. The barley that was threshed early graded 

 as brewing barley, something unusual for this section of the county. 



Flax — About normal in yield and above normal in quality. 



