958 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Buckwheat — Poor crop on account of drouth. 



Millet — Poor crop on account of drouth. 



Sorghum — Good crop; small acreage. 



Timothy — Very short on account of drouth; about one ton per acre. 



Clover — Short crop on account of drouth; good seed crop in second 

 growth. 



Prairie Hay—Small acreage; short and poor on account of drouth. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Short on account of drouth. 



Potatoes — Yield of early potatoes very poor. Late ones better yield 

 and better quality but all were affected by the drouth. 



Vegetables — Short crop on account of drouth. 



Apples — Very poor crop on account of late spring freeze. 



Other Fruits — Poor crop on account of late spring freeze. 



Cattle — Number under the average but we have some very good quality 

 in local stuff. 



Horses — Quality improving each year. 



Swine — Medium crop of young stock; old ones about all sold off. 



Sheep — Many lambs shipped into county for fall feed. The dry year 

 was good for breeding. 



Poultry — Good year for raising chickens; extra large number raised. 



Bees — Not a commercial product. 



Drainage — On the increase; more tile used every year. 



Other Industries — Increasing. 



Lands — $75.00 to $170.00 per acre; many transfers. 



Report of Fair — Good fair; largest attendance ever had; good program 

 and the public was well pleased. Rainy weather cut down the exhibits. 



GRUNDY. 



L. M. HAWN, GRUNDY CENTER, OCTOBER 20, 1910'. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops are above the average 

 in yield and quality. The season has been very favorable although the 

 rainfall has been below the average. 



Corn — Good yield, from forty to seventy-five bushels per acre and of 

 splendid quality. 



Oats — Best crop we have had for years; averaging from forty to 

 eighty-five bushels per acre. Quality of the very best, some testing forty- 

 four pounds. 



Wheat — Winter wheat good; no spring wheat raised. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — Light yield and poor quality; acreage below the average. 



Flax^None raised. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — Average crop; very little sown. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Light crop; quality good. 



Clover — Light crop with the exception of new seeding, which was very 

 good. 



