964 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Sorghum — None to speak of. 

 Timothy — Fair crop. 

 Clover — Good yield. 

 Prairie Hay — None. 

 Potatoes — Medium yield. 

 Vegetables — Good. 

 Apples — None. 



Other Fruits — Very light crop. 

 Cattle — Not many cattle on feed. 

 Horses — Quality of horses good. 

 Swine — Fair crop. 

 Sheep — Very few. 

 Poultry — Good. 

 Bees — Very few. 

 Drainage — Good. 



Lands — Range in price from $100.00 to $250.00 per acre. 

 Report of Fair— Held September 13-16, 1910. Weather bad; rained 

 some each day. 



HOWARD. 



M. B. DOOLITTLE, CBESCO, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The severe drouth, which 

 commenced early in June and lasted until late in August, affected all 

 crops. 



Corn — Early corn poor; late corn excellent; on the whole hardly an 

 average crop. 



Oats — Excellent on heavy land and poor on sandy land. Average good. 



Wheat — But little sown; yield good. 



Rye — But little sown; yield above the average. 



Barley — Much sown; yield large; prices high. 



Flax — Average amount sown; yield fair; prices good. 



Buckwheat — None sown; too dry. 



Millet — None sown; too dry. 



Sorghum — None planted so far as I know. 



Timothy — Very little seed; small amount of hay. 



Clover — I know of none cut for seed. 



Prairie Hay — One-half crop. 



Potatoes— Early ones very small; late ones large; full crop. 



Vegetables — Same as potatoes. 



Apples — Not any on account of freezes in the spring. 



Other Fruits — Not any; too dry. 



Cattle— Sold off short for want of feed. 



Horses — Plenty; many sold. 



Swine — Full crop; corn is being Shipped in to feed them. 



Sheep — Sold off short. 



Poultry — Full crop; thousands sold and thousands being wintered. 



Bees — Small profit; too dry for making honey. 



Drainage — None needed this year. ; 



