978 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Timothy — Good yield and good quality but the acreage is so small that 

 there will he a scarcity. 



Clover — Fine year for clover. The stands were very heavy and more 

 than usual harvested for seed. 



Prairie Hay — Very little in this community but the quality and yield 

 is good. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Sweet corn grown to quite an extent, with 

 extra fine crops. 



Potatoes — Very little grown except for home consumption. The yield 

 is below the average. 



Vegetables — None grown except in home gardens. 



Apples — None whatever. 



Other Fruits — Very little. 



Cattle — Usual number; high prices prevailing. 



Horses — Better quality raised every year; prices good. 



Swine — High prices last winter caused many farmers to sell their 

 brood sows, resulting in a smaller number of pigs this summer. 



Sheep — Comparatively few handled in this vicinity. 



Poultry — Farmers are taking greater interest in their poultry — securing 

 better stock and raising larger numbers. 



Bees — Very few kept. 



Drainage — A great deal of drainage is being done. About twelve 

 drainage districts have been established in this county recently and 

 several hundred thousand dollars are being spent in such work. 



Other Industries — Farming is practically the only industry. 



Lands — Prices are steady at the top reached last spring. 



Report of Fair — No fair this year. 



LUCAS. 



J. C. WILLIAMSON, CHARITON, DECEMBER 7, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The county has suffered from 

 drouths, causing a shortage in most crops. 



Corn — Owing to the poor quality of seed a large acreage was replanted 

 but a good fall allowed the bulk of the crop to mature. The yield is from 

 20> to 50 bushels per acre. There was more corn cut for fodder this year 

 than ever before. 



Oats — Good crop and of extra good quality. 



Wheat — Most of the wheat was winter killed. Quite a good deal was 

 sown this fall. 



Rye — Very little sown. 



Barley — None. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — Very little. 



Millet — Millet was very light because of the drouth. 



Sorghum — Very little. 



Timothy — About one-half crop, or three-fourths tons per acre. The 

 quality was excellent but there was very little cut for seed. 



