988 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Horses — No surplus; bought up and shipped out. 



Swine — Not as many as usual. 



Sheep — Very few. 



Poultry — Usual. 



Drainage — Drainage ditches are being put in over the western part of 

 the county. 



Lands — Some changing hands but not much. Prices range from $50 to 

 $150 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Onawa September 13-16 inclusive. Rain cut 

 down the attendance. 



MONROE. 



J. T. PORTER, ALBIA, OCTOBER 7, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops well saved. 



Corn — Mostly cut for fodder and shredding. Average yield about 40 

 bushels. 



Oats — Excellent quality and an average yield of 35 bushels. 



Wheat — All saved; good quality; yield about 22% bushels per acre. 



Eye — Good quality; yield about 27% bushels per acre. 



Barley — Not sufficient raised to report. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None grown; too dry. 



Millet — None sowed; too dry. 



Sorghum — Not enough to report on. 



Timothy — Light yield on account of drouth; quality excellent. 



Clover — Too dry for clover. 



Prairie Hay — Not any. 



Other Grains and Grasses — None. 



Potatoes — Very light crop; good quality. 



Vegetables — Short crop. 



Apples — Not any, because of the early frost. 



Other Fruits — None to speak of. 



Cattle — Stock cattle all thin; very few being fed. 



Horses — In good condition and command good prices. 



Swine — In good condition; prices good. 



Sheep — Not many in the county; quality good; prices good. 



Poultry— Good condition; prices are high and poultry sells readily. 



Bees — But few in the county. 



Drainage — Very little tile drainage done this year on account of the 

 drouth. 



Lands— Prices ranging from $50 to $150' per acre, according to the 

 improvements and location. 



Report of Fair — Held at Albia on September 27-30 inclusive. This was 

 our second fair in twenty years and it was a success. We made a little 

 money and besides paid $1,136.25 in premiums. 



