ELEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 989 



MUSCATINE. 



W. H. SIIII'MAN, WEST LIBERTY, OCTOBER 25, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and. Season — Early season was backward 

 but the balance of the season was very favorable. Crops are generally 

 in excellent condition. 



Com — Average acreage; good yield, and best quality we have had for 

 several years. 



Oats — Usual acreage; good quality; yield from 50 to 85 bushels per 

 acre. 



Wheat — Light acreage; yield and quality good. 



Rye — Small acreage; yield and quality first-class. 



Barley — Not the usual acreage; yield and qaulity fine. 



Flax— None raised. 



Buckioheat — None raised. 



Millet — But little grown; quality good. 



Sorghum — Not any. 



Timothy — Good average crop; quality fine. 



Clover — Above the average crop. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa is proving satisfactory to all who 

 have tried it. Three or four crops being cut with a yield from 5 to 7 tons. 

 Makes very good pasture for hogs. 



Potatoes — Short crop of early potatoes; late varieties were of fine qual- 

 ity and yielded well. 



Vegetables — Very satisfactory crop. 



Apples — None. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries were a good crop; all other fruits were a 

 failure. 



Cattle — Interest in beef breeds not up to former years. Good demand 

 for milch cows. 



Horses — Increased interest taken in the draft horses. There is a good 

 market for all good animals. 



Swine; — Crop of pigs fully up to former years. 



Sheep — More than formerly. 



Poultry — Interest in poultry raising is increasing. 



Bees — Very satisfactory yield of honey. 



Drainage — Tile being laid and open ditches constructed. 



Other Industries — Progressing. 



Lands — The price of land seems to be limited only by what the owner 

 asks. 



Report of Fair — Fair held at West Liberty on August 22 to 25, and was 

 a success in every way. A new amphitheater was built which cost $2,500. 



MUSCATINE. 



H. WILDASIN, WILTOX JUNCTION, OCTOBER 21, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops in general are good. 

 Season was warm in the early spring; then turned cold for some little 

 time and afterwards warm drv weather set in until fall. 



