996 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



POWESHIEK. 



C. P. BUSWELL, GRINNELL, OCTOBEE 29, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Good. 



Oats — Good, 100 per cent. 



Wheat — Good, 100 per cent. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — Good. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Not any. 



Millet — None grown. 



Sorghum — One-half crop: quality good. 



Clover — One-half crop; good quality. 



Prairie Hay — None raised. 



Potatoes — One-half crop. 



Vegetables — Fair. 



Apples — None. 



Other Fruits — One-fourth crop of grapes. 



Cattle — In fair condition; about 25 per cent short as compared with the 

 number in 1909. 



Horses — In good condition; 100 per cent more than in 1909. 



Swine — In good condition; about 25 per cent short as compared with 

 the number in 1909. 



Sheep — Good; about the usual number. 



Poultry — Good; 25 per cent increase. 



Bees — Good. 



Drainage — More tiling being laid every year. 



Other Industries i — Good. 



Lands — Going higher every month and changing hands quite freely at 

 prices ranging from $150 to $200; in some instances higher. 



Report of Fair — Held at Grinnell September 5-8 inclusive. The weather 

 was good and attendance large. 



RINGGOLD. 



L. F. HALL, TINGLEY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1910. 



Corn — Well out of the way of frost; the yield will be above the average 

 for the last ten years. 



Oats — Good quality; average yield. 



Wheat — Fair yield; not much raised. 



Rye — Small acreage; good yield. 



Barley — I know of none. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — Not enough raised to give an estimate. 



Millet — Good; small amount raised. 



Sorghum — Good; not much raised. 



Timothy — Good quality; three-fourths of an average yield. 



