998 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Other Industries — None. 



Lands — Improving each year and becoming more valuable. 



Report of Fair — Held September 26-29 inclusive. 



SAC. 



S. E. WATT, SAC CITY. SEPTEMBER, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — About the average acreage and looking fine. It is late in "matur- 

 ing but prospects look good for a bumper crop. 



Wheat — Good; not much raised. 



Rye — Good; very little sown. 



Barley — Good quality; considerable raised. 



Flax — None to speak of. 



Buckwheat— -Very little grown here. 



Millet — Quite a good acreage; good yield; quality of the best. 



Sorghum — The best of quality; quite a little raised but not enough to 

 supply the demand. 



Timothy — Very light crop but quality very good. 



Clover — Extra good; fair weight. Second crop on last year's seeding 

 very good. 



Prairie Hay — Quality good but not much in the county. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Some alfalfa that looks good. There is also 

 some sweet corn, averaging from 3 to 5 tons per acre. 



Potatoes — Not very plentiful; early ones scarce and not many late ones. 



Vegetables — Very good and doing fine. 



Apples — Not any on account of spring frosts. 



Other Fruits — Not much on account of frost in the late spring. 



Cattle — Lots of cattle and they are doing fine. The pastures are good 

 but short. 



Horses — Doing fine. There are quite a number of colts and prices are 

 high. 



Swine — Average number raised and they are doing well. 

 Sheep — Very good condition. 

 Poultry — Good many raised; prices good. 

 Bees — Making lots of honey of number one quality. 



Drainage — Lots done this spring, the yards not being able to furnish 

 enough tile. 



Other Industries — Sweet corn canning factory doing an immense busi- 

 ness. 



Lands — Prices good, farms selling as high as $170.00 an acre. Much 

 land is changing hands and farms to rent are scarce. 



Report of Fair — Held at Sac City August 9-12 inclusive. There were 

 big crowds; fine attractions and altogether the fair was one of the most 

 successful ones we have had for years. A large balance is looked for. 



