1002 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Lands — Land in good demand here, selling from $100 to $150 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 14-16 at Orange City. The weather 

 was bad, attendance small and altogether the fair was not very successful. 

 The usual premiums were paid in full. 



TAMA. 



A. G. SMITH, TOLEDO, OCTOBER 6, 1910'. 



Corn — Seed and weather were against the average farmer; many pieces 

 of corn were planted three times and then made a poor stand. The qual- 

 ity ia much better than in 1909 but the yield less. 



Oats — Best we have had in years, both as to quality and yield. 



Wheat — Unusually good quality and yield. Spring wheat frequently 

 yielded 30 bushels per acre; winter wheat 25 bushels. 



Bye — Very little sown; very good quality; yield above the average. 



Barley — Of good quality and yielded well. Harvested in good condition. 



Flax — Don't know of any in the county. 



Buckwheat — Don't believe there is any raised here. 



Millet — Very little sown; usually sown as a second crop on wet land. 



Sorghum- — A paying crop but it takes too much hand work for the most 

 of the farmers. Seed sells for two cents a pound, or from $15 to $20 per 

 acre for chicken feed. 



Timothy — About one-half crop; excellent quality. 



Clover — Old seeding was badly winter killed; spring seeding was dam- 

 aged by drouth. The hay was good but there was very little seed. 



Prairie Hay — About one-half crop ; not a large acreage. 



Potatoes — Early ones were frost bitten and there was not a large yield. 

 Late potatoes made about one-half the average crop. 



Vegetables — In general the season was not favorable for vegetables but 

 as elswhere good tillage was rewarded. 



Apples — Practically none, buds nipped by early frosts. 



Other Fruits — Gooseberries and grapes were fairly good; other fruits 

 were practically a failure. 



Cattle — No prevailing disease; the season has been favorable for calves; 

 prices are higher than last year. 



Horses — It is reported that influenza among the mares caused a de- 

 crease in the number of colts this season; prices remain about as they 

 were last year. 



Swine — The past season has been a good one for the raising of pigs; 

 very little cholera; prices high. 



Sheep — A gradual increase in the number kept and the quality is in- 

 creasing; prices are good. 



Poultry — The percentage of eggs hatching was below the average, prob- 

 ably due to the changeable weather in April. 



Bees — About 90' per cent wintered; not a large amount of honey on ac- 

 count of the drouth. 



Drainage — Good. 



Other Industries — All doing a good business. 



