1008 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Clover — Very light crop, due to the drouth. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



■Potatoes — Very poor crop because of the drouth. 



Vegetables — Late varieties good. 



Apples — No apples; buds killed by April and May frosts. 



Other Fruits — All killed by frosts. 



Cattle — In very good condition; bringing good prices. 



Horses — Prices range 25 per cent higher than one year ago. 



gwine — The best showing we have ever had at our county fair. No 

 disease reported and prices are good. 



Sheep — Some very large flocks in the county; number increasing. 



Poultry — Large flocks of Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds and 

 small flocks of turkeys over the county. Prices are good. 



Bees — Doing very well now; not much honey gathered during the 

 drouth. 



Drainage— No drainage to speak of in the county. The natural drainage 

 is good. 



Lands— Farm lands range in price from $75 to $125 per acre; not much 

 changing hands as our people are unwilling to sell. 



Report of Fair— Held at Decorah on September 13-16 inclusive. The 

 attendance was good and all premiums were paid in full. We have no 

 indebtedness. 



WOODBURY. 



JOE MORTON, SIOUX CITY, OCTOBER 27, 1910 1 . 



General Condition of Crops and Season — General condition of crops is 

 exceptionally good. While the spring was backward the absence of cold 

 winds and excessive rains enabled the farmers to get their crops in in 

 good shape and the late fall gave them a good yield. 



Corn — The corn crop in Woodbury county was far better than it has 

 been in years — the quality was excellent and the yield above the average. 



Oats — Oat crop the best in this section of the country ; quality first-class 

 and yield heavy. 



Wheat — Winter wheat slow in starting but the yield and quality the 

 best we have had in years. 



Barley — Unusually good crop; excellent yield and the best of quality. 



Clover — Crop was good; season being ideal. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Pastures good and small grains above the 

 average. 



Potatoes — Owing to a late spring the crop was not as good as usual. 



Vegetables — First class. 



Apples — Owing to late frosts the crop was practically destroyed. 



Other Fruits — Late frosts destroyed practically the entire fruit crop. 



Cattle — The number of cattle fed in Woodbury county was far above the 

 average. There is a great demand for feeding cattle and good milch cows. 



Horses — Big demand for heavy horses; good ones scarce and command- 

 ing good prices. 



