1010 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



WORTH. 



E. H. MILLER, NORTHWOOD, SEPTEMBER 26, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Large acreage planted and the indications are that there will be 

 a good crop except on high sandy land. 



Oats — Good quality; not a large yield on account of the drouth, from 

 20 to 40 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Finest crop in thirty years; yield being from 18 to 30 bushels 

 per acre. 



Rye — Very little grown but the yield and quality were good. 



Barley — Good crop; color fine; berry plump and of good weight. 



Flax — Early flax fairly good but the late was injured badly by drouth. 



Buckioheat — Very little sown and that was very poor on account of the 

 dry weather. 



Millet — Very little sown and what there is is very backward on account 

 of the drouth. 



Sorghum — Not much grown but what there is looks, fairly good. 



Timothy — Short crop but it was harvested in fine shape. 



Clover — Short crop but was put up in excellent condition. 



Prairie Hay — Very little raised. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Slough hay, or that on wet land, was fairly 

 good. • 



Potatoes — Very short crop; not enough raised for home use. 



Vegetables — Suffered badly from drouth. 



Apples — The crop was entirely ruined by late frosts. 



Other Fruits — Entirely a failure owing to the frosts. 



Cattle — In fair condition; pastures short on account of drouth. About 

 the usual number raised. 



Horses— In fair condition; quality much better than heretofore on ac- 

 count of improved methods of breeding. 



Swine — About the usual number raised and of improved quality. 



Sheep — Very few raised. 



Poultry — The poultry industry seems to be gaining ground and some 

 fine specimens of improved varieties were seen at our fair. 



Bees — Made a very small amount of honey owing to the drouth. 



Drainage — A large amount of drainage has been done the past three 

 or four years. Twelve large drainage districts have been established in 

 the county. 



Lands — Changing hands rapidly and values are raising slowly. Good 

 lands sell from $65 to $100 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Northwood September 21-23, inclusive. Owing 

 to bad weather our attendance was not as large as we desired but we 

 had a good showing in nearly all departments. 



WRIGHT. 



CHAS. ROTZLER. CLARIOX, SEPTEMBER 22, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 

 Corn — Good; better than average. 



