TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— I^MIT XII T9;5 



Clover — Good crop. 



Prairie Hay — Very little left. 



Potatoes — A big crop and of good quality. 



Vegetables — Average crop. 



Apples — Very small crop. 



Other Fruits — Poor. 



Cattle — A large number and of very fine quality. 



Horses — The best year for horses ever known in this county. 



Sicine — No disease and a successful year. 



Sheep — More sheep than usual; this industry is growing in this county. 



Poultry — The poultry business is becoming a source of great profit. 



Bees — Not many kept. 



Drainage — No public drainage but individual farmers have done much 

 in this line. 



Lands — The price of lands is soaring. 



Report of Fair — Held at Vinton September 8, 9, and 10, 1909. Farmers 

 have taken an interest in the fair and freely bring their products and 

 stock. The weather was fine, attendance good, entertainment pleasing, 

 and the order was all that could be asked for. Patrons were well pleased. 



BLACK HAWK. 



F. E. IIOYT, LA PORTE CITY, OCTOBER 18, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Good average crop; fifty bushels per acre. 



Qats — Good quality; average yield thirty-five to forty bushels per acre. 



Wheat — None raised. 



Rye — Good, but not much raised. 



Barley — Poor; yield thirty to forty bushels per acre. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Poor; very little raised. » 



Millet — Very little raised. 



Sorghum — Very little raised. 



Timothy — Good. 



Clover — Hay good, but vei'y little seed saved. 



Prairie Hay — None grown. 



Potatoes — Fair yield; quality good. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Crop destroyed by early hail. 



Other Fruits — Fair crop. 



Cattle — Good and in good condition; prices higher than last year. 



Horses — Scarce; prices very high. 



Swine — Scarce and high in price. 



Sheep — Very few in county. 



Poultry — Plenty and good price. 



Bees — Not a good season for bees, forage scarce. 



Drainage — Many car loads of tile put in. 



