FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 857 



BLACK HAWK. 



H. S. STAXP.ERY, CEDAR FALLS, OCTOBER 27, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Some crops a little below the 

 average, but general conditions are fair. The season was wet during the 

 early spring and very dry during the summer. 



Corn — Below average. 



Oats — Average crop. 



Wheat — Fair. 



jRye— Fair. 



Barley — Fair. 



Flax — None grown. 



Buckwheat — Poor. 



Millet — Poor. 



Sorghum — Good. 



Timothy — Very good. 



Clover — Very good, but short on seed. 



Prairie Hay — Good. 



Other Grains and Grasses — A little short on account of dry weather. 



Potatoes — Very poor. 



Vegetables — Very poor. 



Apples — None at all. 



Other Fruits — Some of the early fruits were fair. 



Cattle — Beef cattle situation improving. Progress and improvement 

 in the number of dairy cattle rapidly increasing. 



Houses — Average condition and number about normal. 



Sicine — An improvement over last year by reason of the fact that we 

 hav§ no cholera this year. 



Sheep — Few in the county. 



Poultry — About average. 



Bees — Season not very satisfactory. 



Drainage — Not very much drainage work being done this fall, as com- 

 pared with other years. 



Other Industries — Manufacturing seems to be on a very staple basis. 

 No very noticeable effect of the stringency in the money market through- 

 out the county. 



Lands — Continue to advance in price, but not so many sales as the two 

 previous years. 



Report of Fair — The Cedar Valley District Fair was held at Cedar Falls 

 on September 19th-25th, inclusive. We had good weather, a large attend- 

 ance, good exhibits, and, generally, the fair was successful and the future 

 is promising. 



BLACK HAWK. 



A. A. BURGER, CEDAR FALLS, OCTOBER 27, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Some crops a little below the 

 average, but general conditions are very fair. The season was wet in 

 the early spring and very dry during the summer. 



Corn — Below the average. 



