918 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Timothy — Good crop and quality; acreage for seed very light. 



Clover — Heavy; fine stand. 



Prairie Hay — Good; fine quality. 



Potatoes — Good yield; large acreage for this county. 



Vegetables — Fine. 



Apples — Very scarce in this county. 



Other Fruits — Good ordinary yield. 



Cattle — Cattle did fairly well. Good number fattened in this county. 

 Numerous registered Shorthorn and black herds. 



Horses — Fair quality; fair condition. Farmers are raising more and 

 better quality. 



Sioine — About average crop; good quality. Tendency is for better hogs. 

 Some cholera, but not nearly as bad as last year. Double treatment of 

 vaccination quite successful. 



Sheep — Very few raised. Do well here. On the increase. 



Poultry — Plenty of poultry. 



Bees — Not generally raised; did quite well. 



Drainage — Much drainage being done. 



Lands — Increased in value this year at least $10 per acre. 



Report of Fair— Fair held September 8, 9, 10, 11, 1914. Good fair; 

 fine attractions; poor weather; did not pay out. 



WINNESHIEK. 



L. M. ENGER, DECORAH, OCTOBER 14, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Fair to first class. 



Corn — Very heavy crop, in fine condition. 



Oats — Crop light on account of extreme heat and some drouth at the 

 time of ripening. 



Wheat — Very little raised. What was raised yielded a fair to good crop. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — A fair crop. 



Flax — Very little. 



Buckwheat — None. ' 

 • Millet — ^^Good crop. 



Sorghum — Good yield, but little cultivated. 



Timothy — Very good. 



Clover — Very good. 



Prairie Hay — No prairie in Winneshiek now. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Hay generally heavy. 



Potatoes — Yield light. 



Vegetables — Generally good in Winneshiek. 



Apples — Practically a failure this year. 



Other Fruits — Grapes and strawberries did well, but there seemed to 

 be a general shortage in fruits. 



Cattle — Have been doing well. No disease reported. Pastures have 

 been good. General interest is manifest in improvement of stock. 



Horses — Doing well. The renowned "Winneshiek Horse" holds his own 

 record well this year. 



