FOI KTi;i;.\ 111 ANXUAf. YEAR BOOK — PART XIV. 913 



Drainage — Good. 



Lands — Range from $175.00 to $250.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 9 to 12. Rained one day. 



BLACK HAWK. 



A. A. BURGER, COUNTY AGRICULTURIST, NOVEMBER 15, 1913. 



Corn — The crop for the county is considerably below the average of 

 last year. There seems to be considerable variation in different sections 

 of the county, which no doubt can be accounted for by the difference in 

 the character of the soil, some of it perhaps more subject to dry weather. 

 Should say the corn crop of Black Hawk county was 20 per cent short 

 of what it was last year. 



Oats — A little above the crop of the average season but will fall short 

 of the crop of last year. A very large percentage of the oats of the county 

 was affected by smut. 



Wheat — The best crop we have had for several years. In this section 

 the season was one of the most favorable we have had for a fall wheat 

 crop. 



Rye — A little above the average for the entire county. On the more 

 sandy lands some of the rye was a little light. 



Barley — Just about an average crop with condition of the grain a little 

 above the average. The drouth early in the fall made it possible to 

 handle the grain without much loss. 



Millet — In total yield the millet crop of the county was very good, 

 perhaps a little above the average although some of the fields were in- 

 jured by frost. 



Sorghum — The crop was injured in many localities by the dry weather; 

 consequently the average fell below the standard. 



Timothy — A good crop harvested. The yield was considerably above the 

 average and the hay secured was excellent. 



Clover-^One of the best clover crops that has been harvested for some 

 years; the quality of the hay was excellent. 



Prairie Hay — Not very much harvested. Most of the prairie hay was 

 made from the drier, sandier lands and hence would not make an average 

 crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses — The early season crops yielded a little above 

 the average while the late maturing crops would be regarded as a failure. 



Potatoes — The crop was materially cut down by the dry weather. The 

 average yield, with the exception of one or two years, is perhaps the 

 lightest on record in the county. Fully 75 per cent of the farmers have 

 shipped in potatoes. 



Yegetailes — Except for the very early vegetables and tomatoes, the 

 vegetable crop was practically a failure. 



Apples — The apple crop of the county was as good as it has ever been. 



Other Fruits — With the exception of grapes the fruit crop was very 

 short; in fact all that might be termed the short season fruits were a 

 failure. 



Cattle — The number of beef cattle in the county seems to be on the 

 decline. The number of feeders brought in is little less than the average. 

 The dairy cattle industry seems to be on the increase, eren in those 

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