918 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Corn — Corn will average in the neighborliood of 50 bushels to the acre 

 aurl the stand was good and the yield would have been larger but for 

 the fact that dry weather set in during the late summer. 



Oois— The quality was exceptionally good and while the yield perhaps 

 did not average over 35 bushels to the acre, yet by weight it will bring 

 it up considerably higher. 

 Wheat — Very little raised; fair yield. 

 Rye — Small acreage and fair yield. 

 Barley — Small acreage and fair yield. 

 Flax — None to speak of. 

 Millet — A good yield. 

 Sorgliuvi — Very little raised. 

 Timothy — A good stand and good quality. 



Clover — A fair yield; the first crop is usually cut for hay and the 

 second crop for seed. , 



Prairie Hay — But very little raised. 

 Other Grains and Grasses — A fair yield. 



Potatoes — Buena Vista County has been noted for the large out-put of 

 potatoes and hundreds of cars of potatoes have been shipped out annually 

 but this year it is a question whether many will be shipped out as the 

 crop is short. 



Vegetables— B.a\e done well and matured before the extreme hot 

 weather. 



Apples — One of the largest crops of apples that we have ever raised 

 but as the variety raised are summer apples there are not many shipped 

 out. 



Other Fruits — Have done well. 



Cattle — Owing to the dry weather and short pastures cattle have not 

 done so well and the milk supply has been smaller. 

 Horses — A good price and steady demand. 



Swine — Farmers claim this has been the worst year they have ever ex- 

 perienced in hog raising, owing to the cholera epidemic. There are very 

 few farmers that have not had cholera in their herds; some have lost 

 every hog on their farms. The demand for brood sows this winter Avill 

 bring the prices up to a high point. 



Sheep — Have done very well.- 

 . Poultry— High prices for eggs stimulate the raising of poultry. 

 Bees — There will be an abundance of honey. 



Drainage — This has been an especially good year for draining, owing 

 to the dry weather. From now on where drainage is needed they will 

 be very busy. 



Other Industries — Good. 



Lands — Selling high and going higher. Tiie prices now average from 

 $175 to .$200 per acre and some pieces have been put on the market for 

 .$225 per acre. 



Report of Fair— Held August 12-15. One of the best fairs ever held 

 and from a financial viewpoint think it can be classed as the best. The 

 society had hard luck in the early spring by having their amphitheater 

 destroyed by a small cyclone and tiiis necessitated building a new grand 

 stand at a cost of about $1,500.00. 



