FOURTEEXTH ANXUAL YEAR BOOK — PART XIV. 941 

 HUMBOLDT. 



O. ir. DIXiROOTE, llUilHOLUT. IOWA, SEl'TEMHKK 16, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good average crops in spite 

 of the drouth during Juno and July. 



Corn — The biggest crop we have had for years and two-thirds of the 

 crop is now out of tlie way of frost. Estimated yields will be from 

 thirty-five to seventy-five bushels per acre, except on light soil, where the 

 crop is poor. 



Oats — While the yield did not compare with that of 1912 it is an aver- 

 age one, ranging from thirty to sixty bushels per acre. The quality is 

 very good. 



Wheat — Not a great wheat county. Some spring wheat raised for mill- 

 ing, yielding from fifteen to twenty-five bushels per acre. 



Rye — Very little grown. 



Barley — A fair crop. 



Flax — Very little flax grown. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — A good crop this year. 



Sorghum — Very little of this product made here. 



Timothy — Fair to good. 



Clover — Good crop; first class second growth. 



Prairie Hay — Very good; wet spring insured this crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa acreage increasing. Many farmers 

 report this a successful crop. 



Potatoes — Scarcely a half crop; too dry. 



Vegetables — Late rains of summer helped the vegetables; crop only fair. 



Apples — A big crop; mostly summer varieties and no market. 



Other Fruits — Poor plum crop but a big grape crop. Fair berry crop. 



Cattle — Many feeders bought. A shortage of beef cattle at present. 



Horses — About normal. 



Sicine — Cholera has played havoc with the hogs in this county. From 

 one-third to one-half of the herds have been affected. 



Sheep — Not a big sheep county; some good herds, however. 



Poultry — A favorable year for poultry raising. Everything thriving. 



Bees — One of the best bee counties in the state. 



Drainage — The drainage of low lands continues. At present there is 

 only small tracts to be drained in the southern part of the county, with 

 considerable in the northern part needing drainage. 



Other Industries — Thriving. 



Lands — Values have increased enormously in the past five years. Prices 

 range from $100 to $125 per acre. Some farms pay 6 per cent interest 

 this year on $150 land. 



Report of Fair — Held September 9-12. We opened up with threatening 

 weather but in the end everything was satisfactory. 



