FOURTEEXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIV. 949 

 KEOKUK. 



GKO. .\. POI r. WHAT CIIKKK, OfTOHKK 21, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — General conditions were not 

 favorable for crops. 



Corn — Will average from 30 to 40 bushels per acre. 



Oats — Medium yield; average from 30 to 40 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Not much raised; quality good. 



Rye — None to speak of. 



Barley — None to speak of. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — None. 



Sorghum — Good, not much grown. 



Timothy — Good quality and goes about two tons to the acre. 



Clover — Good quality and yields about three tons to the acre. 



Prairie Hay — Small amount. 



Other Grains and Grasses — About the average yield. 



Potatoes — The dry weather cut the crop short and the yield is small. 



Vegetables — Fair yield. 



Apples — Big crop; selling from 50 to 60 cents per bushel; good qual- 

 ity. 



Other Fruits — Average yield. We have not had so large a crop of 

 peaches for years. 



Cattle — In good condition and we have a number of large breeders 

 in this county. 



Horses— We have many fine horses and breeders are increasing their 

 stock. 



Stoine — Many, and we have no disease to speak of. 



Sheep — Not so many being raised as in former years. 



Poultry — The exhibit at the fair was not as large as last year. 



Bees — Not many; quality of honey is fine. 



Drainage — Good and increasing. 



Other Industries — Our industries are all flourishing. Help has been 

 scarce. Wages are good and the people generallly are prosperous. 



Lands — Values are increasing. 



Report of Fair — The w^eather was disagreeable on Tuesday but we had 

 a bumper crowd on Wednesday. We were completely rained out on Thurs- 

 day and the fair was carried over until Friday. This is the first year we 

 have charged 35 cents and we broke all records in attendance. 



KOSSUTH. 



T. H. WADSWORTir, AI-GONA, OCTOBER, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season has been somewhat dry 

 but the crops in general have been good. 

 Cor7i — Better than an average crop. 

 Oats — An average crop. 



Wheat — Not much wheat grown in this county. 

 Rye — But little raised. 



