978 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Sivi7ie — We had a nice lot of pigs in the spring but cholera has taken 

 a good many of them. 



Sheep — ^Very few in this county but they do well. 



Poultry — A prominent industry in this locality. 



Bees — Have not done so well as in some previous years. 



Drainage — Very few farms now that are not tiled. 



Other Industries — Dairying has proved a good business this year. 



Lands — Range from $100 for unimproved lands to $225 for the best 

 farms. 



Report of Fair — Proved a success in all respects except financially. The 

 weather was most unfavorable and Ave are behind about $500. 



WINNEBAGO. 



il. M. TIIOMPSOX, FOREST CITY, OCTOBER 23, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops in general were good 

 and the yields up to the average of previous years. The season was 

 backward in the spring and much corn was not planted until the last of 

 May and the first of June. 



Corn — Average crop; yielding from 35 to 40 bushels. 



Oats — Averaged from 40 to 50 bushels. 



Wheat — 25 to 30 bushels per acre. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — Crop below the average; yielded 10 to 20 bushels per acre. 



Flax — None raised. 



Bucktoheat — But little raised. 



Millet — Only grown in small patches. 



Sorghum — Not very much planted; a good crop. 



Timothy — Good yield; average crop. 



Clover — Heavy crop; above the average. 



Prairie Hay — None raised. 



Other Grains and Grasses — None. 



Potatoes^hight crop; yielding from 100 to 150 l)uslicls per acre; fine 

 quality. 



Vegetables — Good crop. 



Apples — About 90 per cent of the usual crop. 



Other Fruits — None. 



Cattle — Average increase. 



Horses — Average increase. 



Svnne — Large number produced but a great many died from cholera. 



Sheep — Only small flocks raised. 



Poultry — Good year for poultry. 



Bees — Only a few kept. 



Drainage — Large amount of tiling don('. 



Lands — Increased since last year from $15 to $20 per acre and are 

 now selling from $120 to $140 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Hold September 9-12, at Forest City. Good attendance 

 all four days and the fair was considered the best ever held here. 



