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Barley — 30 bushels per acre. 

 Flax — None. 



Sorghum — Not much planted. 

 Timothy — Fair to medium. 

 Clover — Poor. 



Potatoes — Early ones poor; late ones good. 

 VegetaMes — Good. 

 Apples — Big crop. 

 Other Fruits — Big crop. 

 Cattle — Good. 

 Horses — Good. 

 Swine — Good and healthy. 

 Sheep — Good many small flocks. 

 Poultry — Good and healthy. 

 Drainage — Good. 



Lands— Prices high. $150.00 to $200.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Hel^^" at Vinton, September 5th to 9th, inclusive. Bad 

 weather. 



BLACK HAWK. 



H. B. LTZEE, LA POKTE CITY, OCTOBER 31, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Rather dry in the early part 

 of the season, but enough rain fell to give the crops a fair growth; 

 corn did especially well. 



Corn — Good crop, possibly up to, or a little better, than a ten-year 

 average. 



Oats — Little below the average yield in some localities, but the quality 

 was good. 



Wheat — Good crop and more than the average acreage of both spring 

 and winter varieties. 



Rye — Not a large acreage but the yield and quality were excellent. 



Barley — Small acreage but good quality. 



Flax — Very little raised in this country. 



Buckwheat — Fair crop but not much grown. 



Millet — Very little grown. 



Sorghum — Good, but not much grown. 



Timothy — Crop below the average; considerable cut for seed. 



Clover — Much of it winter-killed, but where the crop stood the winter 

 the yield was good. 



Prairie Hay — Short crop. 



Potatoes — Early ones made very poor yields; some varieties of early 

 planting a failure. Fall rains made the late potatoes a fair crop. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Best crop in years; could not dispose of fall apples. Many 

 good winter varieties. 



Other Fruits — Plums in some localities; abundant crop of cherries. 



Report of Fair— Held at La Porte City, October 3d to 6th, inclusive, 

 and was financially a failure on account of extremely bad weather. -_. 



