TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII 715 



BREMER. 



D. A. LONG, WAVEKLY, IOWA, OCTOBER 28, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — All good except meadows, pas- 

 tures and potatoes. 



Corn — 120 per cent yield. 



Oats — 100 per cent yield. 



Wheat — Little grown, but what there was, was good. 



Rye — 100 per cent. 



Barley — 125 per cent. 



Sorghum — Good yield but very small acreage. 



Timothy — 50 per cent. 



Clover — 50 per cent. 



Prairie Hay — 50 per cent. 



Potatoes — 40 per cent. 



Vegetables — 90 per cent. 



Apples — 140 per cent. 



Other Fruits — 150 per cent of plums. 



Cattle — Normal. 



Horses — Normal. 



Sivine — Normal and free from disease. 



Sheep — Pew kept; quality good. 



Poultry — Normal; some sickness, but generally healthful and doing 

 well. 



Drainage — Not much done this year. The drouth the past two years' 

 has put a check on draining. • 



Lands — In good condition; selling for $75.00 to $200.00. 



Report of Fair— Held at Waverly, September 25th to 29. 1911. Weather 

 good and both the exhibits and attendance taxed the facilities of the 

 association to the utmost. Total paid attendance, including evenings, 

 33,354. The financial outcome was very satisfactory; the improvements 

 for 1911, aggregating $4,639.17, being substantially paid for out of the 

 profits. 



BOONE. 



W. C. TREXOjVK, OGDEX, SEPTEMBER 26, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops not up to the average 

 on account of no rain at the proper time. While some parts of the 

 county have good crops, other parts have .only about a half a crop. 



Corn — General quality of the corn is good and will average two-thirds 

 of a crop. 



Oats — Will average from twenty to forty bushels per acre; quality 

 good. 



Wheat — Not much grown but the quality is very good. 



Rye — None. ' 



Barley — ^None. 



