756 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Swine — Many large breeders and many of the best breeds on exhibition 

 at the fair. 



Sheep — Not so many raised as there used to be. 



Poultry — Quite an active interest taken in this industry and many fine 

 chickens are raised. 



Bees — Not many. 



Drainage — Good and increasing. 



Other Industries — The What Cheer Clay and Product Company are doing 

 good business. 



Lands — Values are still increasing. 



Report of Fair — Held at What Cheer, September 25-28. It was cold and 

 disagreeable on our second day and the attendance was not as large as 

 usual but Wednesday was a bumper day, fully 8,000 being present. We 

 were completely rained out on Thursday. All departments were crowded, 

 our stock show being especially good. Our racing was splendid. 



KOSSUTH. 



T. P. HARRINGTON, ALGONA, OCTOBER 24, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season and crops were ideal 

 and fully up to the best ever seen in the county up to June 15th. The 

 lack of rainfall began to tell upon all crops at about that time and the hot 

 wind following this with continued dry weather damaged all crops con- 

 siderably. 



Corn — Will average 15 to 30 bushels per acre. Quality was quite good 

 and there will be no difficulty in securing an abundance of good seed. 



Oats — From 5 to 30 bushels per acre and the quality was below weight 

 but bright and clean. 



Wheat — Very good, 15 to 30 bushels per acre. Winter wheat, which was 

 raised to some extent this year, largely as an experiment, yielded better 

 than spring wheat and more is being sown this fall. 



Rye — Not raised as a staple crop here but what we had yielded well. 



Barley — Yielded about the same as oats, but being earlier the quality 

 was better. 



Flax — ^Very poor. Most of what was sown was on tiled and freshly 

 broken land and was light, mostly a failure. 



Buckwheat — Raised in very small quantities. Cannot estimate. 



Millet — Very little sown. 



Sorghum — Very little sown. 



Timothy — Light, but crop harvested in good quality. 



Clover — Light crop but good quality. 



Prairie Hay — Not much left in the county; lighter than usual. Crop 

 was saved in good condition. 



Potatoes — Early ones were very poor but late rains have developed the 

 late crop and there will be sufficient for home consumption; good quality. 



Vegetables — Early ones a very light crop. The later vegetables devel- 

 oped well. 



