SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII. 747 



Lands — Are booming In price, ranging from seventy-five to one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five dollars per acre. There is very little uncultivated 

 land, and the wealth of the county is second to none of its size in the 

 ■late. 



Report of Fair — Held at Audubon, September 4-7. Exhibits in every 

 department were exceptionally good. Attendance larger than any pre- 

 Tious year in the history of the society. 



BLACK HAWK. 



B. L. MANWELL, LA PORTE CITY, OCTOBER 26, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Above the average. 



Corn — The best crop in years; no soft corn, every ear being fit to crib. 



Oats — Average yield; quality not quite as good as last year's. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 



Rye — None raised for market. 



Barley — Small acreage, but yielded a crop of good quality. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — Very little raised this year. A crop which is only raised 

 here on corn land which has been drowned out. 



Sorghum Not much raised. 



Timothy — No seed has been marketed at this place this year. 



Clover — Very little saved. 



Prairie Hay — None raised. A few sloughs in this county, which yield 

 a poor quality of hay. 



Potatoes — ^Yielded a good crop, and are selling around thirty cents 

 per bushel. 



Vegetables — An exceptionally good crop. 



Apples — Fine crop, both in quality and yield. Market over-stocked 

 with fall varieties; winter varieties selling at one dollar per bushel. 



Other Fruits — Average yield. 



Cattle — Condition good. About five hundred feeders have been 

 chipped in to date and more are coming. 



Horses — Mature draft horses very scarce; prices high. A great many 

 colts ranging in age from sucklings to three years old. 



Swine — Spring crop of pigs below the average in number. Very few 

 old ones on hand. No disease reported. 



Sheep — Very few raised. 



Poultry — There is a noticeable increased interest in this industry. 



Bees — Over fifty per cent died last winter, but a good many new colo- 

 nies have been added this year. 



Dr.\inage — A great deal of tile is being shipped in and laid. 



Other .Industries — Canning of corn is a leading one, there being six 

 factories in this district; two at Vinton, one at Shellsburg, one at Gar- 

 rison, one at Waterloo and one at La Porte City. The one at La Porte 

 City canned about one and one-half million cans the past season from 

 twelve hundred acres. Price paid was five dollars per ton. 



