750 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sheep — Good. 

 PotiXTKY — Good. 



Lands — Gradually advancing in price. 



Report of Pair — Held at Independence, September 3-7. Favorable 

 weather and attendance good. 



BUENA VISTA. 



C. E. CAMERON, ALTA, SEPTEMBEB 25, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Never in the history of 

 the county have the crops as a whole been as good, the season being 

 Ideal for maturing all kinds of grain. 



Corn — Out of the way of frost, and will yield from forty to sixty 

 bushels per acre. 



Oats — Of good quality and heavy. Yielded about fifty bushels per 

 acre. 



Wheat — Acreage small but quality good, and yielded from fifteen to 

 twenty-five bushels per acre of spring wheat. A few farmers tried winter 

 wheat last fall which yielded about twenty-five bushels per acre of good 

 Quality. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Extra good; yielded from thirty to fifty bushels per acre. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Very little sown; yielded about three tons per acre. 



Sorghum — Very little sown. 



Timothy — Quality extra good, and yielded from one and one-half to 

 two tons per acre. 



Clover — Last year's seeding good, old meadows frozen out. Yielded 

 about two tons per acre. 



Prairie Hay — None raised. 



Potatoes — Indications for a good crop. Have not as yet commenced to 

 dig late varieties. 



Vegetables — All kinds were extra good. 



Apples — A good crop of Wealthy variety; others scarce. 



Other Fruits — Cherries and cultivated plums yielded such an extra 

 large crop that they were a drag on the market and many bushels of 

 them rotted on the ground. 



Cattle — In fine condition. Plenty of grass stock cattle at 4 cents per 

 pound; fat cattle, 5Vo cents per pound. 



Horses — Scarce; eastern buyers have purchased all the good horses 

 that are for sale. 



Swine — Average crop. No disease reported. 



Sheep — Very few raised. 



Poultry — A great many raised in this county, and production this year 

 was large. Quite a number of car loads are shipped out each year. 



Lands — Range in price from ninety to one hundred and sixty dollars 

 per acre. 



