SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII. 781 



KEOKUK. 



GEO. A. POFF, WHAT CHEER, OCTOBER 13, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The season was fatrorable 

 for the production of all kinds of crops. 



Corn — Best crop in years; will yield from forty to seventy bushels per 

 acre. 



Oats — Of good quality, and yielded from thirty to thirty-five bushela 

 per acre. 



Wheat — Small acreage, but yielded a very good crop. 



Rye — Small acreage. 



Barley and Flax — Very little raised. 



BuckwiiejVT — Small acreage. 



Millet — None raised. 



Sorghum — Small acreage. 



Timothy — A heavy yield, and was generally put up in good condition. 



Clover — Large acreage, and yielded an excellent crop. 



Potatoes — Good, both in quality and yield, and are selling at fifty 

 cents per bushel. 



Vegetables — Did well. 



Apples — A large crop of most varieties; selling at from thirty to forty 

 cents per bushel. 



Other Fruits — Raspberries, medium yield; blackberries, large yield; 

 peach crop very large and of the best quality. 



Cattle — A great deal of interest is being taken in the breeding of fine 

 cattle in this county, and there are several exceptionally fine herds of 

 Short-Horns and Polled Angus. 



Horses — Have done well. There are several large breeders in this 

 county. 



Swine — A great many raised. Several well-bred herds in this vicinity. 



Sheep — Have done well. Not so many raised as in former years. 



Poultry — A great deal raised. Some very fine birds on exhibition at 

 our fair. 



Bees — Quite a number kept, and they did well the past season. 



Drainage — More tile has been laid the past year than any former year. 



Lands — Range in price from seventy-flve to one hundred dollars per 

 acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at What Cheer, September 24-27, and was the 

 most successful exhibition ever held by this society. There were over 

 seven thousand paid admissions on Thursday, September 27. Every de- 

 partment was filled with excellent exhibits, and the races were the best 

 had for several years. Fifteen hundred dollars was spent for improve- 

 ments on the grounds this year.. 



KOSSUTH. 



T. H. WADSWORTH, ALGONA, OCTOBER 10, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Although the season was a 

 little too wet, crops as a whole have been very good. 



