SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII. 787 



Timothy — A short crop, on account of dry season. 



Clover — Dry season caused shortage in yield. 



Prairie Hay — None raised. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Fair to good. 



Potatoes — An excellent yield. 



Vegetables — Plentiful. 



Apples — Excellent yield. 



Other Fruits — Good. Cherries and peaches, excellent. 



Cattle — Are in a healthy condition, and there is a noticeable Im- 

 provement in their breeding. 



Horses — Have done well. 



Swine — Are doing well. No disease reported. 



Sheep — ^Are in good condition. 



Poultry — Did well. 



Bees — Only a few hives left in this county, but good results were 

 obtained the past season. 



Drainage — Is being improved. 



Other Industries — Are in a progressive condition. A great deal of 

 sweet corn is raised and canned here. 



Lands — Prices advancing. 



Report of Fair — Held at Wapello, September 25-28. While it rained 

 on Friday, we were favored with good weather on two days, and the 

 fair was the most successful one ever held by this association. There 

 was a special corn exhibit, which was pronounced by many as being the 

 finest in the State. 



LYON. 



a. S. wold, rock rapids, OCTOBER 20, 1906. 



Geneeal Condition of Crops and Season — Crops generally good, both 

 in yield and quality. Season wet at times, rainfall being: April, 2.04 

 inches; May, 2.23 inches; June, 5.65 inches; July, .92 of an inch; August, 

 3.65 inches; September, 3.75 inches; total for season, 18.25 inches. 



Corn — Quality the best in years, and will yield an average of thirty- 

 eight bushels per acre. Estimated acreage, 90,000. 



0at.s — Yield and quality good. Overrun in weight on machine 

 measure from fifteen to twenty-five per cent. Average yield, forty-seven 

 bushels per acre. Estimated acreage, 90,000. 



Wheat — Good quality, averaging twelve bushels per acre. Estimated 

 acreage, 12,000. 



Rye — Good quality, and yielded an average of thirty-two bushels per 

 acre. Small acreage, estimated at 1,C%0. 



Barley — Fair quality and weight. Colored to some extent. Averaged 

 twenty-seven bushels per acre. Estimated acreage, 70,000. 



Flax — Average yield ten bushels per acre. Estimated acreage, 1,000, 



Timothy — Good yield. 



Clover — Yielded a good crop. 



Prairie Hay — Small acreage, but was a good crop the past season. 



