SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK-PART XII. 791 



Oats — Acreage below the average; quality good; average yield, thirty- 

 seven and one-half bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Very little sown; quality better than for a number of years 

 past; average yield per acre, spring variety, sixteen bushels; winter va- 

 riety, twenty bushels. 



Sorghum — Very little raised; quality above the average. 



Timothy — Light yield, but of extra good quality. 



Clover — Usual acreage; season too dry for a successful crop. 



Prairie Hay — None raised. 



Other Graixs and Grasses — Pastures were good in the early spring, 

 while later in the season the weather was too dry, and winter pasturage 

 is very short. 



Potatoes — Smaller acreage than usual, and cro]) is below average. 



Vegetables — Fresh varieties did well, while the season was a little 

 too dry for the winter varieties. 



Apples — Above the average crop, both in quality and yield. 



Other Fruits — Plentiful and of good quality. Peaches did excep- 

 tionally well. 



Cattle — Supply of both stockers and feeders is about ten per cent 

 short of previous year. In fair condition. 



Horses — Are in fair condition, and an increase in the number of 

 colts produced. Prices are high. 



Swine — Their number is below the average, marketable animals hav- 

 ing been shipped out very closely. Healthy condition prevails. 



Sheep — Only a few are kept. 



Poultry — Large amount is raised, and more attention is being given 

 to improving the breeds. Only a few chicken fanciers in county. 



Bees — A scattering number of hives only. 



Drainage — County is quite well drained. 



Other Industries — All seem to be in a booming condition. Farm 

 help is scarce and wages are high. 



Lands — Range in price from eighty to one hundred dollars per acre, 

 and where near to towns command even higher figures. Heavy invest- 

 ments are being made from this county in northwest and southwest 

 lands. 



Report of Fair — Held at Pella, October 2-5, and the attendance was 

 the largest in the history of our society. All those in attendance were 

 well pleased. The several committees appointed by the president per- 

 formed their duties at all times, and there was no friction whatever, 

 all aiming to do what was necessary to make the fair a success, in which 

 we were not disappointed. The weather being favorable assisted us 

 very materially. As a recipe for an organization to successfully conduct 

 a county or district fair I would give the following: Have good officers 

 and committees, each striving for success. Avoid friction and self- 

 praise, and remember that one man alone can not make a successful fair. 

 Do whatever is promised. Treat your patrons courteously and success 

 will crown your efforts, especially if you are located near one of Iowa's 

 best cities, to-wit: Pella. 



