SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII. 805 



Oats — Good in both quality and yield. 



Wheat — Small acreage, fair crop. 



Rye — Small acreage, good crop. 



Barley — Good. 



Flax — Small acreage, but yielded a good crop. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — Good. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Good. 



Clover — Good. 



Prairie Hay — Good. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 



Potatoes — Fair yield and of good quality. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Fair. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — Have done well. County is well stocked and the average of 

 pure breds and grades is constantly increasing. 



Horses — Only pure bred sires used, and stock shows constant improve- 

 ment. Eastern demand keeps stocks down to minimum in numbers. 



Swine — Large number raised and are of good breeding. Considerable 

 loss in some localities by disease is reported. 



Sheep — Very few raised. Some small flocks of pure breds. and have 

 done well. 



Poultry — A great deal raised, and did well the past season. 



Bees — Not many kept. 



Drainage — Many large drainage canals are being dug, also miles of 

 smaller ditches, and a vast quantity of tile being laid. 



Other Industries — Are the manufacturing of brick and drain tile, 

 creamery products, and many small plants for concrete building blocks. 



Lands — Very little changing hands; prices range from sixty-two dol- 

 lars and fifty cents to ninety dollars per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Fonda, August 7-10. While it rained for 

 three days preceding and the three days of the fair the attendance was 

 fair, and the pre-arranged program was carried through without omis- 

 sion. 



Exhibits in all departments were up to the average, but would have 

 been better had the weather and roads permitted exhibitors from more 

 distant parts of our territory to bring in their exhibits. 



POTTAWATTAMIE. 

 ROSCOE barton, AVOCA, OCTOBER 27, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Owing to the abundant rain- 

 fall in this territory this season there is not a shortage in any of the 

 crops grown generally on the farms, and as the prosperity of the county 

 depends to a large extent upon the crops grown by the farmer the 

 merchants of the towns are enjoying good business. 



