810 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Apples — Good yield, but of inferior quality. 



Other Feuits — Cherries, plums and all small fruits yielded a good 

 crop. 



Cattle — Did not thrive as well as usual, but have done well the last 

 thirty days. 



Horses — Marketable ones are scarce and command high prices. 



Swine — Thrifty. No disease of any kind reported. 



Sheep — Have done well. An increased interest is being taken in 

 this industry. 



Poultry — A very profitable industry in this county. 



Bees — Industry engaged in to some extent. Honey production good. 



Drainage — Much interest is taken in this question, and there is now 

 over $100,000 worth of drainage ditches provided for. 



Other Industries — The canning factory in this city put up about 

 1,500,000 cans of corn the past season. The manufacturing of cement tile, 

 stone and fence posts is engaged in quite extensively, one factory employ- 

 ing over ten men the year around. 



Lands — Range in price from $57 to $100 per acre. Average, $80. 



Report of Fair — Held at Sac City, August 14-16. The weather was 

 extremely hot, and this, coupled with the fact that a Chautauqua was 

 held on the fair grounds for ten days during July, caused the attendance 

 to be very light. The races were the best ever had, and all premium* 

 were paid in full. 



SHELBY. 



C. F. SWIFT, HARLAN, OCTOBER 2, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Never better. Small grain 

 was good, being better than for the average year, and all was harvested 

 in good season and yielded well. The season was an ideal one, although 

 the rainfall was less than for several years, but caused no damage, as 

 subsoil is such that holds the moisture. No destructive storms occurred, 

 or any damage done to the crops from any source. 



Corn — Excellent. Far above the general average of the past ten 

 years, both in quality and yield. Large acreage and better stand than 

 usual. 



Oats — Average yield and of good quality. 



Wheat — Of good quality and yielded a little above the average crop. 



Rye — Very little sown, and is usually used for hog pasture. 



Barley — Good. Above the average yield. 



Flax — None sown. 



Buckwheat — Small acreage, but yielded a good crop. 



Millet — Good, but only a small acreage sown. 



Sorghum — Small acreage, but yielded a good crop. 



Timothy' — Good. Yield was reduced somewhat on account of dry 

 weather in June. Yielded a good crop of seed, which is selling at $1.50 

 and upwards per bushel. 



Clover — An average crop. A poor stand of spring seeding, attributed 

 to insects and drouth. 



