S12 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRILULTURE. 



by weight, per acre. 



Wheat — An average crop. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — Good. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — Very good. 



Sorghum — Small acreage, but yielded a good crop. 



Timothy — Above the average crop. 



Clover — Very good. 



Prairie Hay — Above the average crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 



Potatoes — Yielded a good crop. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — An abundant crop of summer and fall varieties, while of the 

 "Winter varieties there is but few. 



Other Fruits — Very good. 



Cattle — In good condition. 



Horses — Have done well. 



Swine — A great deal of cholera is prevalent In some localities. 



Sheep — Have done well and are in good condition. 



Poultry — A great deal dying from diseases which are prevalent. 



Bees — Did very well the past season. 



Lands — -Range in price from $8.5 to $100 per acre. Good demand. 



Report of Fair — Held at Orange City, October 3-5, after having been 

 postponed from the dates originally set (September 19-21) owing to rainy 

 weather prevailing on same. 



Although a postponed fair, the exhibits in every department were nu- 

 merous and of excellent quality, and the attendance was very good, 

 with the exception of the second day, when it rained. The racing and 

 attractions were good, and all those attending expressed themselves as 

 being well pleased with the fair. 



SIOUX. 



DENNIS SCANLAN, ROCK VALLEY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1906 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Favorable, and good. 



Corn — A large acreage, and promises a good yield. Seventy-five per 

 cent is out of danger of damage by frosts at this date, and indications 

 are that it will all fully mature without being damaged thereby. Will 

 make an average of about fifty bushels per acre. 



Oats — Of good quality and yielded about fifty bushels per acre. 

 Wheat — Small acreage. Winter variety yielded from forty to fifty 

 bushels per acre, while the spring variety yielded about fifteen bushels 

 per acre. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — Only small acreage sown, which yielded about twenty-five 

 hushels per acre, of fair quality. 



Flax — None raised. 



