SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII. 821 



Prairie Hay — Exceptionally good. 



PoTAtoES — Large yield, and of good quality. 



Vegetables— All kinds did exceptionally well. 



Apples — Yielded a good crop, although there is not many raised in 

 this county. 



Cattle — Considerable raised, and number growing larger each year. 

 Noticeable improvement in breeding. 



Horses — Have done well. Better grades are being raised each year. 



SwixE — Did well. 



Sheep — Very few in county, but are of good breeding. 



Poultry — Both common and thoroughbreds raised extensively. 



Bees — Industry is not engaged in extensively; honey crop good. 



Drainage — Considerable is being done in draining low lands, by both 

 open ditches and tile. 



Otiiek iMUSTniEs — A brick and tile factory was started this season, 

 and local demand for tile is greater than its output. 



Lands — Prices have advanced materially during the past season, and 

 indications are that considerable land will change hands the coming 

 year. 



Report of Fair — Held at Buffalo Center, September 11-12. The attend- 

 ance was very good, as was also the exhibits and racing. The stock 

 exhibit was the largest in the history of our society. 



WINNESHIEK. 



L. L. CADWELL, DECORAH, NOVEMBER 1, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good; favorable. 



Corn — Acreage about the same as last year, and yield about fifteen 

 per cent greater. Market price 30 cents per bushel. 



Oats — Acreage ten per cent greater than last year. Yield about eighty 

 per cent of last year's crop, not full weight, and were bleached. Price 

 28 cents per bushel. 



Wheat— Average acreage and crop. Price 65 cents per bushel. 



Rye — Very little raised. Acreage and yield about the same as last 

 year. 



Barley — Acreage ten per cent greater than last year, and yield about 

 twenty-five per cent less. Medium grade. 



Flax — Increase in acreage twenty per cent, and in yield twenty-five 

 per cent over last year's crop, and of an excellent grade. 



Buckwheat — Average acreage and yield six per cent greater than 

 crop of 1905. 



Millet — Very little grown except for fodder. 



SoRGHL'M — Only grown for forage purposes. 



Timothy — Good. Fifteen per cent above crop of 1905. 



Clover — Fair. 



Prairie Hay — Fair. 



Potatoes — Acreage and yield about the same as last year. Rotting 

 to some extent. Price 30 cents per bushel. 



