822 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Apples — Yield of fall varieties twenty per cent greater than last year. 

 Price 60 cents per bushel. 



Cattle — An increase of ten per cent in number over last year. 



Horses — Decrease of fifteen per cent from last year in number. Prices 

 range from $100 to $210. 



Swine — Fifteen per cent decrease in number from last year. 



Sheep — Did well. 



Poultry — Ten per cent increase over last year. 



Bees — Fair. 



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



Report of Fair — Held at Decorah, September 4-7. Attendance good. 

 All indebtedness has been paid, and we have a small surplus in our 

 treasury. 



WORTH. 



E. H. miller, NORTHWOOD, OCTOBER 6, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Although an excess of rain 

 In July and August, the general condition of crops has been good. 



Corn — An excellent crop, having an exceptionally long, favorable sea- 

 son for maturing. 



Oats — Medium yield and of good quality. 



Wheat — Very little sown, but yielded a fair crop of good quality. 



Rye — Small acreage, but fair yield and good quality. 



Barley — Good, both in quality and yield, although damaged to some 

 extent by rains during harvest. 



Flax — Average yield, and of good quality. 



Buckwheat — Quite a large acreage sown, and yield and quality was 

 good. 



Millet — Yield and quality good. 



Sorghum — Very little raised. 



Timothy — Light yield, but of good quality. 



Clover — Badly winter killed; light crop. 



Prairie Hay — Good, both in quality and yield. 



Potatoes — Promised a fine crop, but excessive rainfall rotted them 

 badly. 



Vegetables — Medium. 



Apples — Short in yield, but fair in quality. 



Other Fruits — Short crop of plums and grapes. Cherries, good. 



Cattle — Less than average number. Medium quality. 



Horses — Scarce, and high in price. 



Swine — The pig crop was fully up to the average of former years, 

 but loss from disease has been very heavy. 



Sheep — Scarce, and price high. 



Poultry — Plentiful; prices good. 



Bees — Did well, early swarms securing a large crop of excellent 

 quality honey. 



Drainage — A great deal being done. 



