SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 1021 



Apples — Very small crop; not more than twenty-five per cent. 



Cattle — Large number and of fine quality. 



Horses — Have done well and command high prices. 



Sxoine — Ninety percent of usual number raised. 



Sheep — Usual number, and have done well. 



Poultry — Seventy-five per cent of the usual number raised. 



Bees — Honey crop was very light. 



Drainage — The low lands are substantially tiled. 



Other Industries — The industry of canning corn in this county is very 

 extensively carried on, and, as a rule, profitable to both the farmer 

 and packer. 



Lands — Average price $100 per acre. Quite a number of farmers sell- 

 ing for a greater price. 



Report of Fair — Held at Vinton, September 12th, 13th and 14th. The 

 exhibition was a failure, owing to the unfavorable weather prevailing 

 throughout the week. 



BLACK HAWK. 



B. L. MA^-WELL, LA POETE CITY, OCTOBEE 27, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops, Etc. — The season has been generally favor- 

 able for most crops. 



Corn — Above the average in yield, and of the best quality for years. 



Oats — Good yield and weight, but generally colored. 



Wheat — Very little raised, but yield and quality fair. 



Rye — Small acreage, but yield a good average crop. 



Barley — Very little raised. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckioheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Not much sown this year, owing to very little corn being 

 drowned out, on which land this cereal is usually sown. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Average crop, but first cutting was damaged to some extent 

 by rains. 



Clover — ^Average crop. 



Prairie Hay — Very little raised. 



Potatoes — Yielded about three-fourths of average crop. 



Vegetables — Excellent, both in quality and yield. 



Apples^^Summer varieties yielded one-half the usual crop and were of 

 very poor quality. 



Other Fruits — Were good, both in quality and yield. 



Cattle — A gi-eat many raised; are in good condition, and prices fair. 

 The usual number being fed. 



