1024 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Corn. — Will yield an exceptionally large crop, and of excellent quality. 

 Pasturage. — Has been abundant, and all live stock is in good condition. 

 There is a very notable improvement in the breeding of all kinds 

 of live stock in this district. 



Lands. — Range in price from $60 to $75 per acre. 



BUBNA VISTA. 



C. E. CAMEKON, ALTA, OCTOBEB 12, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops, Etc. — Good. 



Corn. — Extra good quality, average acreage; will yield fifty bushels 

 per acre. 



Oats. — Fair quality, yielding forty bushels per acre. 



W7iea^.— .Nothing but spring wheat raised here, which yielded twenty 

 bushels per acre and was of good quality. 



Rye. — Very little raised. 



Barley. — Fair quality, and yielded an average of thirty bushels per 

 acre. 



Flax. — None raised. 



Buckwheat. — None raised. 



Millet. — Yielded three tons per acre and was of good quality. 



Sorghum. — None raised. 



Timothy. — Good quality, and yielded two and a half tons per acre 



CZover.— .Good crop of hay, yielding two tons to the acre; no seed. 



Prairie Hay. — None here. 



Potatoes. — Fair quality and yielded one hundred bushels to the acre 



Vegetahles. — All varieties good. 



Apples. — ^.Fall varieties were plentiful and quality good. No winter 

 varieties raised here. 



Other Fruits. — Plums yielded a fair crop. 



Cattle. — Plenty, and generally healthy. 



Horses. — Good horses are scarce on account of too many having been 

 shipped. 



Swine. — Are in very healthy condition, and the usual number were 

 raised this year. 



Sheep. — Very few raised. 



Poultry. — A great deal of poultry is raised and farmers generally liwj 

 the best, as they are very progressive in this line. 



Lands. — Range in price from $75 to $100 per acre. 



Report of Fair. — Held at Alta, Aug. 22, 23, 24, 25, and was the most 

 successful one in the history of the society, not only in point of attend- 

 ance but in variety and excellence of exhibits in every department. 



