1036 ■ IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Flax. — Very little raised. 



Buckio/ieat. — Small acreage. 



Millet.— Yqyj little grown. 



Sorghum. — Small acreage but yielded a good crop. 



Timothy. — An exceptionally large yield, and was of good quality. 



Glover. — Small per cent winter killed, but usually yieded a fair crop. 



Prairie Hay. — Small acreage but of fine quality. 



Potatoes. — Usual acreage planted but yielded a small crop and of 

 poor quality, rotting to some extent on account of frequent rains. 



Vegetables. — A large and most excellent crop. 



Apples. — Yielded fairly well and of fine quality, but many orchards 

 are dying yet. 



Other fruits. — Small varieties were most excellent in quality and 

 abundant in yield. Plums and grapes yielded a fair crop. 



Cattle. — Are extensively raised and are in excellent condition. Many 

 fine head of pure-breeds in this county. 



Horses. — Roadsters and all draft breeds are raised. There is a ready 

 sale at good prices. 



Sioine. — Large numbers raised. Prices good. No diseases reported. 



Sheep. — Very few raised. Prices are good. No disease reported. 



Poultry. An industry all farmers engage in and is a source of much 

 profit. 



Bees. — Quite a number kept in this county and produce an excellent 

 quality of honey. 



Drainage. — Very little tiling being done, as the natural drainage is 

 excellen,t. 



Other Industries. — Canning of sweet corn is quite an extensive one, 

 there being over one and a half million cans packed here the last sea- 

 son. Manufacturing of tile and brick is engaged in quite extensively. 



Lands. — Very little changing hands; prices range from $50 to $100 

 per acre, depending upon improvements, etc. 



Report of Fair. — Held at West Union, Sept. 5-8. This was the fifty- 

 first annual exhibition held by our society and it was one of the most 

 successful in its history, both in attendance, quality and extent of 

 exhibits and net receipts. The attractions were good and the interest 

 was centered on Old Soldiers' and Governor's Daj-, when an address 

 was made by Governor Cummins and Ex-Governor Larrabee. 



FLOYD. 



C. M. CARR, CHARLES CITY, OCT. 24, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops and Season. — Good, except potatoes, 

 which were struck with blight and caused almost a failure of this crop. 



Corn. — On uplands is generally good, and is fully matured at this 

 writing. 



Oats. — Yielded well, but on account of wet weather were of poor 

 quality. 



