SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 1047 



Cattle. — Are in excellent condition. Demand good. 



Horses. Heavy animals are scarce and command high prices, as is 

 also true of roadsters. 



Swine. — A. great many raised. Present price $5.50 per hundred. No 

 cholera reported. 



Sheep. — Industry is growing. — Several large flocks of pure breds in 

 this county. 



Poultry. — An extensive industry. A great deal shipped from this 

 county. 



Bees. — Very little attention is given to this industry. 



Drainage. — There are several tile plants in the county, which dispose 

 of their product locally. 



Other Industries. — Raising of sweet corn for .canning purposes is a 

 very profitable one, the canning factorj- here the past summer handling 

 the product of 700 to 1200 acres. 



Lands. — Range in price from $50 to $110 per acre. 



Report of Fair. — Held at Marengo. Aug. 22-24. The attendance was 

 very good and exhibits in all departments were large and excellent in 

 quality, excepting in agricultural products which, owing to the early 

 date of the fair, were not fully matured. 



IOWA 



J. p. BOWLIXG, VICTOR, SEPT. 18, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops and Season. — Good. 



Corn. — Good. Considered the best crop ever raised In this vicinity. 



Oats. — Good. 



Wheat. — Fair. 



Rye. — Good. 



Barley. — Large acreage, which yielded well and was of excellent 



quality. 



Flax. — None raised. 



Buckwheat. — Very little raised. 



Millet. — .Small acreage. 



Sorghum. — Very little raised. 



Timothy. — Good. 



Clover. — Good. 



Prairie Hay. — Good. 



Other Grains and Grasses. — Good. 



Potatoes. — Fair. 



Vegetables. — Good. 



Apples. — Poor. 



Other Fruits. — -Plums, good; cherries, good; strawberries, good; rasp- 

 berries, fair; blackberries, poor; peaches, a failure. 



Cattle. — A great many fine cattle raised in this county. 



Horses. — Are in good condition. 



