SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART X. 1059 



Clover. — Good. 



Other Grains and Grasses. — Pastures were excellent. 



Potatoes. — Small yield, but of good quality. 



Apples. — Very light crop, and of poor quality. 



Cattle. — Are in good condition. A good grade is raised and an un- 

 registered male is an exception. 



Horses. — Are in good demand. 



Stcine. — Not as many raised as usual, but are in a healthy conditiou. 

 There is good demand for breeding stock. 



Sheep. — This industry is increasing. Flocks range in number from 

 ten to fifty head. 



Bees. — Have not done well, the season being a poor one for honey. 



Drainage. — A large amount of tiling is being laid. Tile factories 

 have been in operation all season and nearly their entire out put is used 

 by local trade. 



Lands. — Range in price from $60 to $100 per acre. Very little chang- 

 ing hands. 



Report of Fair. — Held at Central City, Sept. 12-15. The exhibits iu 

 the live stocK department were the largest we have had for several 

 years. The judging was done by Prof. Kennedy of Ames, who pronounc- 

 ed the exhibit the best he had ever passed on in Iowa outside of the 

 State fair. The fair was a success financially, although the attendance 

 was not as large as last year, owing to the weather being unfavorable on 

 Thursday, the 14th. A permanent water works system has been installed 

 on the grounds tTie past year. 



LOUISA. 



J. J. STAPP, COLUMBUS JUNCTION, OCT. 20, 1905 



General Condition of Crops and Season. — Although the early part of 

 the season was exceptionally wet, the latter part of the season has been 

 favorable and the general condition of crops is good. 



Corn. — Above the average crop, both in yield and quality, 



Oats. — Yielded from twenty-five to fifty bushels per acre, and of good 

 quality. 



Wheat. — Small average, but yielded a fair crop of good quality. 



Rye. — A good average crop. 



Barley. — Above the average yield, but damaged to some extent in 

 harvesting. 



Flax. — Very little raised. 



Buckwheat. — Very little raised, but of average yield and quality. 



Millet.— Good. 



Sorghum. — Good, 



Timothy. — ^Above the average. 



Clover. — Above the average. 



Prairie Hay. — None raised. 



Other Grains and Grasses. — Excellent. 



