1070 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sorglium. — Very little raised. 



Timothy. — Good. 



Clover — Yielded a good crop and was put up in excellent condition. 

 We believe there was but little seed saved. 



Potatoes. — Good. 



Vegetables. — Splendid. 



Apples. — Up to a few years ago there were but few orchards in this 

 county; sinqe that time many trees have been set out and now there are 

 more apples raised than can be consumed locally. 



Other Fruits. — Good. 



Cattle. — Every farm is well stocked, though there are not as many 

 raised as a few years ago. Neither are there as many being fed for mar- 

 ket as usual. 



Horses. — Prices are high and a great many are being shipped out. 



Sivine. — The increase was large last season, and owing to there being 

 some cholera prevalent, breeders are marketing shoats. 



Sheep. — Have done well in this section and there is a tendency among 

 the farmers to raise more of them, due, perhaps, to high prices which 

 have prevailed the last two years. 



Poultry. — Great many raised. Good prices have been obtained for 

 both eggs and poultry. 



Bees. — A great many are kept in this county and farmers generally 

 report a good crop of honey the past season, although the average per 

 hive is not so large as last year. 



Drainage. — A great deal of attention is being paid to this matter, and 

 nearly every farmer is laying some tile. There will be one drainage 

 ditch opened in this county in the spring, I understand, under the new 

 drainage law. 



Lands. — Prices are steadily increasing, and it is predicted that $100 

 per acre will soon be the popular price. 



Report of Fair. — Held at Sutherland, August 29 — September 1. It 

 was the general opinion that it was the best exposition ever held by this 

 society. The attendance was good throughout, and after paying all 

 premiums and expenses, there remained in our treasury a balance of $400. 



O'BRIEN. 



J. L. MCLAURY, SHELDON, SEPTEMBER 25, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops and Season. — Good, although the forepart 

 of the season was too wet. 



Corn. — Of A-1 quality and will yield on an average about thirty 

 bushels per acre. 



Oats. — Yielded about forty bushels per acre, of fair quality. Damaged 

 to some extent by rains. 



Wheat. — Yielded about twelve bushels per acre; of fair quality. 



Rye. — Small acreage but yielded a good crop. 



