1084 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Report of Fair.— Held at Orange City, Sept. 20-22. This was the 

 twentieth annual exhibition of the Sioux County Agricultural Society, 

 and It was pronounced a success financially and otherwise. "We were 

 favored with good weather throughout the fair, and the attendance was 

 large. The exhibits were very satisfactory in every department, except 

 the swine department, which owing to a great deal of cholera in this 

 district, caused swine men to be reluctant in exhibiting. 



STORY 



THEODOBE P. WOESLEY, JR., NEVADA, OCTOBER 26, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops, etc. — The season has been very favorable 

 with the exception of one or two bad hail and wind storms, and crops 

 as a whole have been very good. 



Corn. — About, the, usual acreage planted, whish will yield a very 

 good crop, although some damage was done by wind. 



Oats. — Averaged about thirty-six bushels per acre, weighing thirty- 

 two pounds to the bushel, and was of good quality. 



'WJieat.—^'VevY little raised. 



Rye. — Small acreage but yielded a good crop. 



Barley. — Very little sown. 



Flax — None grown. 



Buckwheat. — Very little raised. 



Millet. — Mostly sown where corn was drowned out, and yielded a fair 

 crop. 



Sorghum. — Small acreage. 



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



Clover. — Fair crop. 



Potatoes. — Generally poor, although some localities report a yield of 

 over two hundred and fifty bushels to the acre. 



Yegetahles. — Good. 



Apples. — Fair yield and of good quality. 



Other Fruits. — Plums scarce; grapes good. 



Cattle — The usual number are being fed for market. A great many 

 thoroughbreds are raised. 



Horses.— rA great many fine thoroughbred sires are owned in this 

 county and the best grades of horses are produced. 



Sicine. — Are usually well bred, and have been free from disease the 

 past season. 



Sheep. — Very few raised but did well the past season. 



Poultry. — A few chicken raisers caponize their cockerels, which adds 

 greatly to their weight and more than double the price is obtained for 

 such fowls. 



Drainage. — *A11 ponds and sloughs are gradually being drained. 



Other Industries. — Manufacturing of concrete electrical fence posts is 

 carried on extensively, and a great many are used in this county. 



Lands.— .Prices high. 



