FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART XII. 697 



The swine exhibit was much larger than ever before, and additional 

 pens had to be built to accommodate them. 



The sheep pens were well filled with the best specimens of long wool 

 and mutton sheep. 



Agricultural conditions are not up to the average. The hay crop was 

 an unusually large one, and having ideal weather at cutting time, it was 

 well taken care of. Oats had a very light yield, not averaging more than 

 a third of the usual crop, and very poorly filled. There was a small 

 acreage of wheat sown, but yield and quality were fairly good. Rye was 

 a good crop, and a profitable one. 



Corn is our principal crop, and while it is hardly an average with 

 former years, it is much better than we could reasonably expect, as fully 

 60 per cent was planted very late in the season, but frosts holding off 

 iias given it an opportunity to mature. 



The fruit crop was generally light. Cherries were scarce, and apples 

 "were not half the average crop, and are of an inferior quality. 



Potatoes are very scarce, the crop not being enough to supply local 

 market. 



Fall rains have been plentiful, and pasturage is good. On the whole 

 we have plenty, and the county is in a prosperous condition. 



HENRY COUNTY. 

 J. L. Roderick. 



Annual exhibition of the Eastern Iowa District Agricultural Society 

 lield at Winfield, August 18, 19, 20 and 21, 1903. 



The meeting was a success in every way, the weather being almost 

 perfect, and the attendance breaking all previous records. Entries in all 

 •departments were above the average. 



Corn will be a very good crop, considering the extremely wet season. 

 The yield will be about two thirds of the average one. 



Oats were some better, both in quality and yield, than last year. 



There was an unusually large crop of hay, and pasturage is abundant. 



Farm lands are selling at from $50 to $125 per acre. 



IOWA COUNTY. 

 F. 0. Harrington. 



Fair held at Williamsburg, September 8 to 12, 1903, inclusive. 



On the first day of the fair the weather was threatening, and roads 

 -were in bad condition, with entries coming in slowly. Then followed about 

 thirty-six hours of incessant rain, and only fit weather for web-footed 

 bipeds to be abroad. Because of these conditions our entry books were 

 field open until 10 o'clock of the third day of the fair. We decided this 



