918 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Horses — 1,723 sold and shipped from the county at an average price 

 of $177.00. 



Svnne — 625 carloads sold and shipped from the county. Twenty-three 

 M. per car, at an average of $70 per thousand pounds, making $1,006,250. 



Sheep — The drouths of 1910-11, coupled with the fear of a lower tariff 

 on wool has reduced the sheep to a minimum. 



Poultry — Great increase in chickens and a small increase in ducks, 

 geese and turkeys. 



Bees — Nearly killed out by severe winters. 



Drainage — On the increase. Several miles of tile put in and more 

 projected. No drainage district in county. 



Other Industries — Prospering. 



Lands — On the increase in price. A raise of 12 per cent in 1912. 

 Prices now range forty to one hundred and fifty dollars per acre. 



Report of Fair — No fair. 



HUMBOLDT. 



W. B. WEST, HUMBOLDT, OCTOBER, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Spring conditions reasonably 

 favorable, expecially so for small grain. A little too cold for corn and 

 wet, cold, weather during the growing season has retarded growth. Most 

 of the early planting matured before frost. 



Corn — Large acreage and good stand. Frost the latter part of Sep- 

 tember will make the crop 10 per cent soft. 



Oats — Largest yield in many years, 60 to 90 bushels per acre, average 

 better than 60. 



Wheat — More winter wheat sown than formerly. Yield from 25 to 35 

 bushels per acre. Spring wheat about 20 bushels. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Only limited amount raised. Mostly for local use. Average 

 about 40 bushels per acre. 



Flax — I know of none. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — Good yield but not much grown. 



Sorghum — Few fields grown for fodder and some put in the silo. 



Timothy — Drouth last year reduced acreage. Some good fields but less 

 than usual. 



Clover — Heavy catch on spring seeding. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Considerable amount of sugar beets grown 

 in the northern part of the county. Making good money for the growers 

 this year. 



Potatoes — Big crop; average 200 bushels per acre. 



VegetaMes — Large quantity of all kinds. 



Apples — Practically none. 



Other Fruits — Lots of plums and small fruits. 



Cattle — About average number but there is a tendency to reduce the 

 herds. 



Horses — Breeding of draft horses on the increase and practically no 

 roadsters raised. 



