THIRTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIV 925 



Potatoes — Not as heavy a crop as usual. They are being shipped in 

 from other places. 



Vegetables — Excellent. 



Apples — None to speak of. 



Other Fruits — A scarcity of small fruit, with the exception of straw- 

 berries, which were very plentiful. 



Cattle — We have a number of fine herds and the quality is growing 

 better. 



Horses — Several large breeders of fine horses. 



Swine — ^We had a splendid exhibit at our fair. 



Sheep — Good quality but not many raised here. 



Poultry — We have a number of fancy breeders. The display at the 

 fair was the largest we have had for many years. 



Bees — Lots of bees; great quantities of honey sold. 



Drainage — Increasing. An immense amount of tiling being done by 

 the farmers. 



Other Industries — What Cheer is looking forward to great things from 

 their new quarter of a million dollar sewer pipe plant. 



Lands — Advancing. Good improved land worth from $100 to $200 per 

 acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 23-26. A bad week. We have paid 

 all bills. 



KOSSUTH. 



T. P. HARRINGTON, ALGONA, OCTOBER 8, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Spring a little late with a 

 little more rain than necessary. Rainfall all season was perhaps more 

 than average and abundant for all crops. 



Corn — Acreage larger than usual and yield will average 60 bushels per 

 acre; 95 per cent sound. Will be the largest total yield in the history 

 of the county. 



Oats — An excessive growth of straw and it lodged badly. Yield will 

 average about 50 bushels per acre and quality good. 



Wheat — Acreage larger than usual; quality very good. Yield about 

 20 to 25 bushels per acre. 



Rye — Very little grown. 



Barley — But little grown for market; quality good. 



Flax — Small acreage; yield and quality good. 



Buckwheat — Very little grown; yield and quality good. 



Millet — Yield and quality good; not much grown. 



Sorghum — Very little raised except for cattle feed; yield very large. 



Timothy — A little thin on account of hard winter and drouth of last 

 fall. Above an average crop. 



Clover — About the same as timothy. 



Prairie H.ay — Very little left. Yield very heavy. 



Other Grains and Gi-asses — Good. 



Potatoes — Crop very good; more than enough for home demand. 



Vegetables — Very good. 



Apples — Very few apples this year; almost a total failure. 



