FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 725 



parley— Excellent. 



Flax — Good. 



Buckwheat — Very little grown in this county. 



Millet— QooA. 



Sorghum — Good . 



Timothy — Good. 



Clover— QiOO^. 



Prairie /zay— None grown 



Potatoes — Excellent . 



Vegetables — Were very good 



Apples — Good. 



Other fruits — Very good . 



Cattle — Done well. 



Horses — Doing well. 



Swine — Doing well. 



Sheep — In good condition; no disease. 



Poultry — An industry which is being given a great deal of attention, and 

 pure bred types are being raised extensively. 



Bees — Did well this season. 



Drainage— NsLtuvaA and good. 



Other industries— Dsiirmg is receiving considerable attention. 



Lands— Range in price from $25 to $150 per acre. 

 Report of /az>.— Held at Waukon, September 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th, 

 and was a success in every particular. The vegetable display was excellent. 

 Corn was not sufficiently matured at the time to make a large display, but 

 there was some good early varieties shown . All other departments were well 

 filled, and the displays were excellent. There is an increased interest in the 

 county fair, as farmers are beginning to realize that much can be learned by 

 attending and taking part in them. 



AUDUBON. 



O. B. Train, Audubon, Iowa, September 5, 1904. 



General condition of crops and season — Crops have been reasonably good, 

 although the season has been cold and backward. 



G?r«— Is in good condition, and will yield, on an average, about fifty 

 bushels per acre. 



6>a/.y— Yielded from thirty-five to forty bu-shels per acre, and over-ran in 

 weight. 



Wheat — Blue stem yielded about seventeen bushels per acre, and was of 

 fair quality. All bearded varieties were an entire failure, and was not cut. 



Rye — Little, if any, raised. 



Barley — Was damaged a great deal by rust, but averaged about thirty 

 bushels |>er acre. 



Flax— l^one raised. 



^«<:/^z£;^(?a/— Practically no attention paid to this. 



Millet— Goo^. 



