726 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Timothy- Good crop and harvested in nice condition. 



Clover — Fair; somewhat winter killed. 



Paririe kay—Yevy little of it left in this county, but a good yield. 



Other grains and grasses— Rape is getting to be quite extensively raised. 



Potatoes— Qusility as fine as ever seen and yielded from one hundred and 

 fifty to two hundred bushels per acre. 



Vegetables — Good . 



Apples— ¥ aw crop; coddling moth did some damage. 



(9M^r/rz^?75— Blackberries, none raised; raspberries, small crop; grapes, 

 fair; cherries, good; gooseberries, good; currants, fair; plums, excellent, 

 both in quality and yield. 



Cattle— KhoMt thirty-four thousand head in county, all of which are in 

 good condition. 



//(7r^^5— Including all classes and ages there is about ten thousand in this 

 county. Demand and prices are good. 



Swine — A good crop of young pigs, but hogs ready for market are scarce. 

 There is a number of herds of pure-bred Duroc Jersey, Chester White and 

 Poland Chinas. 



Sheep— An industry that does not receive the attention it should in this 

 county, there being a total of only about sixteen hundred head. 



Poultry— This industry is becoming more and more extensively handled' 

 as people realize that it is one of the most substantial incomes of the farm. 



Bees—^ot many of them raised or kept in this county, but have done 

 well this year. 



Drainage— Mostly natural , but lots of tiling being laid where there are 

 low wet places. 



Lands— Ro\\\ng\ wooded along streams; very productive; clay subsoil. 

 Prices range from $50 to $80 per acre. 



Report of fair— Held at Audubon, August 30th, 31st, September 1st and 

 2d. The weather was a little threatening, which kept away some of the 

 people, but after all the attendance was good, and the society paid all pre- 

 miums in tuU and has a balance in the treasury. The races were good, 

 everyone seemed well pleased. 



The swine department was well filled with some of the best swine in west- 

 ern Iowa, and everybody felt proud of this exhibit. 



The horse barns were well filled, and the animals shown were as fine as 

 ever seen in this county. 



The exhibit in our cattle department was very light, although there are 

 numerous herds of thoroughbreds in this county. 



The poultry exhibit was not very large, owing to the accommodations in 

 this department being poor. However, the society expects to erect a new 

 poultry house the coming season, which will no doubt bring out a large 

 exhibit in this department another year. 



The fine arts, pantry and kitchen stores, agriculture and horticulture 

 departments were well filled, with excellent exhibits. 



