FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 731 



Poiaioes— Yielded from one to two hundred bushels per acre, and are of 

 excellent quality. 



Fe£-eiadlfS— Excellent both in quality and yield. 



Apples— Good . 



Ca///^— About the usual number raised; quality is getting better each 

 year. 



Horses -0^\xi% to the great number that have been shipped out during 

 the past three years there are very few good ones left. 



Szuine — Are in a healthy condition, but not so many raised as last year. 



Sheep— Wery few raised . 



Poultry — About the usual number and quality. 



^^^j— Done well. 



Drainage — Farmers beginning to realize the importance of tiling and 

 there is a great deal being laid. 



Lands — Range in price from $75 to $125 per acre. 



Report of fair— Yield at Alta, August 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th. Entries in 

 all departments was on an average with former years, except in the display 

 of corn which was light, owing to the early dates on which the fair was held. 

 The exhibits in the cattle and swine department surpassed all former ex- 

 hibits, both in quality and numbers shown. Although we were unfortunate 

 in having two days of unfavorable weather during the fair our total receipts 

 were greater than ever before in the history of the society. 



For years we have been giving a fifty-cent fair for twenty-five cents, and 

 having a good attendance, but in spite of this our receipts were not equal to 

 our disbursements, so it was decided to increase the general admission this 

 year to thirty- five cents, giving visitors a return check where they wished to 

 leave the grounds and come back the same day. The new system proved 

 very satisfactory and we believe that if all county fairs would adopt it, and 

 at the same time increase the quality of their entertainments, that they 

 would be generally more successful. 



All classes in our speed department were well filled, and every race was 

 well contested, which pleases the visitors at our fair. 



BUTLER, 



J . W . Ray^ Alliso7i, Iowa, September 19, 1904. 



Corn — Maturing rapidly; indications for a good crop. 



Oats — Good quality; yield not quite up to average. 



Wheat — None raised. 



y?)/(?— Acreage small; yield and quality good. 



Barley — Very good crop; acreage small. 



Flax—Nexy good crop; acreage small. 



Buckwheat — Indications for a good crop; small acreage. 



Millet — None raised. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Good quality; average yield. 



Clover — Last years seeding good; other poor. 



Prairie hay — Quality good; average yield. 



