FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 739 



Lafids— Prices range from $75 to $110 per acre. 



Report of /a/r— Held at Clinton, September 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th. Favor- 

 able weather prevailed and the attendance was good, as was also the 

 exhibits in every department. 



DALLAS. 



H. H. Crenshaw, Adel, Iowa, September 15 , 1904. 



Crops in general have been very good the past season. 



Corn — Is of excellent quality and will yield well. 



Oats — Yielded from thirty-five to forty bushels per acre, and were of good 

 quality. 



Wheat— Yery poor grade . 



^jVd?— None raised. 



Sorghum^— A fair crop. 



Timothy— Good.. 



Clover — Good. 



Prairie hay — None raised except in the sloughs, and this yielded a very 

 good crop. 



Potatoes — An excellent crop. 



Vegetables — Very good . 



Apples— Y\e\d.edi well and were of good quality. 



Other fruits — Were good . 



Cattle— Axe in good condition. One steer exhibited at our fair, and 

 which was raised in the county, weighed thirty- three hundred pounds. 



Horses— There is a marked improvement in the grade of horses being 

 raised, the trend being toward the roadster class. 



Swine — A great many raised and are in a healthy condition; Poland 

 Chinas and Duroc Jerseys are the leading breeds. 



Poultry— A great many chickens raised, but turkeys not so plentiful. 



Bees— An industry that is steadily growing in this vicinity. 



Drainage— \s very good. 



Lands— ^2,n<ge in prices from seventy-five dollars to one hundred dollars 

 per acre. 



Report of fair— YieXd. 9X Ad.e\, September 7th, 8th and 9th. Favorable 

 weather prevailed, the attendance was good, as was also the exhibits in 

 every department, and the fair was pronounced a success in every particular. 



DAVIS. 



J. C. Brouhardy Bloomjield, Iowa, Octobers, 1904. 



Crops in general have been very good, although the season has been 

 somewhat backward. 



Corn— An excellent crop both in quality and yield. 



Oats— O^in^ to the weather being cold and wet at seeding time there was 

 not a very good stand and the yield was light, but quality is exceptionally 

 good. 



