FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 751 



Timothv — Yielded a large crop and was of good quality. 



Clover — The gr.ater part of it was winter-killed. 



Other grains and grasses — Blue grass pastures were good. 



Potatoes — Yielded a large crop and were of excellent quality. 



Vegetables — Were good. 



AppUs — Large yield and of excellent quality. 



Other fruits — Yielded well and were of good quality. 



Cattle — Are in a healthy condition. 



Horses — Are doing well. 



5ze^z«^— Native hogs were in a healthy condition until hogs diseased with 

 cholera were shipped in from Kansas and sold at auction at the stock yards. 



Sheep — Are in good condition. 



Poultry — A larger number raised than last year. 



Bees — Gathered an average crop of honey. 



Drainage — Generally very good. 



Lands — Values increasing. 



Report of fair— Yi^Xd, at Winfield, August 23d, 24th, 25th and 26th. The 

 weather was favorable, the attendance good, and all departments were filled 

 with excellent exhibits. 



HUMBOLDT. 



John Cunningham, Humboldt^ Iowa, September 17 , 1904 . 



Crops are a fair average with former years, although the season has been 

 somewhat cool and wet. 



Corn—Pi.\. this writing promises a fair yield and of good quality, providing 

 no killing frost is had for another week or ten days. A light frost visited 

 this section September 15th, but did no damage. 



Oats — Yielded less than the average crop, but were of superior quality. 

 The average yield in the county was about thirty-five bushels per acre. 



Wheat— Yery uneven, some fields making a large yield of excellent grade , 

 while others were very poor. 



Rye — Acreage small, but yield and quality excellent. 



Barley — Small acreage, but yielded well, and was of good quality. 



Plax — Yielded a fair crop. 



Buckwheat — Very little grown. 



Millet— lj\g\it crop. 



Sorghum. —Very little grown . 



Timothy — Good 



Clover— Good. 



Prairie Aa^-— Yielded a large crop, and was put up in good condition. 



Other grains and grasses — Were good. 



Potatoes — Yielded a record-breaking crop, and were of excellent quality. 

 Retail market price, twenty-five cents per bushel. 



Vegetables— Good. . 



Apples— hn excellent crop, both in quality and yield, but there is no 

 market for them. 



Other fruits— Yielded well and were of good quality. 



