FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 761 



Potatoes— h. large yield, and were of excellent quality. 



Cattle — There is a noticeable improvement in the grade of cattle being 

 raised, and there are a great many high class animals in this county. 



Horses— Move attention is given to the raising of thoroughbred horses 

 than any other branch of the stock business in this county, and the county 

 is becoming noted for the development in this line. 



Swine — Have done well, and the breeding of thoroughbreds is increasing 

 each year. 



Sheep — Very few raised in this county. 



Poultry — Have done well, and there are a great many breeders of fine 

 fowls. 



Lands— V^hWe very few farms have changed hands prices remain the 

 same as last year, ranging from $80 to $100 per acre, and some lying in close 

 proximity to towns being held as high as $150 per acre. 



Report offair—B.e\d at Marion, August 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th. 

 The attendance was good until Friday when owing to a heavy rain the fair 

 was carried over Saturday, which resulted in a financial loss to the society; 

 otherwise the fair was a success in every particular. 



The exhibits of ca.tle, horses, swine and sheep exceeded in numbers and 

 quality all former exhibits at our fair. No premiums were offered on 

 poultry, owing to the society not having a suitable building in which to 

 place the exhibit. It is the intention of the society to erect a building the 

 coming year in which to place this exhibit. 



LINN. 



A. Heaton, Fairfax, Iowa, September 26. 1904. 



The general condition of crops has been very good, although the season 

 has been somewhat cool and dry. 



Corn— A killing frost visiting this section on the 13th of September 

 damaged to some extent that which was planted late and on the low lands, 

 but crop as a whole is very good and will yield from forty to seventy bushels 

 per acre. 



Oats — Yielded from thirty-five to fifty bushels per acre, and of excellent 

 quality; price on market, twenty-seven cents. 



IVheat— Small acreage, but yielded on an average of twenty bushels per 

 acre, and was of fair quality; price on market, eighty cents to one dollar 

 and five cents per bushel. 



Rye— Yery little sown, but was an average crop both in quality and 

 yield. 



Barley— Oi excellent quality and yielded from thirty to forty bushels per 

 acre. 



Millet— "Did well. 



Timothy — Yielded a large crop and was put up in excellent condition. 



Clover — The greater part of it was winter-killed, but new seeding has 

 done well. 



Horses, cattle and sivine — Have done well the past year, and the exhibits 

 in these dspartments at our fair were unsurpassed. 



