FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 763 



Flax — None grown. 



Buckwheat — None grown. 



Millet — Small acreage. 



Sorghum— '^iXQ.QiW acreage, but yielded well. 



Tiw^/^y- -Excellent yield and was put up in good condition. 



Clover — Yielded an abundant crop of hay. 



Prairie hay — None grown. 



Potatoes — An exceptionally large crop and' were of good quality. 



Vegetables — Did well. 



Apples —Above the average crop in yield, but somewhat wormy. 



Other fruits— ^o peaches raised; all other fruits did well. 



Cattle — Pasturage is good, and cattle have done fine; no necessity for 

 feeding stockers as yet. More than the usual number will be fed for beef. 



Horses — Have done well; a great many are being shipped to eastern 

 markets. 



Swine— Are doing well, and are generally hearty and thrifty, although 

 there is a report of some cholera in one township where hogs were im- 

 ported. 



Sheep — Very few raised or kept in the county. 



Poultry— D\^ well. 



Bees — Very lew raised or kept in this county. 



Report of fair — Held at Columbus Junction, August 30th, 31st, September 

 1st and 2d. Owing to excessive rainfall every day during the fair, except 

 one, the attendance was very light, and the society suffered a big loss. 



LOUISA. 



Ed. Hicklin, Wapello, Iowa, October 10, 1904. 



The season has been very favorable to crops in this county, and on a 

 whole they have been very satisfactory. 



Corn— Is practically matured at this date, there being less than ten per 

 cent of it in danger of frost. Acreage planted is large and will yield from 

 forty to seventy bushels per acre, and of good quality. 



Oats — Owing to the use of poor seed and unfavorable weather conditions 

 at the time of sowing they were light in quality, but yielded from twenty- 

 five to thirty-five bushels per acre. 



IVheat—SmsiW acreage, but yielded a fair crop and was of good quality. 



Bye — Yield and quality good, although acreage planted was small. 



Barley — Small acreage; yielded on an average of forty bushels per acre. 



/^/a;r— None raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised in this county. 



Millet — Small acreage. 



Sorghum — Is only raised in small patches for home use. 



Timothy— Yielded, from one to two and one-half tons of hay per acre, and 

 was put up in excellent condition. 



Clover — Poor. 



