764 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Prairie hay — Very little raised in this county. 



Other grains and grasses — All pasturage has been good. 



Potatoes — Yielded a large crop and were of excellent qualit}'. 



Vegetables — Were unexcelled in the history of this county. 



Apples — A large yield and were of good quality. 



Other fruits— ^m2i\\ fruit was in abundance, but there were no peaches 

 raised, and only a small crop of pears. 



Cattle — Have done well, and a large number will be fed this fall and 

 winter for beef. 



Horses— Ave in good demand, prices ranging from $50 to $200, according 

 to the individual. Breeding is carried on quite extensively in road and draft 

 classes. 



Swing — Are thrifty; large litters, and are generally well bred. 



Sheep — Very few raised in this county, but are good wool producers. 



Poultry— A great deal of attention is given this industry, as it is a very 

 profitable one; prices high the past season. 



Bees — Very few raised or kept in this county. 



Drainage— Con?,\6.evSih\e attention is given to tile and open ditch drainage, 

 and a great deal of ditching is contemplated. 



J ands—Ksin^Q in price from $30 to $125 per acre. 



Report of fair — Second annual exhibit at Wapello, September 20th, 21st, 

 22d and 23d. Although the weather conditions were very unfavorable 

 throughout the days of the fair, the attendance was very good, and exhibits 

 in every department were excellent, and especially in those of agriculture, 

 horticulture, kitchen and pantry stores, art, poultry and swine. 



MADISON. 



H. A. Mueller, Win terse t, Iowa, September 6, 1904. 



The past season in many respects, has been more favorable than last 

 year. While a good deal of rain fell, it was not prolonged, and crops gen- 

 erally were put in in good season, and the weather at harvest time was fa- 

 vorable. 



Corn— A larger acreage was planted than last year, and there is less 

 waste owing to wet places. It will yield a much larger crop than last year, 

 and is of excellent quality. 



Oa/5— Smaller acreage than last year, but yielded on an average of 

 twenty- five bushels per acre, and was of fair quality. 



IVheat—SmsiW acreage, which was planted mostly in the northern part of 

 the county. The prospects in the early spring were for a good crop, but 

 later black rust killed most of it, and the crop was almost a total failure. 



Pye — Small acreage sown which yielded about twelve bushels per acre. 



Barley — A larger acreage sown than ever before, and yielded a good crop 

 of excellent quality. 



7^/ax— None sown. 



Buckwheat — Small acreage sown, which promises a good yield. 



Millet— Very little sown. 



