FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 767 



matured at this writing, and indications are that it will be a record breaking 

 crop. 



Oats — Yield and quality fair; some rust. 



Wheat — Small acreage sown, which yielded a fair crop, but was generally 

 of poor quality. 



Rye — Small acreage, but was of good quality and yield. 



Barley — Very little sown, but yielded well and was of good quality. 



Buckzuheat — None sown. 



Millet — None sown. 



Sorghum— Y'\Q\d. and quality were excellent, and was one of the most 

 profitable crops considering the acreage planted. 



Timothy— An excellent crop, averaging one and one-half tons of hay per 

 acre. 



Clover — First cutting yielded a fair crop of hay, and while the second 

 crop yielded a good crop of hay, that which was threshed for seed did not 

 yield very good. 



Prairie hay — None in this county. 



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



Vegetables — All kinds were good, both in quality and yield, and especially 

 cabbage, beans, peas and tomatoes. 



Apples — Crop was above the average, both in quality and yield. 



Other fruits — Cherries, fair; peaches, a failure; pears, good; native 

 plums, a failure. 



Cattle — Have done well, and there is a noticeable improvement in both 

 beef and dairy classes. The dairying industry is increasing, and a great 

 many separators are used. 



horses — A great many thoroughbred draft and roadsters are bred in this 

 county. 



Swine — Have done well, and are generally of good breeding, being 

 Poland Chinas, Duroc Jerseys and Chester Whites. 



Sheep — Are principally mutton class. 



PowZ/yy— Breeders are confining themselves to varieties that make the 

 best farm fowls. Poultry in this county is called "The Mortgage Lifter." 



Bees — This industry has increased one hundred per cent in the last five 

 years, but the past season was a very poor one for the production of honey. 



Drainage— The greater part of the low and flat lands in this county have 

 been tiled, which has materially increased the price of same. 



Other industries — Pella has a factory that employs thirty men in the 

 manufacturing of automatic straw stackers and self feeders for threshing 

 machines; a canning factory that packed two million cans of tomatoes the 

 past season, and a pickling plant that put up twelve thousand bushels of 

 pickles. 



Lands— Ave increasing in price, some selling as high as $125 per acre 



Report of/air— Held at Pella, September 27th, 28th and 29th. The fair 

 was a success both in point of exhibits and financially. Premiums were paid 

 in full, and all exhibitors, visitors and concessioners were well pleased. No 

 gambling or immoral shows were permitted on the grounds, the policy of the 

 managers being to give a good, clean agricultural exhibition, which course 

 has proven profitable by bringing out a good attendance and thereby per- 



