FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 771 



Lands — Several farms have changed hands the past year, at an advanced 

 price over that of any previous year. Average price is $100 per acre. 



Report of fair — The Union District Agricultural Society held its forty- 

 third annual exhibition September 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th, and in many 

 respects it was a record breaker, notwithstanding one rainy day, which 

 necessitated holding over of the fair for one day. 



The displays in all departments were very creditable, and especially in 

 the hog department, in which the entries were so many that our accommoda- 

 tions were not large enough and it necessitated building an additional barn, 

 at a cost of $100. 



All classes in the speed department were well filled, the entry list being 

 the largest ever had in the history of the society. 



All other departments were well filled with excellent exhibits, and the 

 fair was pronounced a success in every particular. 



MUSCATINE. 



Thomas Boot , Wilton Junction^ lowa^ September 23, 1904. 



The season has been cool and dry, and while small grain yielded a good 

 crop corn is not matured at this writing and is not well filled. 



Corfi — Present prospects are that it will yield from thirty-five to forty 

 bushels per acre. 



Oats— Were of good quality and yielded from twenty- five to forty bushels 

 per acre. 



IV/ieat— Small acreage, but was of good quality and yielded well. 



y?jv<?— Good quality. 



Barley — Yielded from twenty-five to thirty bushels per acre, and was of 

 excellent quality. 



Buckwheat — None sown . 



Afillet— None sown . 



Sorghum — Small acreage, but yielded a good crop. 



Timothy —Y'lel^Q.^ on an average of one and one-half tons per acre, and 

 was put up in excellent condition. 



C/<9Z^(?r— Winter-killed , 



Prairie hay — None in this county. 



Potatoes — Were of good quality, but yield was not large. 



Vegetables — Good . 



Apples — Yield about two-thirds of the usual crop, but were of good 

 quality. 



Other fruits — Cherries, good; plums, fair; peaches, poor. 



Cattle — Are thin in flesh, owing to poor pasturage 



Horses — Are thin in flesh, owing to poor pasturage. 



SwineSpr'mg crop of pigs was light, owing to the weather being cold 

 and wet. 



Sheep — Very few raised in this county. 



Poultry— 'i^ot as large a number raised as usual, owing to cold spring 

 and rats killing a large number of them. 



5<?^5— Made no honey to speak of the past season. 



