FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 773 



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C. E. Yotmgy Shenandoah, Iowa, October 27^ 1904. 



The general condition of crops the past season has been excellent. 



C<?r«— Will yield a larger and better crop than was anticipated early in 

 the season. 



Oats— An excellent crop. 



Wheat — A good average crop, both in quality and yield. 



Timothy — Yielded a good crop and commands a fair price. 



Clover — Good. 



Prairie ^ajv— Best crop for several years. 



Other grains and grasses— ^Qve good. 



Potatoes — Yielded an unusually large crop, and were of excellent quality. 



Vegetables — All kinds were good. 



Apples — Crop not as large as last year, but are commanding a good 

 price. 



Other fruits — Yielded well and were of excellent quality. 



Cattle — Have done well, and large breeders in this county report a good 

 trade in young stock. 



Horses— Good. -gvices are being paid, and breeders look forward for an 

 increased demand. 



Swine — Have done well, and are bringing high prices at sales. 



Sheep— Yery few raised in this county, but breeding is of better class. 



Poultry — Has been very profitable, high prices being paid. 



^(?^5— Quite a number are engaged in this industry, and report that the 

 past season has been a very profitable one. 



Drainage— The natural drainage in this county is very good, the land 

 being rolling. 



Other industries— Are manufacturing of plows, wagons, gloves and mit- 

 tens, suspenders, a canning factory, flour mills and nurseries. 



Lands— Ave selling at high prices. 



Report of fair— Yield at Shenandoah, August 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 

 12th. With the exception of the first day the weather was very favorable, 

 and the attendance was good, aggregating twenty thousand visitors. 

 Exhibits in every department were large and excellent in quality, and the 

 fair was declared a success in every particular. 



PALO ALTO. 



P. V. Hand, Emmetsburg , Iowa, October 22, 1904. 



The season has been cold and wet, and spring planting was somewhat 

 retarded thereby. However, a larger acreage than usual was planted of all 

 crops, and they have generally yielded very good. 



Corw— Will yield on an average of forty bushels per acre and is of good 

 quality. No killing frost visited this district until October 5th. 



Oa/5— Yielded an excellent crop and are of good quality, overrunning 

 machine measure from eight to ten pounds per bushel. 



