782 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Other grains and grasses — Some little alfalfa was sown and did well the 

 past season. 



Potatoes — Yielded well and were of excellent quality. 



Apples— Yery few orchards, but yielded well this year. 



Other bruits — Were good, and especially plums and cherries which yielded 

 an unusually large crop. 



Cattle— Hsive done well, owing to there being excellent pasturage all 

 season. 



Horses— Did well. 



Swine— ^oX. the usual number raised, owing to cold, wet spring. No 

 disease reported. 



Sheep— 'H.a.ve done well. 



Poultry — The usual number were raised, and prices have been high. 



Bees— Very few kept, but number is increasing each year. 



Drainage— Natursil drainage is very good. 



lieport of fair — The Rock Valley District Fair Association held its annual 

 exhibition at Rock Valley, August 31st, September 1st and 2d, and while the 

 weather was unfavorable the first two days which cut down our attendance 

 to some extent, the exhibition in every department were large and of excellent 

 quality. 



STORY, 



Theo . P. IVorsley, Nevada, /owa, October 24, 1904 . 



The season has been very favorable for crops, and as a whole they have 

 been excellent. 



Corn — It is estimated that there is one hundred and twenty-three thousand 

 acres of this cereal planted in this county, and it will yield on an average of 

 forty bushels per acre and of good quality. 



Oats — About forty-nine thousand acres planted and yielded from twenty 

 to torty-five bushels per acre, of good quality, weighing on an average of 

 thirty pounds to the measured bushel. 



Wheat — Five hundred acres of spring wheat sown, and yielded on an 

 average of fourteen bushels per acre. 



Hye — About five hundred acres sown, and yielded a fair crop. 



Barky — Yielded well and was of good quality; about one thousand acres 

 sown. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — About five hundred acres sown, mostly in spots that were too 

 wet for corn. 



Sorghum — Only small acreage planted. 



Timothy — There is about eleven thousand acres in timothy in this county 

 and the past season yielded on an average of one and one-fourth tons per 

 acre, and was put up in good condition. 



Clover— HYiQ greater part of it was winter-killed, and that which was not 

 yielded only a light crop not exceeding one ton per acre. 



