792 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Buckwheat — Very little grown . 



Millet— Good. , both in quality and yield. 



Sorghum — Very little grown. 



Timothy — Yielded a fair crop and was put up in good condition. 



Clover — Yielded a good crop, and fall pasturage is excellent. 



Prairie hay — Yielded a good crop and was put up in excellent condition. 



Potatoes — An unusually large yield, and were of excellent quality. 

 Vegetables — All varieties yielded an abundant crop and were of good 

 quality. 



Apples — Yielded a good crop and were of excellent quality. 



Other fruits— Did well. 



Cattle— The usual number raised, and have done well. 



Horses— Are in good condition; the usual number raised. 



Swine— Only about ninety per cent of the usual pig crop. No disease 

 reported. 



Shee/)— Not a great many raised in this district, but did well the past 

 season. 



Poultry — The usual number raised and have commanded good prices. 



^^^?^— Honey crop is above the average. 



Drainage— K great deal of tiling is being laid . 



Lands — Prices range from forty-five to sixty- five dollars per acre. Very 

 few transfers the past year. 



Report of fair— The Buffalo Center Driving Park and Fair Association 

 held its annual exhibition at Buffalo Center, September 27th, 28th and 29th. 



WINNESHIEK. 



H, L. Caff en. Decor ah ^ lozva, September 26 , 1904. 



Crops generally have been up to the average with those of former years, 

 although the season has been somewhat cool. 



Cbr;/— Smaller acreage planted than usual, and twenty-five percent of it 

 can not mature by time of killing frosts. 



Oats — Yielded a good crop and were of excelleot quality. 



Wheat— Smsill acreage , and while Blue stem yielded a fair crop and was 

 of a good quality, other varieties were damaged to a great extent by rust. 



Pye — Small acreage sown, but yielded a fair crop and was of good 

 quality. 



Barley — Did well. 



i^/a;r— Yielded a good crop. 



Buckzuheat — Small acreage sown, and is not well filled. 



Millet — An average crop. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



