794 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



WORTH. 



Bert Hamilton^ Northzvood, Iowa, October 28, 1904. 



Crops the past season were very good on high and well drained lands, 

 while those on the low and undrained lands were only fair, and in some 

 places were a total failure, owing to excessive rainfall. 



Corn — Will yield an average of forty bushels per acre, and generally is of 

 very good quality, although some little damage was done by early frosts. 



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



Wheat — Small acreage, but yielded a good crop and was of a good 

 quality. 



^«>'/(?;'— Yielded a large crop and was of excellent quality. 



Flax — Light yield. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Milkt—^one sown. 



Sorghum — None grown. 



Ti7nothy — Yielded a fair crop . 



C/^'c't'r— Yielded a good crop; none cut for seed. 



Prairie hay—'^SiS not of the best quality, it being very rank. 



Potatoes— Y\&\diQ^ a very large crop, but are rotting to some extent. 



Vegetables— V^exQ excellent both in quality and yield . 



^///^5— Yielded an abundant crop both of fall and winter varieties, and 

 were of good quality. 



Other fruits— "^ere abundant. 



Cattle — There is a noticeable improvement in the grade being raised; 

 Shorthorns and Herefords being the principal breeds. 



Horses — Many fine individuals are owned in this county, and farmers are 

 giving more attention to this industry. 



Szuine—HoiVQ done well, and no disease is reported. Poland China and 

 Chester Whites are the principal breeds raised. 



Sheep— Th\?, industry is not engaged in extensively in this district, but 

 they have done well the past season and are in a healthy condition. Breeds 

 raised are principally Shropshire and Southdowns. 



/\?«//r)'— Has done well, both birds and eggs commanding a good price 

 on the market. 



Bees — Very few raised or kept. 



Drainage — A great deal of tiling and open ditching is being done in this 

 county. 



Report of /rtzV— Held at Northwood, September 17th, 18th and 19th. The 

 weather was favorable and the attendance was the largest in the history of 

 the society. Exhibits in the live stock departments were not very plentiful, 

 but in the agricultural department the exhibit was the largest and best ever 

 shown at our fair, and the same was true of the exhibit in the horticultural 

 department. All other departments were well filled with good exhibits, and 

 the fair was pronounced a success in every particular. 



