NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 825 
Horses — The number of colts was possibly a little above the average 
and although the automobile is with us our horsemen are raising lots 
of horses and are finding a ready sale for them at good prices. 
Sivine — No disease, excepting in a few cases. Hogs have been fed on 
grass largely this summer on account of shortage of corn. The pig crop 
was not up to the average. 
Sheep — There is more interest taken in sheep than in the past and 
there are now some very fine flocks, though small in numbers. 
Pom Zir?/— Continues to grow and every farmer is now taking an inter- 
est in the hen. The shipments from this locality is very much on the 
increase and prices have been exceptionally good. 
Bees — Only a few apiaries but the quality of honey is pronounced to 
be excellent. 
Drainage — Cement tile are now being used extensively; much tiling 
is being done as the farmers realize its value. 
Other Industries — Sugar beets are being raised this year for the first 
time; they are yielding well. 
Lands — Values are lower in this county than any other in the state 
and the quality of our soil can not be excelled. Good farms are being 
sold at $.50 to $60 per acre. There are many bargains in farms here and 
anyone interested in investing in an Iowa farm can do no better than 
invest in this county. 
Report of Fair — Held September 8, 9 and 10, 1908, and was one of the 
best, in point of quality of exhibits, that we have ever held. On account 
of the busy season the attendance was not as large as the management 
hoped for but each department was well filled with exhibits and all 
patrons were well pleased with the show. 
WINNEBAGO. 
J. P. Boyd, Buffalo Cp:nter, October 19, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and 8easo7i — Crops in general have been 
fairly good and the season a very peculiar one; cold and w^et in the 
spring, giving a backset to crops and making corn planting exceptionally 
late but ending with a late dry fall that was the making of the corn crop. 
Corn — Will yield about seventy per cent of an average crop, about 
seventy-five per cent of which was well matured at time of killing frost. 
Oats — Were about fifty per cent of an average crop; a good stand but 
affected by the excessive hot weather during the ripening period, making 
the quality light and weighing about twenty-five pounds to the bushel. 
Wheat — Small acreage; yielded from fifteen to twenty bushels per acre 
and quality good. 
Rye — None raised here. 
Barley — Very little barley raised here; yield about twenty bushels per 
acre and quality good. 
Flax — Very little raised here; quality fair; yield from five to seven 
bushels per acre. 
Buckwheat — Very little grown. 
Millet — Good crop. 
Sorghum — Very heavy growth and a good crop. 
