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Swine — A big increase in swine and are free from disease. 
Hheep — Floclcs increasing and doing well; prices high. 
Poultry^An grades raised extensively; this is one of the banner coun- 
ties for poultry. 
Bees — Only a few kept but they have done well this season. 
Drainage — Lots of natural drainage. 
Other Industries — Prosperous; no failures. 
Lands — Prices range from $50 to $85 per acre. 
Report of Fair— Held in Decorah, September 8 to 11, 1908. Attendance 
good; weather fine, no rain; all expenses paid in full, including premiums 
and a surplus left. The association is entirely free from debt. 
WOODBURY. 
John R. Sii.mfkk, Sioux City, Iowa, Octoiikk .30, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — The rainfall during the season 
was more than ample for the growing crops as shown in precipitation 
by months: April, 2.45; May, 4.21; June, 3.91; July, 3.40; August, 2.96. 
More than the average since the year 1903. From early morn of August 
31st until nearly midnight of September 25th, a period of nearly twenty- 
five days, there was only a trace of rain which occurred on September 
15th. During the summer months the weather was unusually cool but 
the hot weather from the latter part of August to late September saved 
particularly the corn crop, enriching the producer to no small extent. 
The first killing frost in early season fell May 1st, injuring the fruit crop 
and partially destroying vegetation. The late killing frost was on Sep- 
tember 27th, there being one hundred and fifty days without frost. 
Corn — 'The reported acreage is the largest in the state with the excep- 
tion of Pottawattamie and Plymouth counties. The average yield is 
placed at thirty-eight bushels per acre and the quality is good. The 
average price is fifty cents per bushel. 
Oats — Thirty-four per cent of the amount grown in the state; average 
yield tw^enty-five bushels per acre and the quality is light. 
Wheat — Acreage ranks fourth in the state; the yield of spring wheat 
is placed at twelve bushels per acre and winter wheat at twenty-five 
bushels per acre. 
Rye — Small acreage, not much attention paid to this crop. 
Barley — The acreage is placed at 6,630; the yield varies considerable 
and the quality is not good. 
Flax — Total produce will not exceed fifteen hundred bushels. 
Buckwheat — Very small acreage. 
Millet — Grown principally for the seed. 
Sorghum — Very little grown; going out of date. 
Timothy — 23,160 acres; yield not up to the average; good prices pre- 
vail. 
Clover — Grown more to fertilize the land and for seed than for hay, 
although some is sown with timothy. 
Prairie Hay — 15,590 acres; yield reported at one and a half tons per 
acre. 
