EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 755 



Sheep — Better quality and more raised than last year. 



Poultry — More interest is being taken in poultry and larger numbers 

 and better grades raised. 



Bees — Not much honey this year. 



Drainage — Lands are fairly well drained but farmers are using more 

 tile than last year. 



Other Industries — Canning factories report about the same amount of 

 business as last year; brick yards are running day and night and other 

 industries are running full force. 



Lands^ — Lands and town properties increasing in price. 



Report of Fair — Held at Tipton, October 10 to 13. Weather fairly good. 

 Although the attendance was somewhat light, we had the best fair in ten 

 years; everyone was well pleased and the outlook is good for next year. 



CERRO GORDO. 

 C. E. SOMERS, Mason City, October 15, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Most unfavorable in twenty 

 years. 



Corn — Average twenty-four bushels per acre; quality fifty per cent. 



Oats — Average acreage; quality sixty-five per cent; average twenty-two 

 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley' — Average about fifty per cent. 



Flax — Very little raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Very little raised. 



Sorghum — Very little raised. 



Timothy — Average acreage; about one and a half tons per acre; quality 

 fifty per cent. 



Clo-s^r — Average acreage; about one and a quarter tons per acre; qual- 

 ity eighty per cent. 



Prairie Hay — Very little raised. 



Potatoes — Little below average acreage; about fifty bushels per acre; 

 quality fair. 



Vegetables — Fair. 



Apples — Below normal. ■ 



Other Fruits — Fair. 



Cattle — Normal condition; average number. 



Horses — Normal condition; average number. 



Swine — Good. 



Sheep — Small per cent raised; quality good. 



Poultry — Nor'-.-ctl amount raised; condition good. 



Bees — Very few kept. 



Drainage — Increased interest in drainage, 

 i, Lands — Average price sixty-five dollars per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Mason City, October 1 to 6. Was considered 

 successful considering conditions. 



