730 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SIOUX COUNTY. 



James Walpole. 



Crops in this section were" about an average, especially oats and hay. 

 The same is true of wheat. Potatoes were a big crop. 



There are at least 1,500 head of recorded cattle in this county, and 

 farmers and breeders are taking great interest in the industry. 



The prevailing price of land is from $70 to $100 per acre. These prices 

 are from $10 to $15 above those of a year ago. 



STORY COUNTY. 



J. F. Martin. 



Fair held at Nevada, August 19 to 22, 1902. 



The fair was unsuccessful because of the heavy rains during the 

 week it was held. The attendance was light and gate receipts likewise. 

 We find it difficult to compete with the state fair which is but a few 

 miles from Nevada. 



Story county soil is low and flat, being what is known as black gumbo, 

 very fertile and productive, but in wet seasons it suffers worse than the 

 lands containing more clay and sand. 



Corn was a light yield going from twenty-five to thirty bushels to the 

 acre. That is of merchantable corn. Oats on the higher ground yielded 

 from fifty to sixty bushels, those on the flat lands being poor. Hay was 

 an abundant crop. 



Farm lands are selling at $85 to $90 per acre. 



TAMA COUNTY. 



A. O. Smith. 



Fair held at Toledo, September 23 to 26, 1902. 



Rain sadly marred the success of the fair as only Thursday and Friday 

 were at all pleasant. However, on these days a fair attendance was had 

 and the races and amusements pulled off. The entries in all departments 

 were rather light on account of the rain. Still the showing in all depart- 

 ments was very creditable considering the circumstances. 



Crops were damaged a great deal by the rains, especially the small 

 grains. Corn also suffered from the frost. 



