732 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



WINNEBAGO COUNTY. 



C. W. Good. 



Fair held September 9 to 11, 1902, at Buffalo Center. 



The fair was well attended and the exhibits in all departments were 

 numerous and of a good quality. 



Corn and oats are the principal crops raised in this section. The 

 yield of the latter was good but they were considerably damaged by the 

 wet weather of harvest time. The yield was about forty bushels per acre. 

 Corn was a great deal of it soft and yielded about forty bushels per 

 acre. Frost visited this county first about September 11. 



Land is selling at $50 to $60 per arce, being about $8 or $10 per acre 

 above the prices of 1901. 



WINNBSHEIK COUNTY. 



H. L. Coffeen. 



Fair held August 26 to 29, at Decorah. 



The attendace was fair and the weather very fine. The live stock 

 exhibits were below the average, while the showing made in the agricul- 

 tural and floral departments was excellent. 



Wheat in this section yielded from fifteen to twenty-five bushels per 

 acre and was of good quality. Oats were nearly up to the average yield and 

 quality. Barley and rye about the same as oats. There was a very large 

 crop of hay but was badly damaged by the rains. Potatoes yielded well. 

 Corn was a fair yield and fairly good quality. Live stock is all in good 

 condition. 



Prices of land are fully ten per cent higher than last year and farms 

 are selling at $70 to $100 per acre. Some of the rougher land is changing 

 hands at ?25 to $50. 



WORTH COUNTY. 



Bert Hamilton. 



Fair held September 17 to 19, 1902, at Northwood. 



The exhibition was one of the most successful held in Worth county 

 for years. The attendance was large and the exhibits numerous. There 

 is more of a determination among the farmers of the county to make it 

 "their fair." Grain, fruit and vegetables made up the principal exhibits 

 and these departments were well filled. There was also a fine showing 

 of live stock. 



