V ice " X residents' Weports, 



1900. 



VICE-PRESIDENT'S REPORT, FIRST CONGRESSIONAL 



DISTRICT. 



F. W. KIMBALIy, AUSTIN. 



I have been out of the part of the country of which I am sup- 

 posed to report a good share of the season, and have to report 

 largely from general reports I get. The blossom in the spring was 

 full and covered the entire country. As a rule, the berries suffered 

 from one-third to one-half loss of crop, owing largely to the drought, 

 and the crop was a good deal dependent on the cultivation it got or 

 the amount of mulch. With me the strawberries were good, while 

 the raspberries were almost a total failure — as well as the gooseber- 

 ries. Apples were good all over the district, yet quite a large loss 

 is reported from premature falling, owing probably to the drought 

 of the early season. The trees have gone into winter quarters with 

 a good deal of unripened wood, and a hard winter or even a short 

 season of extreme cold is liable to cause a good deal of damage. I 

 think the ground is so saturated with water that there can be no 

 reason to fear root-killing, and hope that my fears for the tops may 

 prove groundless. 



VICE-PRESIDENT'S REPORT, SECOND CONG. DIST. 



S. r>. RICHARDSON, WINNEBAGO CITY. 



The fruit crop of all kinds was very satisfactory this year, es- 

 pecially of apples and plums, although they began to drop early and 

 dropped all through the season. 



Plums rotted a little in some localities, in others not at all. 



Apples were so abundant that Duchess and crabs were prac- 

 tically worthless and rotted on the ground in some parts of the dis- 



