TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK -PART XII 805 



Horses — Horses are being quite well bred up as to grades and the 

 Percherons are tlie most common breed. Little attention given to the 

 trotting stock. 



Swine — Has been very scarce on the average farm all through the year. 



Sheep — Sheep growing has increased very largely the past few 3'ears. 



Bees — The keeping of bees does not pay with honey selling below the 

 value of other products and the demand is light even at a low price. 



Report of Fair — No fair held in this county. 



CHICKASAW. 



p. II. l!R.V>NOX, XKW HAMPTON. OCTOBKR 30, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season— Fair. 



Corn — Good. 



Oats — Good but small yield. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Average quality but small yield. 



Flax — Quality good 



Buckwheat — Average. 



Millet — Very little raised. 



Sorghum — Yery little raised, 



Timothy — Quantity and quality good. 



Clover — Very fair; condition good. 



Prairie Hay — Very little. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Timothy hay good and plentiful. 



Potatoes — Good. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Scarce. 



Other Fruits — Scarce 



Cattle — Plentiful, with condition improving. 



Horses — Excellent and quite plentiful. 



Stvine — Pine 



Sheep — Few kept, but on the increase. 



Poultry — Good and plentiful. 



Bees — Scarce. 



Drainage — Natural drainage good. Not much artificial drainage done 

 yet. 



Other Industries — Few. 



Lands — Rapidly increasing in value. 



Report of Fair — Held at New Hampton, September 14, 15, 16, 17, 1909. 

 Considering the fair is just starting, it was good and satisfactory. 



CHICKASAW. 



W. F. GETSCH, NASHUA, OCTOBER 26, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 

 Corn — Good; will average about forty bushels per acre. 

 Oats — Thin stand; good quality; average about twenty-five bushels 

 per acre. 



