TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK-PART XII 8];^ 



Sorghiivi — Small acreage; quality good. 



Timthy — Yield not as large as usual; quality good. 



Clover — Fair yield; quality good. 



Prairie Hay — Practically none grown. 



Other Grains and Grasses — All good yield and fine quality. 



Potatoes — Only fair yield; quality excellent. 



Vegetables — Generally good. 



Apples — Yield good in some localities, in other localities the crop was 

 a failure owing to late frosts; quality only fair. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries, blackberries and raspberries yield good, 

 cherries and plums fair, grapes good, peaches and pears a failure. 



Cattle — Not a large supply of cattle; quality good, mostly Short-Horns 

 with Polled Angus a close second, quite a good many Jerseys. 



Horses — A great many raised, mostly draft breeds and of good qual- 

 ity; quite an interest taken in the raising of draft horses in this coun- 

 ty. 



Swine — Large quantity of hogs raised here and a great deal of interest 

 taken in breeding of same. 



Sheep — Farmers are becoming interested in sheep raising, which ap- 

 pears to be a very profitable business, especially on the rolling land. 



Poultry — Is fast becoming one of our most profitable industries; every- 

 body on the farm now raise poultry. 



Bees — Quite an interest in bees the last few years; generally seems 

 profitable. 



Drainage^Kot much done in this respect so far but the question is 

 being agitated quite a little of late. 



Other Industries — This being an agricultural county exclusively we 

 have no manufactures of any consequence; quite a good deal of coal in the 

 north part of the county but little worked. 



Lands — Good farms average in price from $60 to $125 per acre; graz- 

 ing land $35 to $50 per acre. 



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

 By far the largest fair in the history of the county, being the fiftieth 

 annual fair. Wednesday was celebrated as "Home Coming Day," and was 

 enjoyed by all. 



DELAWARE. 



T. WILSOX, M.\NCHESTEK, OCTOBER 20, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops have done fairly well 

 this season and will make a good average. While too much moisture in 

 the early part of the season and a continued dry spell later on hurt the: 

 corn crop, and also to some extent the potatoes, yet conditions are very 

 favorable in this county. 



Corn — A very good crop all over the county; is drying up nicely and 

 husking has commenced. 



Oats — Oats are very heavy this year, better than for several years; 

 yield fair. 



