TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII' 815 



Timothy — Average yield of 1% tons per acre; price ranges from $12.00 

 to $16.00 per ton; good quality. 



Clover — Average yield of 1^ tons per acre; many fields were pastured 

 too close and late and were winter killed; price $12.00 to $14.00 per ton. 



Prairie Hay — None grown, except Ram-Rod on low lands; price $6.00 

 to $8.00 per ton. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa; average yield of 5 tons per acre; 

 three cuttings; acreage small but on the increase. 



Potatoes — Average yield per acre; price 55 cents per bushel; pota- 

 toes given the formaldehyde treatment were smoother and about one 

 week earlier than those not treated. 5,000 bushels sweet potatoes raised; 

 price $1.00 per bushel. 



Vegetables — Market gardeners are raising over 500 acres of vegetables 

 for market and canning factories. 



Apples — Average crop but of inferior quality; late varieties injured by 

 frost in October. Eighty per cent of the apples were made into cider and 

 sold at 6c per gallon. 



Other Fruits — Small fruits in abundance; grapes one-fourth crop and 

 no peaches. 



• Cattle — Principal breeds are Polled Durhams, Herefords, Polled Angus, 

 Holstein and Jerseys. 21,153 reported for taxation; value $576,804.00. 



Horses — Principal breeds: Standard Bred Trotters, Thoroughbred run- 

 ners, Percheron, Clydesdale, English Shire, French and German Coach, 

 and ^ilorgans. Stallions are mostly imported. Horses are rapidly improv- 

 ing; average price from $150.00 to $200.00 per head. 8,787 horses assessed, 

 value $802,419.00. 



Swine — Poland China, Berkshire, Chester White and Duroc Jerseys are 

 the principal breeds. Supply below normal. Price of fat hogs $7.50 to 

 $8.20 per hundred. 29,868 hogs assessed, value $217,962.00. 



Sheep — South Down, Cotswold and Merino are the favorite breeds. 

 2,509 assessed, value $9,392. 



Poultry — A paying industry; poultry and eggs being quite a large 

 source of revenue with every farmer that goes into it. 



Bees — A great deal of attention is given to the culture of bees; quality 

 of honey very inferior this season, being black and bitter; price 15 cents 

 per pound. 



Drainage — The drainage system which has just been completed has re- 

 stored to the farms about 24,000 acres of very rich land. 



Other Industries — Progressing. 



Lands — Farms are increasing in value very rapidly; selling from $80 

 to $200 per acre, according to location and improvements. Much attention 

 is given to permanent roads; larger and better houses: barns, etc. 



Report of Fair — No fair held in county. 



DICKINSON. 



J. H. GREGORY, SPIRIT LAKE, J.\^-UARY 24, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The spring of 1909 was more 

 favorable than south and east. Under favorable conditions oats and bar- 

 ley made a fair crop, not a large yield but excellent quality. 



