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Horses — Horses were privileged to feed on good pastures and doing 

 fine. 



Swine — To my personal knowledge there was quite a good supply of 

 pigs running on good pastures, minus corn or other grain to produce fat. 



Sheep — Sheep are not numerous in this county although the soil and 

 climate are all right. 



Poultry — The poultry industry is quite marked in the county and would 

 be profitable if it were not for the high price of grain and feed of all 

 kinds and also some disease. 



Bees — Not many bees. 



Drainage — Drainage has fairly started in the county with good results. 



Other Industries — Progressing. 



Lands — Lands are more than the average when it comes to the pro- 

 duction of grains; lots of running water. Price ranges from $65.00 to 

 $125.00 per acre. 



FRANKLIN. 



SHERWOOD .\. CLOCK, HAMPTOX, OCTOBER 25, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Very good. Season drier than 

 for about five years and the whole season was warmer. 



Cor7i — Quality good; yield thirty to ninety bushels per acre, average 

 about fifty-five. Yield will be shortened on account of corn being blown 

 down. 



Oats — Fair crop, twenty to fifty bushels per acre; overrun in weight, 

 straw medium length. 



Wheat — Very little raised here. Good yield report on the small acre- 

 age planted. 



Rye — None raised here. 



Barley — Good yield, good quality, small acreage. 



Flax — Practically none raised in the county. 



Buckwheat — Poor yield but good quality; too dry for good crop. 



Millet — Small acreage. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Good crop but not as heavy as last year, sowed mostly with 

 clover; quality good. 



Clover — First crop, very good; second, crop short on account of drouth; 

 acreage large. 



Prairie Hay — Quality good; yield about an average; drouth affected 

 some portions. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Good average year. 



Potatoes — Average yield; some damaged by frosts; acreage increasing 

 every year. 



Vegetables — Favorable season for all gardens. 



Apples — Very poor crop, almost every apple blighted. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries fair; other crops shOrt and of poor quality. 



Cattle — Quality improving. Demand exceeds local supply; northern 

 cattle shipped in to feed. More attention being paid to dairying; milk 

 output on big increase. 



