FIFTEENTH AXNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 875 



DICKINSON. 



A. -M. JOIIXSOX. JR., SPIRIT LAKE. OCTOBER 28, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops and season about av- 

 erage and normal with slight excess of moisture in early part of the 

 season. It has been warm and dry the latter part of the season and 

 the frost has been unusually late. 



Corn — About the average crop and acreage; quality about average. 



Oats — Below the average in yield and not generally as good quality 

 as usual. 



Wheat — About the average acreage and yield, probably below the nor- 

 mal in grade. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Acreage below normal and quality light. 



Flax — Less than the usual acreage. Yield reported good. 



Buckioheat — No report. 



Millet — Unusually large acreage and heavy yield. 



Sorghum — Good yield but very little raised in this county. 



Timothy — Heavy crop of hay and seed crop reported fair. 



Clover — Very heavy yield of clover. More than usual cut for seed 

 and the yield reported fair. 



Prairie Hay — Heavy yield; acreage decreasing. 



Other Grains and Grasses — None. 



Potatoes — Yield and acreage about average. 



Vegetables — Very satisfactory yield. 



Apples — Very light crop; much below average. 



Other Fruits — Lighter than usual except shrubbery fruit, which is re- 

 ported about an average crop. 



Cattle — Slightly less than the usual number. Condition generally good. 

 Not so many being fed as usual. 



Horses — About the usual number, and in good condition. A larger 

 number of colts this year than last. 



Swine — Below the average. Condition generally good. 



Sheep — About the average number and in good condition. 



Poultry — About average. More turkeys than usual. 



Bees — Not many kept. Honey output about as usual. 



Drainage — More than the usual amount of moisture in the ground 

 throughout entire season. About the usual amount of tiling being done. 



Lands — Not much activity in sale of lands but all sales made were at 

 greatly advanced prices. 



Report of Fair — Had a rainy week. 



FAYETTE. 



E. A. MC ILREE. WEST UNION, SEPTEMBER 24, 1914. 



Geneifxl Condition of Crops and Season — Unusually good. 



Corn— The yield will be exceptionally large and the quality unusually 

 good. 



\Oats — Not even in growth or quality this year. Some fields are ex- 

 ceptionally good, while others were badly affected with rust and straw. 



