FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 8S1 



Horses — All doing well. 



Swine — Some cholera reported. 



Sheep — Not a great many but they are doing fine. 



Poultry — Lots of poultry and prices are good. 



Bees — Not a great many. 



Drainage — Good. Most all the county has been tiled. 



Other Industries — Few. 



Lands — Good prices prevail, ranging from .$125 to $300 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held August llth-14th, inclusive. 



HENRY. 



C. H. TRIBBY, MT. PLEASANT, OCTOBER 5, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season was dry to begin with. 

 Very little rain or snow through the winter and spring, which caused the 

 ground to work like ashes and all spring crops were put in the ground in 

 good shape. 



Corn — Came up with very few hills missing. The lack of moisture early 

 in the season hurt the crop, cutting it in two in some places. Some locali- 

 ties had but a third of a crop. 



Oats — The best crop we have had for years. Average about thirty-eight 

 bushels. 



Wheat — All being fall sown it was a fine crop, away above the average. 

 Yielded all the way from twenty to forty-five bushels per acre. 



Rye — Good crop; more than the usual acreage. 



Barley — Not much sown but the crop was good. 



Flax — None. , 



BucJcivheat — Scarcely any grown. 



Millet — Very little sown. 



Sorghum — Good crop but not a large acreage. 



Timothy — Light but of fine quality. 



Clover — Large acreage. Not so heavy as usual but of extra fine quality. 

 There is now ten acres of clover to one of timothy. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa is being sown more each year and 

 it is doing much better as our farmers learn how to handle it. 



Potatoes — Light crop, caused by the drouth. 



Vegetables — Light crop; good quality. 



Apples — There is not five per cent of a crop. 



Other Fruits — Small fruits were light on account of the dry weather. 



Cattle — Not many raised but farmers are now beginning to think they 

 can afford to raise calves on high priced land and several are stocking up 

 with heifers and cows. 



Horses — Plentiful. Many would not sell the past season on account of 

 a little depreciation in value and now want to sell on a lower market. 

 The war horses seem to be mostly in demand. 



Swine — Cholera played havoc this season and I think a half of the 

 spring crop of pigs has been lost. 



Sheep — Increasing and doing fine. If our farmers could be assured of 

 25c for wool practically all of them would raise sheep. 

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