FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 899 



Oats — Fair crop; average about thirty-five bushels. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 



Rye — Very little grown. 



Barley — Fairly good; yield about thirty bushels. 



Flax — Very little grown. 



Timothy — Fair yield but not much raised this year. 



Clover — Not yet hulled. 



Prairie Hay — Good crop; one and one-half tons per acre. 



Potfltocs — Yield not very good. Too early for report as to late potatoes. 



Apples — No apples. 



Cattle — In demand. A great many are shipped in for feeding purposes. 



Horses — Seem to be very plentiful. 



Sioine — Not as many as usual on account of cholera last year. Very 

 few cases of cholera reported this year. 



Other Industries — Farming is the chief industry. 



Lands — Going up in price. A great many farms are selling from $140 

 to $150 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held August 25th-28th. We lost money as the at- 

 tendance was very poor on account of the bad weather. 



MONONA. 



J. M. HATHAWAY, OXAWA, OCTOBEB 10, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Sefison — Too dry for most crops. 

 Corn — Too dry for full crop in most parts of the county. About 65 

 per cent of a full crop and badly blown down. 

 Oats — A full average yield. 



Wheat — Winter wheat about average; yield good and quality very good. 

 Rye — Very little grown in this vicinity. 

 Barley — An average crop. 

 Flax — Very little grown. 

 Buckicheat — None grown. 

 Millet — Average crop. 

 Sorghum — None. 

 Timothy — Too dry for timothy. 

 Clover — Too dry. 

 Prairie Hay — Average crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses— A big yield of alfalfa and four cuttings. 

 Potatoes — Light crop. 



Vegetables — Fair. ^ 



Apples — Very few. 



Other Fruits — All light except cherries and plums. 

 Cattle — Not so many as last year but they are in good condition. 

 Horses — Not so many colts as in former years. 

 Swine — Fair pig crop. Very little cholera as yet. 

 Sheep — Very few raised but they do well. 

 Poultry — Average for all kinds. 



