FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 909 



Flax — None to speak of. 



Buckwheat — Very little grown here. 



Millet — Good yield but not very much grown this year. 



Sorghum — Small amount but extra good. One sorghum factory here. 



Timothy — Good quality and heavy. 



Clover — Extra good and new seedings in fine condition. 



Prairie Hay — Very little here. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa fair crop. Pastures good. 



Potatoes — Light early yield but good late yield. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Only fair. 



Other Fruits — Medium crops. 



Cattle — In good shape. Some feeding. 



Horses — In good condition and doing well. Mules are beginning to 

 be raised here. 



Sivine — Not extra good; troubled with hog diseases, and lots being lost. 



Sheep — In good shape and quite a few being fed. 



Poultry — In best of condition and lots raised. 



Bees — Not extra good, yield very light for honey. 



Drainage — Most of land drained. 



Other Industries — All doing well and are kept busy. 



Lands — Extra good and good prices but not much changing hands. 



Report of Fair — The largest in our history. Fair has been held here 

 for forty-two years. The gate receipts were $2,000 more than any 

 previous year. Good weather and best of attractions and all well satis- 

 fied. Exhibits very good and many. 



STORY. 



E. H. GRAVES, AMES, OCTOKER 15tH. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — First part of season very 

 dry making a short crop in many of the grains, corn and hay. Later 

 in season too much rain causing damage to corn in field and to fodder. 



Corn — Average forty to sixty-five bushels. 



Oats — Average forty-five to sixty bushels. 



Wheat — Average twenty to forty bushels. 



Rye — Very little raised in this locality. 



Barley — Very little. 



Flax — None. 



Buckivheat — Only small amount. 



Millet — Good crop; small acreage. 



Sorghum — Only in small patches for winter feed. 



Timothy— Good, crop in excellent condition. 



Clover — Good crop in excellent condition. 



Prairie Hay — Scarcely any in this locality. 



Potatoes — Not much of a market crop in this locality. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Scarcely any summer and fall varieties this season. The 

 Wealthy which is usually a good crop was a minus quantity this season. 

 Some winter apples grown, such as the Ben Davis, Grimes Golden and 

 Willow Twig. 



