FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 911 



TAMA. 



A. G. SMITH, TOLEDO, OCTOHEU 8, 1914. 



Corn — Above average crop; good quality. 



Oats — Average crop. 



Wheat — Spring wheat average crop; winter wlieat best. 



Rye — Average crop. 



Barley — Not much sown. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — But little grown. 



Millet — Good crop. 



Sorghum — Very little made. 



Timothy — Good crop. 



Clover — Good crop. 



Prairie Hay — Very little grown. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Pastures cut short in July and August. 

 September rains have made all grasses good. 



Potatoes — Early crop excellent. Late crop damaged by drouth. 



Apples — Light crop. 



Other Fruits — Average crop. 



Cattl& — The grade is improving. No disease. Number hardly up to 

 average. High in price. Much she stock shipped out that should have 

 been kept for breeding purposes. 



Horses — Usual number on hand. Condition good. Improvement being 

 made by the leading draft breeds, prices high. No disease. 



Stcine — Usual number of young pigs. But little disease, compared 

 with last year. Prices are strong. 



Sheep — Not many in the county but of good kinds. 



Poultry — Good many raised but disease is very common. 



Bees — But very few. 



Drainage — Lots of tile being used in this county. 



Other Industries — Profitable in every respect. 



Lands — Prices are higher each year selling from $100 to $300 per acre. 

 Good demand for corn and grass lands. 



Report of Fair— Held September 22 to 25, 1914. The fair was a 

 great success. Ideal weather. All departments were filled. Cattle, over 

 one hundred of the best. Horses, about 125. Swine pens full. Races 

 especially good, all classes filled. The Art Hall was filled to over flowing. 

 Grains and seed in abundance. No accidents. The facts are this was 

 the best fair we have ever held. The proposition of the county buying 

 the land for agricultural purposes will be voted on at the regular elec- 

 tion in November. 



TAYLOR. 



C. N. >-ELSOX, BEDFOBD, SEPTEMBER 20, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season very dry. 



Corn — Big acreage. Probably ten per cent above average. 



Oats — Average thirty-five bushels. 



Wheat — Average probably twenty bushels. 



Rye — None to speak of. 



