FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART XIV. 931 



DICKINSON. 



A. M. JOIINSOX, JR., SPIRIT LAKE, OCTOBER 6, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — All crops average or better; 

 season favorable. 



Corn — Increase in acreage; yield and quality good; 40 bushels per acre. 



Oats — Average yield; quality good; 50 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — 20 bushels per acre; quality fair. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Yield slightly under average; quality good. ' 



Flax — Good; reduced acreage. 



Buckioheat — No report. 



Millet — Small acreage; good yield. 



Sorghum — I know of none. 



Timothy — Average crop. 



Clover — Very good yield; acreage above normal and crop unusually 

 large. 



Prairie Hay — Average crop. 



Potatoes — Generally good yield — acreage below normal. 



Vegetables — Very good. 



Apples — Heavy yield and extra fine quality. 



Other Fruits — Very good. 



Cattle — Supply light; condition good and quality continually improving. 



Horses — Very good condition and about the usual number. 



Swine — The usual number; less about 30% on account of cholera. 



Sheep — The usual number and in good condition. 



Poultry — Good crop and in first class condition. 



Bees — Reported fair. 



Drainage — On account of the favorable season and no excess moisture 

 not so much tiling as usual being done. 



Other Industries — Every line of business has had an exceptionally good 

 year. 



Lands — About the usual amount of laud changing hands at good ad- 

 vance over last year's prices. Much improving being done by most farmers. 



Report of Fair — Held September 8-10. Best fair ever held in the coun- 

 ty, notwithstanding the rain on the second day. 



FAYETTE. 



E. A. MCILREE, WEST UNIOX, OCTOBER 1, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The crops have been above 

 the average; no violent wind or hail storms and no floods or insect 

 pests, which usually cut short to a certain extent, the farmers' crops. 



Corn — An average crop; fully 90%. Excessive heat did a little dam- 

 age but not much. 



Oats — Made a great growth of straw and a large yield of grain per 

 acre, with no rust or smut. The excessive heat in July shaded off the 

 weight of the grain a trifle. 



Wheat — Not grown in this county to any considerable extent. A few 

 pieces of winter wheat gave extraordinary yields; some pieces above 



