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Poultry — A very profitable industry for those that give it proper at- 

 tention and care. 



Bees — Too dry; not up to average. 



Drainage — Marked attention is being given to tiling out low and 

 swampy lands and they are becoming very productive. 



Lands — Average price is from $120 to $130 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 30-October 3. The weather was ideal 

 and the attendance good. The show of stock was not large but good. 



HANCOCK. 



W. I.. BLISS, I5RITT, XON-KMIJEU 18, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops vary over the county; 

 yields fair to good. 



Corn — Acreage large; quality generally good except in extreme west 

 part of the county where crops were put in late; average yield 35 to 45 

 bushels. 



Oats — Oats good in quality with an average yield of 40 bushels. 



Wheat — Very little fall wheat sown; spring wheat fair. Average about 

 20 bushels. 



Rye — Very little. 



Barley — Barley fair quality; 30 bushels average yield. 



Flax — But little sown; average yield 15 bushels per acre and quality 

 good. 



Buckicheat — Very little sown. 



Millet— Yery little. 



Sorghtim — Good yield but not much sown. 



Timothy — Light crop; good quality. 



Clover — Very good; well seeded. 



Prairie Hay — Light crop. 



Po^aiocs— Quality good; average yield 150 bushels per acre. 



Vegetables— Generally very good. 



Apples — Good crop early varieties. 



Other Fruits — Large crop of all kinds of berries; fair crop plums. 



Cattle — Getting scarce; farmers are buying stockers and feeders. 



Horses — Horses in demand at high prices. 



Swine — Hogs were plentiful earlier in the season but scarce at this 

 date as cholera took a good many of them. 



Sheep — Not many in the county although near Corwith there are a 

 number who make a practice of raising sheep . for market. 



Poultry — Plentiful. 



Bees — Not many. 



Drainage — The greatest year for drainage we have ever had. Every 

 farmer is draining or contemplating doing so. 



Other Industries — Progressing. 



Z/cnds— Advancing in price, now ranging from $100.00 to $150.00 per 

 acre. More intensified farming is being done every year. 



