FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART XIV. 951 



Apples — A fair crop; quality fair. 



Other Fruits — Peaches, grapes and pears a fair crop; plums good, rasp- 

 berries and blackberries a failure. 



Cattle — The extreme drouth of the summer and early fall has been very 

 discouraging to our farmers and feeders. A lot of stuff being shipped 

 out on account of short pasture. 



Horses — Commanding a good price and quite an interest taken in this 

 industry by farmers. 



SicUie — Quite a number are raised but the cholera is playing havoc 

 amongst them. 



Sheep — Quite an interest is shown by our farmers and nearly every 

 farm has a small flock of sheep on it. 



Poultry — One of our leading industries. 



Bees — Very few are kept and it is an industry that should be taken 

 up by more farmers. 



Drainage — This territory is well drained. 



Other Industries — The big power dam at Keokuk will make this a great 

 manufacturing district. Already factory sites are being located. 



Lands — Still advancing in price. Some good land can be bought for 

 $50.00 or $G0.00 per acre; $225.00 is the record price of some farms sold 

 in the northern part of the district. 



Report of Fair — Held September 23-26. Taking everything into consid- 

 eration we had the best and biggest fair ever held here on our grounds. 



LEE. 



CHRIS HAFFXER, DONXEXLSOX, SEPTEMBER IS, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crop conditions fair consider- 

 ing the very drouthy weather. 

 Corn — Good half crop. 

 Oats — An average crop; quality good. 

 Wheat — Good crop; quality fine. 



Rye — Good crop; quality good but only a small acreage. 

 Barley — None. 

 Flax — ^None. 

 Buckioheat — None. 

 Millet — None. 

 Sorghum — Fair crop. 

 Timothy — Fair. 

 Clover — Good; large crop. 

 Prairie Hay — None. 

 Potatoes — Short crop. 

 Vegetables — Short crop. 



Apples — Light crop, owung to the drouth. 

 Other Fruits — Good crop of peaches. 

 Cattle — Short-horns and Polled Angus in the lead. 

 Horses — Percherons predominate. 



Svnne — Duroc Jersey, Chester White and Poland Chinas predominate, 

 Sheep — Shropshire and Delaines are the leading breeds. 

 Poultry — Quite an interest taken in this industry. 

 Bees — Not much interest taken in this industry. 



