FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART XIV. 963 



Wheat — Fair to good; acreage small. 



Rye — Good but not much raised. 



Barley — Very short straw; fair to good quality; yield from 15 to 35 

 bushels. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckicheat — None. 



Millet — Very little raised; good. 



Sorghum — None. 



Timothy — Fair to good; very small acreage. 



Clover — First crop good; second crop light on account of drouth. 



Prairie Hay — Good. 



Other Grains and Grasses — None. 



Potatoes — Acreage large; condition of crops poor to fair. Yield will 

 run from 25 to 100 bushels per acre. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Good. 



Other Fruits — Fair. 



Cattle — Below the average number on the farms; prices high. 



Horses — Large number of colts being raised, most of the draft type. 



Sivine — An exceptionally large number of pigs were farrowed but 

 during the past 60 days large herds have been wiped out by swine 

 plague. Very few herds have escaped and a large per cent of the hogs 

 were lost. 



Sheep — ^Conditions favorable but very few raised. 



Poultry — A great deal of poultry shipped from this vicinity. 



Bees— Honey season favorable but very few bees in this locality. 



Drainage — Practically all the low land has been tiled. Very little 

 tiling has been done the past season. 



Lands — Sales slow, values steady. Prices range from $150 to $200 

 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held August 19-22. Weather conditions favorable, al- 

 tendance large, and exhibits good. 



O'BRIEN. 



CIIAS. YOUDE, SUTHERI^AND, OCTOBER 16, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Rainfall for the season was 

 very light, with the exception of March and April. Crops in general 

 have suffered. 



Coi-n — Fair crop; lack of rain when corn was earing made a short 

 yield except in parts where local showers fell at the right time. 



Oats — A light crop on account of dry weather; quality good. 



Wheat — Not much raised; crop about an average and of good quality. 



Rye — Good crop. 



Barley— About one-half the average crop. 



Flax — ^Very little raised. 



BucTiioheat — None. 



j¥i»e<— One-half crop; very little raised. 



Sorglium-^Good crop; not much raised. 



Timothy — Light crop; suffered from the dry weather. 



