FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART XIV. 965 



Horses — Considerable interest manifested in the breeding of good 

 draft horses. We have a number of young horses and some farmers are 

 feeding them for spring market. 



Sicine — More hog cholera than we have ever had before in Page coun- 

 ty. We will have fewer hogs for sale this winter than for several years. 



Sheep — The sheep industry is on the increase. We have several small 

 flocks in the county and more than the usual number are being shipped 

 in for feeding purpose. 



Poultry — One of our leading industries. 



Bees — Not as many as in former years. 



Drainage — More tile used each year. 



Other l7idustrics — Doing well. 



Lands^-Not much changing hands except at auction. Prices high. 



Report of Fair — Held September 8-12th. 



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A. W. GOLDBERG, SHENANDOAH, OCTOBER 9, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good until the drouth set in 

 about midsummer. 



Corn — About a half crop. 



Oats — Heavy crop. 



Wheat — Heavy crop. 



Rye — None to speak of. 



Barley — None. 



Flax — None. 



Biickioheat — None. 



Millet — I know of none. 



Sorghum — I know of none. 



Timothy — Good crop. 



Clover — Heavy crop. 



Prairie Hay — We have but little, but that made a good crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Good until the drouth set in. 



Potatoes — Not a very good crop. 



Vegetables — Early ones good, late ones poor. 



Apples — Not very good. 



Other Fruits — Lots of peaches but other fruits were not so good. 



Cattle — Doing nicely; not so many as in former years. 



Horses — Lots of horses and a good market for them. 



Swine— Lots of hogs but cholera has taken a good many of them. 



Sheep — Not much of a sheep country. 



Poultry — Normal. This has been a good year for poultry and prices 

 are high. 



Bees — Very few. 



Drainage — Good. 



Lands — Going higher in price and a good demand for same. 



Report of Fair — Held August 11-15. Good crowds, splendid program, 

 and everybody boosting for it. 



