TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII 713 



AUDUBON. 



L. C. CXJBTIS, AUDUBON, OCTOBEE 16, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops not very good on account 

 of dry weather during the growing season. 



Corn — About one-half a crop. 



Oats — Were very uneven but the quality was good. 



Wheat — The best wheat we have had for many years, especially winter 

 wheat. 



Barley — Was good and was harvested and threshed without getting any 

 rain. 



Sorghum — Very little raised. 



Timothy — ^Very good crop in this county. 



Clover — Lots of clover raised every year. 



Prairie Hay — Very little in the county. 



Potatoes — Crop is very short this year on account of drouth. 



Vegetables — ^Very short crop. 



Apples — One of the largest crops that we ever had in the county. 



Other Fruits — Fair crop of all kinds except strawberries, which were 

 short. 



Cattle — A good many are being raised and they are of a much better 

 grade than a few years ago. 



Horses — Quite a horse county. Horses are shipped from here to Chi- 

 cago, St. Louis and Kansas City by the local buyers. Carload after car- 

 load goes out of here every year. , 



Swine — There are a great many large hog breeders in this county. 

 There has been very little disease this year. 



Sheep — A great many are raised in this county at present. 



Poultry — Quite an industry here; great many shipped out each year. 



Bees — Very few. 



Drainage — This county has good drainage. 



Other Industries — Very few other industries. We have a sweet com 

 canning factory, which does a good business. 



Lands — Steadily going higher in price and the farms are being mproved 

 each year. 



Report of Fair — Held at Audubon. The fair this year was a good one. 

 Paid out in good shape and had a little left. Our dates were September 

 19th to 22d, inclusive. 



BENTON. 



SOL WHITE, VINTON, OCTOBER, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 

 Corn — Average 60 bushels per acre. 

 Oats — Average 30 bushels per acre. 

 Wheat — Average 25 bushels or more per acre. 

 Rye — 20 bushels per acre. 



