TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII 729 



Millet — Good. 

 Sorghum — Good. 

 Timothy — Fair. 

 Clover — Good. 

 Prairie Hay — None. 

 Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 

 Potatoes — Abundant crop. 

 Vegetables — Good. 



Ap,ples — Splendid yield; good variety. 

 Other Fruits — Good. 

 Cattle — Good condition. 

 Horses' — In good condition; quality good. 

 Swine — A large number and good. 

 Sheep — Not many raised. 

 Poultry — Abundant. 

 Bees — Very few. 

 Drainage — Natural. 

 Lands — High priced. 



Report of Fair — Large attendance, weather not very good. Held Sep- 

 tember 13-15, inclusive at Elkader. 



CLINTON. 



J. B. AHRENS, CLINTON, SEPTEMBEE 28, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Fairly good; some crops were 

 light. 



Corn — Good yield, running as high as 85 bushels per acre. 



Oats — Good yield and good quality. 



Wheat — Not much raised but quality was good. 



Rye — Not much raised; fair quality. 



Barley — Good yield and good quality. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — None raised. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Very light yield. 



Clover — Fairly good. 



Prairie Hay — Very light crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Fairly good. 



Potatoes — Early ones not much of a yield; late ones good. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Plentiful. 



Other Fruits — Plentiful. 



Cattle — About the average number; feeding cattle plentiful. 



Horses — More than usual this year. 



Swine — Larger number than usual. 



Sheep — ^Very few raised. 



PoMZfry— Plentiful. 



