TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII 739 



FRANKLIN. 



C. D. WILLIAMS, HAMPTON, OCTOBER 30, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Very dry up until September. 

 About two-thirds of an average crop. 



Corn — Will go from 20 to 40 bushels per acre. Feeders are offering 55 

 cents per bushel. 



Oafs— Yielded from 20 to 40 bushels. 



Wheat — Very little grown. 



Rye — No rye. 



Barley — Yielded about 20 bushels; very little raised. 



Flax — None to speak of. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — Some millet. 



Sorghum — Good. Only a few small patches. 



Ti7nothy — Short crop. Worth about $15.00 per ton. 



Clover — Short crop; high prices. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Early ones poor; late ones good. Selling at 50c per bushel 



Yegetalles — Good. 



Apples — Splendid crop; selling cheap. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — Good many cattle but not so many on feed as usual. 



Horses — We have splendid horses, mostly of the draft type. 



Sioine — Good stock of hogs. 



Shee,p — ^An increasing industry. 



Poultry — Chickens and turkeys are plentiful. 



Bees — Not many. 



Drainage — Several drainage ditches in our county but don't think 

 the open ditch is a success. 



Other Industries — We have a splendid sweet-corn canning plant which 

 is doing a good business. 



Report of i^air— Held at Hampton, September 26tli to 29th, inclusive. 

 One .of the best fairs ever held on our grounds. The weather was not of 

 the best but we will pay out. 



GRUNDY. 



L. M. HAWN, GRUNDY CENTER, OCTOBER 12, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Early part of the season was 

 very favorable for all vegetation and crops but the extremely dry weather 

 during June and July did some damage to corn and hurt the potato crop 

 severely. Small grain made a good crop. 



Corn — Early growth of corn heavy but was somewhat retarded by dry 

 weather during the summer season. Favorable weather during September 

 has matured it in good shape. 



Oats — Average 40 bushels per acre, quality good. 



Wheat — Small acreage; yield very good. 



