TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII 771 



Oafs— Average 35 bushels per acre. 

 Wheat — Average 16 bushels per acre. 

 Rye — None. 

 Barley — None. 

 Flax — None. 

 Buckwheat — None. 

 Millet — None. 

 Sorghum — None. 



Timothy — Average one-third ton per acre. 

 Clover — Average two-thirds ton per acre. 

 Prairie Hay — None. 

 Other Grains and Grasses — ^None. 

 Potatoes — Very poor; small yield. 

 Vegetables — Poor. 

 Ajpples — Exceptionally good. 

 Other Fruits — None. 

 Drainage — None. 



Report of Fair— Held at Albia, Sept. 26-29 inclusive. Rainy week. The 

 association will lose in the neighborhood of $350.00, 



MONTGOMERY. 

 M. H. Rathbone, Red Oak, Oct. 31, 1911. 



(jorn — About fifty per cent of a normal crop; quality not up to the 

 average. 



Oats — ^About thirty per cent of a normal crop; quality good. 



Wheat — Full average crop and very nice quality. 



Barley — Full average crop; fair quality. 



Flax — None raised here. 



Buckwheat — None raised here. 



Millet — Practically none raised here. 



Sorghum — Practically none raised here. 



Timothy — About fifty per cent of an average crop; quality good. 



Clover — About fifty per cent of an average crop; quality good. 



Prairie Hay— About fifty per cent of an average crop; quality good. 



Potatoes — About 40% of an average crop; poor quality. 



Vegetables — About 50 per cent of a crop; good quality up to June 1st. 



Apples — Very large yield; selling for 50c bushel. 



Other Fruits — None to speak of. 



Cattle — About seventy-five per cent of the usual number on account of 

 short pastures after July 1st. Not more than twenty-five per cent will be 

 fed this winter. 



Horses — Good prices and good class af horses. Roadsters and heavy 

 draft horses are selling for from $100 to $225, 



Swine — Some cholera in the western part of the county but lots of pigs 

 are raised. More Duroc Jerseys than any other breed. 



Sheep — None. 



Poultry — Lots of poultry; prices good. 



Bees — \rery few but they have done well. 



