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Buckwheat — None sown. 



Millet — Very little raised. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Yielded about two and one-half tons per acre, and was of 

 good quality. 



Cloveb — Of good quality, and yielded about two and one-half tons per 

 acre. 



Prairie H.\y — None raised. 



Potatoes — Good, both in yield and quality. 



Vegetables — Large and excellent crop. 



Apples — Plentiful. 



Other Fruits — Did well. 



Cattle — Raising and feeding of cattle is one of the principal indus- 

 tries of this county, and have done well the past season. 



Horses — Demand and prices good. Good ones are scarce. 



Swine — Have done well. Very little disease reported. A large number 

 on hand, and prices are high. 



Sheep — Prices are high. Quite a number are engaging In this industry. 

 Increase in the number raised. 



Poultry — Considerable attention is paid this industry, which is a very 

 profitable one. Prices for both poultry and eggs the past season have 

 been good. 



Bees — There Is a noticeable increase in the interest being taken in this 

 industry. 



Drainage — Natural conditions are ideal, the land being slightly rolling 

 and the soil best adapted therefor. 



Other Industries — Are dairy farms and gardening, which have been 

 profitable the past season. 



Lands — Increasing in value, and demand good. Prices range from $60 

 to $100 per acre, and meet with ready sale. 



Report of Fair — Held at Rock Valley, September 4-6. The weather 

 was exceptionally favorable, exhibits in every department numerous and 

 first class in quality, and the attendance was fair. 



STORY. 



F. H. GREENWALT. NEVADA. OCTOBER 4, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The season was unusually 

 favorable, and all crops were exceptionally large and of good quality. 



Corn — Acreage estimated at 130,000. "Will yield about forty-five bushels 

 per acre, and is of excellent quality, being tne best since 1899. 



Oats — Acreage 55,000. Yielded about thirty-five bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Yielded from twenty to forty bushels per acre. Small acreage. 



Rye — Not much grown. Yielded from eighteen to twenty bushels per 

 acre. 



Barley — Small acreage; yielded about forty bushels per acre. 



Flax — None grown. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Sown only in small patches, where too wet for com. 



