SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK-PART XII. 823 



Lands — Increasing in value, and some sales being made at good 

 prices. 



Report op Fair — Held at Northwood, September 25-27. Favorable 

 weather brought cut a good attendance, and our society is in a pros- 

 perous condition. 



WRIGHT. 



G. L. CUTLER, CLARION, OCTOBER 20, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops above the average. 

 Ideal season, with the exception of heavy rains in May. 



Corn — A record breaking yield, and of excellent quality. 



Oats — Yield and quality good. 



Wheat — Very little sown, but yielded a crop of good quality. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Very little, if any, raised. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Small acreage, but yielded a good crop. 



Millet — Good, both in yield and quality. 



SoKGHUM — Very little grown. 



Timothy — Good. 



Clover — Fair. 



Prairie Hay — Very little in county. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 



Potatoes — Very good yield, and of excellent quality. 



Apples — Light yield. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — An increased interest is being taken in the breeding of 

 cattle generally, and there are quite a number of good herds started. 

 Short-Horns predominate. Three hundred and fifty cars were shipped 

 this year at prices ranging from ?3.25 to $5.00 per hundred. 



Horses — A great many are raised, and their breeding has been no- 

 ticeably improved during the last few years; especially is this true of 

 the draft lines. It is estimated that one thousand head have been 

 shipped during the past year, at prices ranging from $125 to $200 per 

 head. 



Swine — A leading industry of this county. A great deal of interest 

 taken in improved breeding. Estimated that one thousand cars have 

 been shipped during the past year, at prices ranging from $4.50 to $6.50 

 per hundred pounds. No disease reported. 



Sheep — Net many in this county, but did well the past season, making 

 a good profit. 



Poultry — An extensive industry. Many thousand dollars' worth of 

 birds and eggs are shipped annually. No disease reported this season. 



Bees — Very few in county. 



Drainage — A great deal being done. Twenty-six drainage districts 

 formed in the county during the last three years. A great deal of tile 

 being laid, the entire output of the two factories in the county being 

 used locally, and in addition hundreds of carloads shipped in. 



