SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 1017 



Wheat— Qnsility excellent, and yielded about thirty bushels per acre. 



Rye — Very little grown, but was of good quality and yield. 



Barley. — Yielded about forty bushels per acre and was of good quality. 

 Is mostly for early feed. 



Flax — None grown. 



Bucktcheat — Not enough grown to make estimate. 



Millet — Good, but very little grown. 



Horghum — Small acreage. 



Timothy — Yielded about two tons per acre, and there was a large 

 second growth. 



Clover — Excellent crop, averaging about two and a half tons per acre, 

 and with good second crop. 



Prairie Hay — Very little in county, but was a fair crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Spelt is considered a paying crop, ana 

 this year yielded about forty bushels per acre. 



Potatoes — Early varieties were excellent, while the late were not so 

 good. Damaged to some extent by late rains and warm weather. 



Vegetables — An abundant crop and of good quality. 



Apples — Yielded one-fourth crop and of poor quality, varities selling 

 for one dollar per bushel. 



Other Fruits— Cherries, small crop; peaches, none; grapes, average 

 crop; raspberries, good; blackberries, good. 



Cattle — Are in good condition. No disease reported. An excellen* 

 showing at our fair, Herefords leading, with Angus a close second. 



Horses — Are in good condition and bring excellent prices. A great 

 many raiseu in this county, proving more profitable than any other 

 kind of stock. 



Sicine — A great many raised and are in a healthy condition; no chol- 

 era reported for the past three years. Owing to crossing of breeds by 

 many farmers, we believe they have not been so profitable as they other- 

 wise would have been. 



Sheep — Are in a healthy condition and have been very profitable. 



Poultry — Large numbers raised and are very profitable. 



Bees — Have not been very profitable; a great many killed out last 

 season; not many kept. 



Drainage — A great deal of tiling has been laid the past five years anu 

 has been very profitable. 



Lands — -.Very little changing hands. Prices range from $65 to ?100 per 

 acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Corning, Aug. 28th to 31st. It was a suc- 

 cess in every respect, and the most pleasant one held in the history of 

 the society. 



