SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 1023 



Prairie Hay. — Good in bolh yield and quality. 



Potatoes. — Fair acreage; yielded well and of good quality. 



Vegetables. — Good. 



Apples. — Poor. 



Cattle. — County is well stocked with good cattle, which are in excel- 

 lent condition. 



Horses. — Are making noticeable improvement in breeding. Farms 

 well stocked. 



Sicine. — The usual number to be marketed. 



Sheep. — Very few raised. 



Poultry. — A very profitable industry in this county. 



Drainage. — Some tile being laid. 



Other Industries. — Dairying is becoming more attractive to our farm- 

 ers, and has been exceptionally profitable this year, owing to abundant 

 pastures. 



Lands. — Range in price from $75 to $110 per acre. 



Report of Fair. — Held at Ogden. Owing to continued rain our fair 

 was postponed from Sept. 6, 7. and 8 to Oct. 4. 5, and 6, and in point 

 of exhibits, and, in fact, in every way, was a success, except as to 

 attendance which was decidedly smaller than usual, but which fact 

 can be attributed largely to the reason that the fair was postponed and 

 was not generally known. And further, that our meeting was a victim 

 of a combination of circumstances that worked to its detriment. 



In the art hall the exhibits of the handiwork of the ladies was 

 especially attractive. This department was well filled with novelties 

 of home manufacture and much time was pleasantly spent by those 

 interested in this class of work. There was a creditable showing of 

 poultry, all coops in the department being filled with varieties of chick- 

 ens, geese, turkeys, etc. Some very fine birds were shown. 



Our hog exhibit was so large that we were obliged to build extra 

 pens to accommodate all. Poland Chinas and Duroc Jerseys were 

 the most prominent breeds on exhibit. Some sheep were exhibited. The 

 exhibit of the cattle was exceptionally fine, as was the exhibit of horses 

 and mules. Horse racing, baseball and foot ball games were among the 

 attractions. 



BUCHANAN. 



A. L. NELSON, HAZLETON, NOVEMBER 24, 1905. 



The eleventh exhibition of the Hazleton District Fair Association 

 was held at Hazleton, Sept. 19th and 20th, and was the most successful 

 fair in the history of the association. 



Small Grain. — Yielded well the past season, and was of very fine 

 quality. 



