SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR-BOOK — PART X. 1081 



Horses. — Are in good condition. 



Swine. — An exceptionally large increase, and are in good condition. 



Sheep. — Very few raised, but are in good condition. 



Poultry. — Has done exceptionally well. 



Bees. — Did well. 



Lands. — Prices remain about the same as last year, with some little 

 advance. 



Report of Fair. — Held at Mt. Ayr, Sept. 5-9. Owing to unfavorable 

 weather on two days our attendance was not as large as it otherwise 

 would have been. Exhibits in every department were up to the average 

 of former years, and taken as a whole, the exhibition was very success- 

 ful. 



SHELBY 



L. H. PICKARD, HARLAN, OCTOBER 16, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops, etc. — Although the season was somewhat 

 cool, crops generally have been very good. 



Corn. — Above the average, both in quantity and yield. 



Oats. — Of good quality and yielded above the average of former years. 



Wheat. — Small acreage but yielded a fair crop. 



Rye. — Small acreage but yielded a good crop. 



Barley. — Fair, but somewhat discolored. 



Flax. — None raised. 



Buckicheat. — Small acreage but yielded a good crop. 



Millet. — Shall acreage but yielded a good crop. 



Sorghum. — None raised. 



Timothy. — Large acreage, yielded a good crop. 



Clover. — Large acreage, yielded a good crop. 



Prairie Hay. — None grown. 



Potatoes. — Fair. 



Vegetables. — Good. 



Apples. — Light crop. 



Other Fruits. — Cherries yielded about half the usual crop; plums, 

 fair; strawberries, good. 



Cattle. — One of the leading industries of the county, there being over 

 one hundred breeders of registered stock, including Shorthorns, Polled 

 Angus and Herefords, and a few herds of Polled Durham, Red Polled, Jer- 

 seys and Holsteins. 



Horses. — All breeds are well represented, and there are a great many 

 good horses. Some good, heavy registered draft brood mares are needed. 



Swine. — Have done well. There are a great many Poland China, 

 Duroc Jerseys, Chester Whites and Berkshires raised in this county. 



Sheep.--— This has been a very profitable industry the past few years. 



Poultry. — Has done well. There are several large breeders in this 

 county. 



