SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR-BOOK — PART X. 1083 



Horses. — Are in good condition. An increase over last year m the 

 number raised and are of better quality. 



Swine. — Have done well; large increase. No disease reported. 



Sheep. — Have done well. The usual increase; no disease reported. 



Poultry. — Is in good condition; large increase. No disease reported. 



Bees. — This industry is on the increase, and the past season a good 

 crop of honey was gathered. 



Drainage. — Natural drainage is very good. 



Other Industries. — Flour mills are doing a prosperous business. 



Lands. — Are unexcelled in the state; very little changing hands; 

 prices good. 



Report of Fair. — Held at Rock Valley September 5-7. 



SIOUX 



H. SLIKKERVEER, ORANGE CITY, OCTOBER 16, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops and Season. — Good. 

 Cor7i. — Will yield about forty-five bushels per acre. 

 Oats. — ^An average crop, yielded from thirty-five to forty bushels per 

 acre. 



Wheat. — Below the average, owing to the spring being too wet. 

 Rye. — None raised. 

 Barley. — Fair 

 Flax. — None raised. 

 Buckivheat. — None raised. 

 Millet. — Average crop. 

 Sorgh2i7n.—-tVery little raised. 

 Timothy. — Above the average yield. 

 Clover. — Good. 



Prairie Hay. — Average crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses. — An average with former years. 

 Potatoes. — Yielded about half the usual crop. 

 Yegetahles. — Good. 



Apples. — Poor, being only about thirty per cent of the usual crop 

 Other Fruits. — About half the usual crop. 

 Cattle. — Are in good condition. 

 Horses. — Are in good condition. 

 Swine. — A great deal of cholera prevalent. 

 Sheep. — Are in good condition. 

 Poultry. — Has done well. 

 Bees. — Old not do as well as usual. 

 Drainage. — Goed. 



Lands. — Range in price from $85 to $100 per acre, and the demand 

 is good. 



