SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 1093 



Buckwheat. — Small acreage, but yielded about ten bushels to the acre. 



Millet. — Very little grown. 



Sorghum. — Very little grown. 



Timothy. — tair; yielded about five bushels of seed per acre. 



Clover. — Yielded a good crop of hay; none cut for seed. 



Prairie Hay. — Y''ielded about two tons per acre, and was put up in 

 excellent condition. 



Potatoes. — Early varieties yielded much better than the later ones. 

 No rot reported. 



Vegetables. — Fair. 



Apples. — Summer and fall varieties yielded a large crop, while there 

 were very few winter varieties. 



Other Fruits. — Small varieties of all kinds were good, especially straw- 

 berries. 



Cattle. — Show considerable improvement in breeding. Very few far- 

 mers use any but registered sires. Shorthorns seem to be the favorable 

 breed. 



Horses. — Have done well. Quite a number of car load lots have been 

 shipped out of the county the past year, for which good prices were 

 obtained. A few imported sires have been brought in. 



Swine. — Increase on an average with former years. No disease re- 

 ported. 



Sheep. — Very little interest is taken in this industry, but those who 

 handle them report favorably. 



Poultry. — There is a noticeable increase in the interest taken in this 

 Industry each year; the farmer's wife having the right idea that eggs 

 will about pay the grocery bill. 



Bees. — About the usual amount of honey gathered. 



Drainage. — Farmers continue to put in tile, and our county board 

 of supervisors have contracted for several ditches which will be of great 

 value to the farm districts through which they pass. Great interest is 

 being taken in this question. 



Other Industries. — There are two canning factories located in the 

 county, both of which can sweet corn, and which are supported by the 

 farmers who are well pleased with the income they receive from the rais- 

 ing of sweet corn. 



Lands. — Very little changing hands. Prices remain steady. The usual 

 farmer is well satisfied with his farm, realizing that it is a "little gold 

 mine". 



Report of Fair. — Held at Forest City, Oct. 3-5. The weather was excep- 

 tionally favorable throughout the week, and exhibits in every department 

 were good. The receipts were very satisfactory and all visitors seemed 

 well pleased with the exhibition. 



