THIRTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIV 909 



Cattle — This is a dairy county. Do not believe there are enough cattle 

 in the county to supply the demand. The price for cows has advanced 

 from $10 to $15 per head. 



Smine — Not so many as usual; cholera prevalent. 



Drainage — Considerable being done. 



Lands — We believe more farms have been sold at an advance of from 

 $10 to $20 per acre than ever before in one year. 



PAYETTE. 



E. A. IMC ILREB, WEST UNION, OCTOBER 10, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The most favorable season for 

 crops we have had for many years. The year of 1912 will be referred 

 to for many years as one of the best for general farming purposes. 



Corn — There was an unusual growth of stalks and a very satisfactory 

 earing of the corn crop. The first killing frost damaged the corn and 

 fodder about ten per cent. 



Oats — One of the best crops of that grain matured for the past ten 

 years. No rust to speak of and the quality of grain was extra good. 



WTieai— Gradually coming back in a small way for milling purposes. 

 The wheat crop has been very satisfactory for the past four or five years 

 and many farmers are sowing a little for their own use. 



Rye — Not raised very extensively in this county. It has been winter 

 killed a great deal of late years. 



Barley — ^Was a very good crop but the yield was shaded off a little by 

 the dry weather while it was filling. 



Flax — Is not grown in sufficient quantity to be worthy of report. 



Buckwheat — Not grown in sufficient quantity to be worthy of report. 



Millet — Not grown very largely for stock feed. A little is grown for 

 poultry, but not much. 



Sorghum — The cultivation of sorghum has increased quite noticeably in 

 the last few years and the crop this year was fine. 



Timothy — For seed is not grown so much as in former years and the 

 crop was a little light this year on account of the dry weather. 



Clover — In this county has been very greatly cut down in the past 

 three years by failure to get a stand and by winter killing. Not many 

 good fields. 



Prairie Hay — A thing of the past in this county. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Not grown in the county to any consider- 

 able extent. 



Potatoes — The best crop for many years. 



Vegetables — In the early part of the season did not do very well, but 

 in the latter part of the season were exceptionally good. 



Apples — Were a very small crop. In fact the smallest crop matured 

 for several years; a good many orchards having none. 



Other Fruits — Plums were the greatest crop ever known here. Grapes, 

 blackberries, raspberries very poor. Strawberries and currants fine 

 crop. 



