THIRTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIV 939 



Other Industries — Prosperous. 

 Lands — Prices on the increase. 



Report of Fair— Held September 10-13. Exhibits were fine but we 

 were rained out. 



MONROE. 



LOREN PEERIN, AI.BIA, OCTOBER 2, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops in very good condition 

 except a few late pieces of corn, which were caught by frost. Pastures 

 are good but a little cool for growing. 



Corn— Good. Yielding from 35 to 80 bushels per acre. A great many 

 silos being put up and filled. 



Oats — Good quality and yield about 40 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Fall wheat very heavy, making from 25 to 52 bushels per 

 acre. Spring wheat not so good, averaging from 14 to 20 bushels. 



Rye — Not much grown. 



Barley — None. 



Fla^ — None. 



Buckwheat — Not any. 



Millet — ^Very little grown. 



Sorghum — ^Good crop where sown. 



Timothy — Fair crop of hay saved in good condition. Lots of seed 

 threshed, making from 4 to 10 bushels per acre. Hay averaged about 

 1^ tons per acre. 



Clover — First crop heavy but it was a little dry for the second crop. 

 Well filled with seed. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Early ones a fair yield but the late ones will not be so good 

 on account of being too dry. 



Vegetables — Good. All kinds plentiful. 



Apples — Very few and of poor quality. 



Other Fruits — Very scarce, except plums, which were very plentiful 

 and of fine quality. 



Cattle — A shortage of cattle. They are selling at high prices. 



Horses — Not many for sale; quite a good many colts raised this year. 



Sioine — ^Not very plentiful. A good many pigs died last spring. 



Sheep — Not many in the county. 



Poultry — A good many chickens raised but not many turkeys. 



Bees — ^Very few. 



Other Industries — Coal mining is a big industry in Monroe county. 



Lands — Not much changing hands but price is going up all the time. 



Report of Fair — Held September 24-27. People were taking quite an 

 interest in it but the weather was very cold and rainy and this cut down 

 the attendance. j ( 



