THIRTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIV 949 



Buckwheat — Small acreage. Will be good if present weather condi- 

 tions continue. 



Sorghum — Good. 



Timothy — Heavy yield of hay and seed. 



Glover — Heavy yield of hay. Second crop for seed looks good. 



Prairie Hay — None to report on. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Bluegrass heavy this year. 



Potatoes — Early ones fair yield and good quality. Late ones looking 

 well. 



Vegetables — Abundant yield of all kinds. 



Apples — Very few. 



Other Fruits — Small fruits average. 



Cattle — Scarce and hard to buy. 



Horses — Improvement in breeding. Average number in the county. 



Sioine — Healthful condition. Only an average number for market. 



Sheep — More interest being taken in sheep raising. More than usual 

 in this vicinity. 



Poultry — On the increase. More attention given to the raising of 

 better fowls. 



Bees — Not much attention given to bee culture. 



Drainage — Some tiling being done. 



Lands — Being farmed better and additional improvements being made. 

 Increasing in value. 



Report of Fair — Held September 5-6. Original dates were Sept. 4-6, 

 but we were obliged to change on account of rainy weather. Under the 

 circumstances we think we did well. 



SAC. 



GUS STEOHMEIER, SAC CITY, OCTOBER 23, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops quite good and season 

 fair. Frost about the usual time and rainfall average. 

 Corn — Large acreage and most of it good. Late corn hurt by frost. 

 Oats — Good yield and good quality. Late oats the best. 

 Wheat — ^Winter wheat a fine crop; good yield and fine grade. 

 Rye — Good crop but not much sown. 

 Barley — Good quality but small acreage. 

 Flax — Not much put in here. 

 Buckwheat — Not much grown here. 



Millet — Fine and considerable raised. Of the best grade. 

 Sorghum — Two mills here and they were kept busy in the season. 

 Timothy — Fine quality and quite a bit threshed for seed. 

 Clover — Good crop and seeded well. Both crops fine and heavy. 

 Prairie Hay — Very little here. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa good and more raised than usual. 

 Potatoes — Good. Fair yield. 

 Vegetables — Plentiful and good. 

 Apples — Very short crop. 



Other Fruits — Plums abundant and grapee fine. 

 Cattle — In good condition but not the usual number. 



