NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 795 
Apples — Crop was cut short by the late spring frost. 
Other Fruits — Late spring frost cut short the crop. 
Cattle— Are improving yearly; the Shorthorns are the leading breed; 
Herefords and Polled Angus a close second. Some dairy breeds, but this 
is not as much a dairy as a fat cattle county. 
Horses — Are high in price and our farmers are going into the horse 
industry stronger than ever; Percherons, Clydes and Belgians take the 
lead in draft classes. All work and road horses are bred quite extensively. 
Swine — There is much interest taken in this industry, the farmer's 
"gold mine," Poland Chinas, Duroc Reds, and Chester Whites, being the 
leading breeds. 
Sheep — Fine, middle and coarse wool sheep are raised in this section; 
the middle wool taking the lead. This is an industry in which quite a 
number of farmers are making good money. 
Poultry — Poultry is the "expense payer" of the farm and the farmer's 
wife is making it pay nowadays at the prevailing price of eggs and birds. 
Brahmas, Leghorns, Buff Cochins, Plymouth Rock and all the other lead- 
ing breeds are represented in this section. 
Bees — Quite a number kept and a large amount of honey made this year 
on account of the heavy crop of clover. 
Drainage — The flat lands are being tiled as fast as the farmer can get' 
at them. 
Other Industries — Very good. 
Lands — Are steadily raising in price; a good farm will easily bring 
from $100 to $125 per acre. 
Report of Fair— Held August 18, 19 and 20. The exhibits in all de- 
partments were first class, both as to quality and quantity; races were 
well filled and gave satisfaction to the visitors, and all proclaimed that 
the fair this year was the best ever held on our grounds. 
LINN. 
Thomas DeLaney, Fairfax, September 30, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — Very good. 
Corn — Quality of corn good but yield light. 
Oats — Light; good color. 
Wheat — Winter wheat good; spring wheat fair; about eighty per cent 
of an average crop. 
Rye — Good; ninety -five per cent of an average crop. 
Barley — Fair. 
Flax — None grown here. 
Buckwheat — Very little grown here. 
Millet — Fair; about eighty per cent of an average crop on account of 
drought. 
Sorghum — Fair; very little grown here. 
Timothy — Good; ninety-five per cent of an average crop. 
Clover — Good. 
Praii'ie Hay — Very little grown here. 
Other Grains and Grasses — Fair. 
Potatoes — About sixty per cent of an average crop. 
