NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 807 
Oats — 'Fifty per cent of an average crop. 
Wheat — Very little raised and poor quality. 
Rye — None raised to speak of. 
Barley — Average crop. 
Flax — None raised. 
Buchioheat — None. 
Millet — Good crop. 
Sorghum — None raised. 
Timothy-rGood. 
Clover — Hay about tne average, seed light. 
Prairie Hay — Good. 
Potatoes — Average crop. 
Vegetables — Good. 
Apples — Light crop. 
Other Fruits — Cherries good; raspberries good; plums very ^oor, 
strawberries below the average. 
Cattle — Average number. 
Horses — Increasing. 
Sioine — Average number. 
Sheep — Increasing. 
Poultry — About the average. 
Bees — Below the average. 
Drainage — Fairly good; a large number of tile went into the ground 
this year. 
Lands— p5 to $150 per acre. 
Report of Fair — Held at Sutherland, September 2, 3, and 4. A success 
in every way. 
O'BRIEN. 
Joe Mortox, Sheldon, October 6, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — General condition of crops 
were good; fine crop of corn and grasses; oats wore very light; season 
was backward and heavy rains 'in the fall made the harvest bad. 
Corn — Good on high ground. 
Oats — Fair, light quality and not an average crop. 
Wheat — Winter wheat was good crop; on the whole wheat was a good 
crop. 
Rye — Fair crop; very little raised in this county. 
Barley — Good stand and average yield. 
Flax — Fair; not much raised. 
Buckioheat — Fair. 
Millet — Good. 
Sorghum — None. 
Timothy — Good stand. 
Clover — Good stand. 
Prairie Hay — Good. 
Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 
Potatoes — Good crop; heavy yield. 
Vegetables — Good. 
