EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 745 



Corn — Corn was generally late, but fine weather the fore part of 

 September has matured it in good shape; will average sixty bushels per 

 acre; price fifty cents. 



Oats — Averaged thirty bushels per acre; 'quality poor, affected by rust. 

 Price forty-nine cents per bushel. 



Wheat — Not very much raised; yield about fifteen bushels per acre; 

 quality fair; price eighty cents. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Baki.ey — Average yield thirty bushels; somewhat colored. Price sev- 

 enty cents. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — Small amount raised for hay. 



SoKGHUM — Average yield per acre seventy gallons; price fifty cents 

 per gallon. 



Timothy — Light yield on account of dry spring; quality good; prac- 

 tically no seed. 



Clover — Rather light yield; quality good, although some badly dam- 

 aged by rain in harvesting; very little seed. 



Prairie Hay — Practically a thing of the past in this county. 



Potatoes — Average yield forty bushels per acre; price one dollar per 

 bushel; quality generally poor. 



Vegetables — Fair crop of most vegetables, although too dry for some. 



Apples — Not over twenty-five per cent of crop; quality poor. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries about half a crop; raspberries, medium; 

 blackberries good; cherries none; plums, very few; grapes, fair crop 

 and good quality. 



Cattle — Principal breeds, Durham, Hereford, Holstein and Jersey. 

 Average price of cows, thirty-five dollars per head. No diseases. Total 

 number assessed, 29,125; value, $637,965. 



Horses — Principal breeds, Norman, Clydesdale, coach and grade. A 

 good many western horses. Prices high. Number assessed, 10,507; 

 value, $719,519. 



SwiNE — Principal breeds, Poland China, Duroc Jersey and Che.ster 

 White. Great improvement; no disease; number assessed, 61,389; value, 

 $463,561. 



Sheep — Cotswold, Southdown and Shropshire. Number assessed, 5,420; 

 value, $22,416. Prices good. 



Poultry — Plymouth Rocks seem to predominate. Eggs eighteen cents. 

 Ducks, geese and turkeys not very plentiful. 



Bees — This industry has almost died out, presumably on account of 

 dry seasons. 



Drainage — A great many tile are used, but the county being rolling 

 there are no drainage ditches. 



Lands — Getting better from year to year by the use of tame grass, 

 especially clover, and considering the price of material, the improvements 

 made are wonderful. Land sells from seventy-five to one hundred and 

 fifty dollars per acre, depending upon improvements and distance from 

 town. 



