EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 751 



BUTLER. 



M. B. Speedy, Allison, Octohek 5, 1907. 



General Condition of Ckops and Season — Rather poor. 

 Corn — Quality poor and not more than half a crop. 

 Oats — =Below the average in yield; quality about an average. 

 Wheat — None raised. 



Rye — Good quality; average about twenty-nine bushels to the acre. 

 Barley — Not much sown and yield poor. 



Flax — Very little sown; crop poor on account of wet season. 

 Buckwheat- — Very little sown but yielded a good crop. 

 Millet — Very little sown but quality good. 

 Sorghum — None raised. 

 TIMOTHY' — About an average crop. 

 Clover — ^Very little in the county but quality good. 

 Prairie Hay — Good. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Below the average. 

 Potatoes — Poor; about one third crop. 

 Vegetables — Below the average on account of wet season. 

 Apples — Poor crop, having been injured by late frost in the spring. 

 Other Fruits — About an average crop. 

 CATTI.E — About an average. 

 Horses — About an average. 

 Swine — Good. 

 Sheep — Good. 

 Poultry — Good. 

 Bees — Average. 



Drainage — About an average; considerable tiling has been done. 

 Other Industries — Average. 



Lands — Not many sales, but price about sixty- dollars per acre on 

 what has been sold. 



Report of Fair — Held at Allison, September 17 to 19. 



CALHOUN. 

 B. E. Sebern, Manson, October 10, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season backward; crops fair 

 Corn — Fair; about two-thirds crop and about ten per cent of yield 

 soft. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 

 Rye — Very little raised. 

 Bakley — ^Very little raised. 

 Flax — Very little raised. 



