EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 757 



Corn — Average crop about sixty to seventy per cent; a good deal of 

 soft corn reported from all sections of the county. 



Oats — ^Very light; about seventy per cent crop. 



Wheiat — Very little raised. 



Rye — Good but not much raised. 



Bakley — Good quality and good price. 



Flax — None raised. 



BuK WHEAT — Very little raised. 



Millet — Up to the average. 



Sorghum — Good crop; quality fair. 



Timothy — Excellent crop. 



Clover — About up to the average. 



Prairie Hay — Large crop; good quality. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 



Potatoes — Fair in yield and quality. 



Vegetables — About up to the average. 



Apples — A good crop. 



Other Fruit.s — An average good crop. 



Cattle — Farmers continue to improve their already excellent herds; a 

 number of herds of Short-horns, Herefords, Polled Angus, Red Polled and 

 Galloways, and some fine specimens were on ehibit at our fair. 



Horses — Are bringing top notch prices; more raised than formerly. 



Swine — One of the principal industries in this section of the county, 

 many of the farmers shipping from two to three carload every year. 



Sheep — Farmers are beginning to realize that sheep raising is a very 

 profitable business; some very fine and large flocks in the county. 



Poultry — Another growing and profitable industry in this county. 



Bees — An average crop. 



Drainage — Natural. 



Other Industries— We have a creamery which ships more butter than 

 any creamery of its size in this county. 



Lands — Very fine, prices ranging from seventy-five to one hundred dol- 

 lars per acre, but none for sale. 



Report of Fair — Held at National, September 3 to 6. Fair weather 

 except the last day when rain spoiled the attendance somewhat. The 

 exhibits were large in every department, particularly the stock dep; rt- 

 ments. 



CLAYTON. 



W. W. Davidson, Elkader, October 25, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Up to the average year. 



Corn — A little late and somewhat damaged by frost. 



Oats — ^Good in some places, others light. 



Wheat — Good. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Good yield and of fine quality. 



Flax — None raised. 



