EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAE BOOK— PART XI. 7«l 



Corn — Will be about eighty per cent of last year's crop. 



Oats — Light crop; average about sixty per cent of last year's crop; 

 light weight. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Eighty per cent of crop; fair quality. 



Flax— None raised. 



BuciiwiiEAT — None. 



Millet — Fair crop; little raised. 



SoRCiiiuM — Very little raised, fair crop. 



Timothy — About sixty per cent of last year's crop; good quality. 



Clover — About ninety per cent of crop; good 'quality. 



Prairie Hay — Eighty-five per cent of crop; good quality. 



Potatoes — Light crop, about seventy per cent; poor quality. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Very scarce; fair quality. 



Other Fruits — Good crop of blackberries, grapes and raspberries; no 

 peaches; very few cherries and plums. 



Cat'ile — Very good; supply going cheaper on prices of feed. 



Horses — Many colts raised the past two years but good horses are 

 scarce and high, having been bought up last spring for shipping. 



Swine — Medium crop; some sickness due to worms; dying in some 

 localities. 



Sheep — Fair; not many raised in the county. 



Poultry — Medium crop but late. 



Bees — Fair; not many in the county. 



Drainage — Too good. 



Lands — Advanced from $10 to $25 per acre in the last year. 



Report of Fair— Held at Arion September 11 to 13. The first fair for 

 the present organization, the last county fair being held at Denison 

 about fifteen years ago. Attendance good, and all well pleased. The aim 

 is to make the premiums on stock and agricultural products especially 

 s.rong and attractive and moderate on races and attractions. More per- 

 manent improvements contemplated for the coming year. 



, DAVIS. 



J. C. Brouhari), Bloomfield, October 24, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Although an excess of rain in 

 May and June the general condition of crops has been good. 



Corn — Large acreage; good yield and good quality. 



Oats — Fair yield of good quality. 



Wheat — No spring wheat; winter wheat yielded about twenty bushels 

 per acre and of good quality. 



Rye — Small acreage; fair yield and good quality. 



Barley — None raised. 



Flax — None raised. • 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — Not extensively grown; yield of hay and seed good. 



