EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 791 



Wheat — Good. 



Rye — Yield from eighteen to thirty bushels per acre. 



Barley — Yield about thirty bushels per acre. 



Flax — ^None sown. 



Buckwheat — But little grown. 



Millet — Very good. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



TIMOTHY' — Good quality and yielded from one to three tons per acre. 



Cix)VER — 'Good yield and good quality. 



Prairie Hay' — Best in years and put up in good condition. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa quite good, three crops cut. 



Potatoes — Yield and quality poor; price from seventy-five cents to 

 one dollar per bushel. 



Vegetables — Only fair. 



Apples — Very scarce and of poor quality; two to five dollars a barrel. 



Other Fruits — Scarce, except berries. 



Catti.e — In fine condition but few in the feed yards, plenty in the 

 pastures. 



Horses — In fine shape with most of the heavy drafters shipped out. 



Swine — Plenty of young pigs; some disease. 



Sheep — Very few raised. 



Poultry' — A good supply and in good condition. 



Bees — Very few raised. 



Drainage — Very little tiling needed. 



Other Industries — All branches report a good year. 



Lands — Prices range from $75 to $150 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Malvern, August 6 to 9; stock exhibit and 

 races good but too early for farm products. Attendance fairly good and 

 everyone pleased, though receipts did not quite meet the expenditures. 



MITCHELL. 

 H. H. Gable, Osage, October 19, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — All crops fairly good; 

 season unfavorable for crops in general. 



Corn — Season very unfavorable, a large per cent of the corn did not 

 mature; acreage not as large as usual; yield only fair. 



Oats — Crop rather light. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 



Rye — Average crop. 



Barley — Small acreage; quality good. 



Flax — Rather light crop; acreage small. 



Buckwheat — Crop and yield good. 



Millet — Good crop. 



Sorghum — Not much raised. ' 



Timothy — Good crop. 



Clover — Good average crop. 



Prairie Hay — Not much grown. 



