EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 799 



Millet — Good. 



Sorghum — Good. 



Timothy — Fair yield. 



Clover — Fair crop. 



Prairie Hay — Liglitcr crop than last season. 



Potatoes — Yield about an average, good quality. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — The largest and best crop ever raised in the county. 



Other Fruits — Good crop. 



Cattle — Are doing well and in good condition for winter. Very few 

 on feed. 



Horses — Command a good price, and are scarce. 



Swine — About the usual number raised, some dying with cholera. 



Sheep — Increased number and doing well. 



Poultry — Great many raised and doing well. 



Bees — Good. 



Drainage — More tiling and ditching has been done this season than 

 ever before. 



Lands — Advancing .in price and a great many sales reported. 



Report of Fair — Held at Fonda, August 6-9. Weather very threatening 

 first two days, but on a whole a larger attendance than for many years. 



POTTAWATTAMIE. 

 Caleb Smith, Avoca, October , 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops were about an aver- 

 age with former years. Dry weather during June and July retarded the 

 growth of young clover, grass and pasture. Favorable season for har- 

 vesting hay. 



Corn — About an average crop. Considerable replanting being done and 

 a thin stand. 



Oats — An average yield, but of light weight. 



Wheat — Both winter and spring wheat raised, but average not up 

 to former years. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Good quality but very little raised. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Light yield, but of good quality. 



Clover — Yield medium, but of good quality. 



Prairie Hay- — Average yield, quality good. 



Potatoes — On account of dry weather the yield was light, but quality 

 was good. 



Vegetables — Season was a little too dry, but of good quality. 



Apples — Early varieties yielded a good crop, but the late ones hardly 

 enough for home consumption. 



Other Fruits — Cherries, plums, blackberries and strawberries were 

 plentiful and of good quality. Some peaches grown. 



