EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 803 



Corn — A fair stand with about the usual acreage. Good quality, with 

 but few fields injured by the frost. Yield a little below that of last 

 year. 



Oats — Below the average both in quality and quantity. Early oats 

 almost a failure, and late oats about two-thirds of a crop. 



Wheat — Fair quality. About the usual acreage and yield. 



Rye — Not much sown except for hog pasture. 



Barley — About the usual yield and of good quality. Acreage not up 

 to former years. 



Flax — Not much sown. 



Buckwheat — Good yield but very little sown. 



Millet — Small acreage. 



Sorghum — Small amount raised average quality. 



Timothy — About one-half crop, but of good quality. 



Clover — The crop for hay was good, but not much cut for seed. 



Potatoes — Good quality, about one-half crop, and price double from 

 last year. 



Vegetables — All an average crop. 



Apples — Y'ield below the average, but of good quality. 



Other Fruits — Light crop. 



Cattle — Not as many steers on feed as usual. Our farmers have some 

 very fine herds of pure bred cattle, some of which are the finest in th*^ 

 state. 



Horses — High prices for horses has stimulated the breeders to raise 

 more colts than In former years. All standard breeds are represented. 

 Buyers are busy picking up horses for the eastern market. 



Swine — The number of spring pigs a little below the average. Not 

 much disease among the hogs in this county. 



Sheep — Very few in the county. 



Poultry — Plentiful and high priced. 



Bees — Not many in the county. 



Drainage — Good. 



Other Industries — Brick plant, gas engine factory, loom factory, rug 

 factory and canning factory located at the county seat furnish employ- 

 ment for about one hundred men. 



Lands — Advancing in price, market value fully $10 per acre more 

 than last year. 



Report of Fair — Held at Harlan, September 17-20. Attendance largest 

 in history of the association. The fair was a success in every particular, 

 largest and best exhibit of stock and the fastest field of horses ever on 

 the grounds. 



SIOUX. 



H. Slikkerveer, Orange City, October 17, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops below the average. 

 The early spring was dry and then it came on wet and cold and done 

 considerable damage to corn and other crops. 



Corn — "Will yield from thirty to forty bushels per acre. 



