EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 805 



Wheat — Very little raised. Small acreage of winter wheat and went 

 as high as forty bushels to the acre. 



Rye — Small acreage, but will yield well. 



Barley — None raised. 



Buckwheat- — None raised. 



Millet — Only small patches raised. 



SoKGHUM — Small acreage raised. 



Timothy — Small acreage. 



Clover — Good crop. 



Prairie Hay — Good crop, but less of it to cut each year. 



Potatoes — Not as good as usual, will yield about one hundred to one 

 hundred and twenty-five bushels per acre. 



Vegetables — Good crop. 



Apples — Good crop. 



Other Fruits — Short crop. 



Cattle — An exceptionally fine lot of well bred cattle raised this year. 



Horses — There is a large number of good horses in the county. ' 



Swine — We have lost about one-half of our hogs from cholera. 



Sheep — Have done well. 



Poultry — A greater number of chickens are being raised each year. 

 Many farmers raise from 500 to 1,000 and a few as many as 2,000 each 

 year. 



Bees — Did not do well. 



Drainage — The county is becoming thoroughly tiled, and several large 

 open ditches have been put in during the past few years. 



Lands — Increasing in value. Sales run from $100 to $137 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Nevada, September 24-27. Good attendance. 

 We had a good fair and it was a financial success. We run a purely agri- 

 cultural fair, no races. 



TAMA. 

 A. G. Smith, Toledo, October , 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — On account of the cold wet 

 weather during May and June the wheat and barley crops are the only 

 ones that made creditable showing. 



Corn — Larger acreage planted than last year, but on account of so much 

 being drowned out on low and wet lands the acreage to be harvested will 

 be about the same as last season. Cold weather and rain during the 

 months of May and June made a poor stand and will reduce the yield 

 to about forty-five bushels per acre. 



Oats — Damaged by hot weather and rain during time they were ripen- 

 ing. Will average about twenty bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Not a general crop in this locality. Spring wheat averagea 

 about fifteen bushels per acre and was of good quality; winter not as 

 good quality and averaged about twenty bushels. 



Barley- — About the usual acreage and yield about twenty-five bushels 

 per acre. Slightly colored and weighed about forty-three pounds to the 

 bushel. 



