EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 807 



Flax — None raised. 

 Buckwheat — None raised. 

 Millet — Good crop. 

 SoRGHTJM — Good crop. 

 Timothy — Fair crop. 



Prairie Hay — Not much to cut in thiis locality. 

 Potatoes — About one-half crop. 

 Vegetables — Good average crop. 

 Apples — Very poor crop. 

 Other Fruits — About one-fourth crop. 



Cattle — Number and condition compares favorably with former years. 

 Horses — Good breeds are being raised and command good prices. 

 Swine — Very good. 

 Sheep — Very good. 

 Poultry — Extra good. 



Bees — About the average amount of honey produced. 

 Drainage — Poo r . 



Lands — Gradually increasing in value. 



Report of Fair — Held at Bedford, September 3-6. Good attendance, 

 good exhibits and a success financially. 



UNION. 



J. M. McCoRNACK, Creston, October 2, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — All crops will fall slightly 

 below an average crop. Dry weather early in the season cut the hay 

 crop short and retarded the growth of all crops. 



Corn — Little more than an average acreage, and it is estimated that 

 it will be an average yield. Quality is good. 



Oats — The yield is not quite up to the average. 



Wheat — Slight increase in acreage and a fair yield. 



Rye — Fair yield on acreage sown, but not much raised in this county. 



Barley — None raised. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — A fair yield on the small patches that were sown. 



Millet — The yield is above the average, but very little sown. 



Sorghum — Good yield, but very little grown. 



Timothy — Late rains this season resulted in a light crop, although the 

 ■quality is good. 



Clover — An excellent crop of fall clover, although little of it was cut 

 for seed. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Some attention is being paid to alfalfa, 

 but it has not been tried long enough to determine whether it will be a 

 profitable crop. 



Potatoes — Good quality and a little above the average yield. 



Vegetables — An excellent crop of all kinds of vegetables. 



Apples — Almost an entire failure on account of frost. 



