EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 811 



Wheat — Not raised to any great extent. Twenty bushels per acre 

 consdered a good crop. 



Rye — Small acreage, but yielded a very good crop. 



Baeley — Very little raised. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Very good, but not much raised. 



Millet — Only small patches, but yielded a good crop. 



Sorghum — Not much raised. 



Timothy — Good yield and was put up under favorable conditions. 



Clover — Farmers begin to realize the value of clover. Acreage small, 

 but yielded well. 



Pkairie Hay' — Most of the land is under cultivation consequently not 

 much to cut. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Excellent crop of blue grass. 



Potatoes — About an average crop, and are selling at seventy-five cents 

 per bushel. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Fair crop. Plenty of winter apples. 



Other Fruits — Fair crop. Good yield of grapes. 



Cattle — Large number of young cattle raised past year. In good con- 

 dition and is our principal industry. 



Horses — Large number raised for the eastern markets and nearly all 

 from well bred stallions. 



Swine — Large number of the good breeds raised, and are free from 

 disease. 



Sheep — More interest shown in raising sheep, and they have done well 

 the past season. 



Poultry — Have yielded a better profit on the amount of money in- 

 vested than any product on the farm. 



Bees — Have done fairly well. 



Drainage — Not much needed in this locality. 



Lands — Command good prices and are steadily increasing in value. 



WINNEBAGO. 



J. A. Peters, Forest City, October 19, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Some very wet periods, 

 and the temperature was considerable below the normal every month 

 during the growing season. All crops will be just about up to the 

 average. 



Corn — More attention is being paid to breeding up seed com. Will 

 average about thirty-five bushels per acre. 



Oats — Light in weight and yield, run about twenty-five bushels per 

 acre. 



Wheat — Good quality, but very little raised. 



Rye — Not much raised. 



Barley — Exceptionally good quality and fair yield. 



Flax — None raised. 



