ELEVENTH ANNUAL, YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 935 



Wheat — None grown. 



Rye — Average crop but only a little grown. 



Barley — One hundred per cent of a crop. 



Flax — None grown. 



Buckioheat — None grown. 



Millet — Very little grown; yield 50 per cent. 



Sorghum — But little grown; 100 per cent of a crop. 



Timothy — "Was injured by the drouth and the yield was only one-half 

 ton per acre. 



Clover — Yield light; about one-half ton per acre, except on last years 

 sowing, where it averaged one and one-half tons. 



Prairie Hay — Practically a failure. 



Potatoes — The crop is light except in spots favored by local showers. 



Vegetables — Gardens suffered severely from the dry weather but where 

 they were well tended the quality was good and the yield more than 

 half a crop. 



Apples — Not over 10 per cent of a crop. 



Other Fruits — Plums a total failure; but few cherries or small fruits; 

 strawberries a half a crop. 



Cattle — In good connition. More than the usual number were mar- 

 keted during July and August on account of the short pastures. 



Horses — A drop of about 20 per cent in price from the former high 

 scale. Colts sell well and we have about the usual number. 



Swine — Seventy-five per cent of a crop and in good condition. 



Sheep — But few in the county. 



Poultry — One hundred per cent of a crop and healthy. 



Bees — No honey because of the drouth. 



Drainage — Steadily increasing. 



Other Industries — Sugar beets a good crop. Price $5.00 per ton at 

 shipping points and $6.00 per ton to farmers who deliver at factory 

 in the county. 



Lands — Have advanced in value from 10 to 20 per cent. Sales, $65.00 

 to $145.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 20^23, inclusive. The fair was highly 

 successful from a financial standpoint in spite of hard rains the last two 

 days. Nearly every class in the catalog was represented and the build- 

 ings were overflowed. There were entered 100 horses, 136 cattle, over 

 200 hogs, and the poultry show was large. $200.00 in premiums brought 

 out nine entries in the milking contest, dairy being a feature this year. 

 Concessions were meagre, but clean; attendance good. Improvements 

 this year cost over $5,000.00. 



BOONE. 



W. C. TBELOAE, OGDEN, OCTOBEB 5, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good corn and oat crop this 

 season; weather was too dry for hay and potatoes. 

 Corn — Quality of corn good, yield also good. 

 Oats — Good quality; averaging from forty to sixty bushels per acre. 



