ELEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 939 



Sorghum — Good stand and quality, but small acreage. 



Clover — Good stand and excellent quality of hay, but the yield of 

 seed was not large, owing to dry weather at the time of "heading out" 

 of crop. 



Prairie Hay — Little raised, but of short yield. 



Other Grains and Grasses — The oat crop was of excellent quality and 

 yield; the best in several years. 



Potatoes — This crop turned out well; the yield being from 200 to 400 

 bushels an acre. The late planted potatoes were of superior quality; 

 owing to a dry season they were smooth and free from rot and spots. 



Vegetable — All garden products did well and the quantity raised was 

 of excellent quality. 



Apples— None raised; owing to a spring freeze when the trees were 

 in blossom. 



Other Fruits — No other fruits were raised for the same reason. 



Cattle — Owing to the shortness of pastures the cattle did not do so 

 well as usual. The milk supply was also light for the same reason. 



Horses — A good price and steady demand. Foreign buyers keep the 

 county drained of good draft horses. 



Sioine — A most favorable year and the pig crop was good as the 

 stock man had no disease to contend with. 



Lands t — Selling high and going higher. More farms have been sold 

 this year than for several years. The price has raised from $10.00 to 

 $25.00 per acre during the season. Sales have been made as low as 

 $75.00 per acre, but as high as $200.00; the average price being about 

 $140.00. 



Drainage — Farmers who own low lands have put in many miles of 

 tile ditches this year. Private drainage districts have been formed in 

 neighborhoods where conditions were favorable. Much county work has 

 also been done. 



Report of Fair — Held August 16-20, inclusive. On the first day, Tues- 

 day, a heavy rain set in in the evening and continued over Wednesday, 

 and the directors continued the fair over until Saturday night. The 

 attendance was smaller than usual as the roads were impassable for a 

 day. The exhibits were lighter than common, as they could not be 

 brought in because of the weather. The races filled well, more than 

 one hundred entries being made in the ten classes. In the exhibits, the 

 cattle show was light as grass fed cattle were not fit. The horse show 

 was good, and the swine show the best in many years. The other de- 

 partments were excellent. 



BUTLER. 



W. C. SHEPARD, ALLISON, OCTOBER 8, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The condition of crops gen- 

 erally is above the average; the spring was very early and warm at first 

 but cool and backward afterwards. The summer was warm and very 

 dry, but the autumn has been warm and there has been plenty of 



