ELEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 993 

 PLYMOUTH. 



GEO. M. SMITH, LEMARS, NOVEMBER 30, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Quality and quantity of crops 

 above the average. Impossible to better the weather conditions. 



Corn — Very good quality; 40 bushels to the acre a fair average. 



Oats — Good, better than last year both as to yield and quality. 



Wheat — Berry very well developed; perhaps the yield was not so large 

 per acre as last year but the quality was better. 



Rye — Not much planted. 



Barley— Quality very fine; yield not as large as last year. 



Flax — None planted. 



Buckivheat — None. 



Millet — Good yield and good quality. 



Sorghum — None. 



Clover — Not as large a yield as in former years. 



Prairie Hay — Short. 



Potatoes — Yield is sufficient here; late potatoes doing the better. 



Vegetables — Below the average yield. 



Apples- — Early frosts caused heavy damage to the apple crop. 



Other Fruits— No good. 



Cattle — Are now in fine condition at the present time although they 

 have been thin all summer on account of short pasturage. 



.Horses— Horses are in good demand and command high prices. 



Sivine — Plentiful; no cholera; prices high. 



Report of Fair — No fair held in Plymouth county. A meeting was 

 called in August but there was no attendance. 



POCAHONTAS. 



J. P. MULLEN, FONDA, SEPTEMBER 28, 1910. 



Corn— Good; better than average acreage; yield from 30 to 50 bushels 

 per acre. 



Oats — Fine; best we have had in years; average yield from 30 to 60 

 bushels. 



Wheat — Fair, not much sown. 



Rye — Good; small acreage. 



Barley — Good; acreage small. 



Flax — Good yield; poor quality. 



Buckwheat — Small acreage. 



Millet — Fine. 



Sorghum — Fine. 



Timothy — Light crop, owing to the dry summer weather. 



Clover — Fair crop. 



Prairie Hay — Light on account of dry season. 



Other Grains and Grasses — About average. 



Potatoes — Below the average; yield only fair. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Practically none. 

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