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Poultry — About ninety per cent of crop this year but quality is ex- 

 cellent. 



JBees— Good crop of honey owing to great amount of white clover. 



Drainage — Great amount of tile put in this year but mostly three-inch, 

 which is too small. 



Other Industries — Mines furnished coal for practically the whole coun- 

 ty; ten cents per bushel is asked at banks. 



Lands — Prices advancing rapidly, probably twenty per cent raise this 

 year; a number of farms sold for $125 per acre. 



Report of Fair— Held at Corning Aug. 16, 17, IS and 19, 1909. 



ALLAMAKEE. 



A. C. L.VR.SO.V, WAUKOX, OCTOBEB 23, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Generally good. 

 Corn — A good average but not a bumper crop. 

 Oats — Extra good quality; yield per acre fair. 

 Wheat — Little raised. 

 Rye — Fair. 

 Barley — Good. 

 Flax — Very little grown. 

 Buckwheat — Only fair. 

 Millet — Good. 

 Sorghum — Good. 

 Timothy — Good. 

 Clover — Good. 

 Prairie Hoy — None. 

 Potatoes — Good. 

 Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Good in some parts of the county. 

 Other Fruits — Good. 

 Cattle — Very good. 

 Horses — Good. 

 Sivine — Good. 

 Sheep — Good. 

 Poultry — Good. 

 Bees — Nothing extra. 

 Drainage — Good in this county. 

 Other Industries — Farmers are prosperous. 

 Lands — Values increasing. 



Report of Fair— Held at Waukon, September 21, 22, 23 and 24. Weather 

 was fine, attendance good and the fair a success. 



AUDUBON. 



S. C. CURTIS, AUDirnOX, OCTOBER 5, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Fair. Crops cut short on ac- 

 ■ouut of heavy rains early in the season followed by continued hot and 

 ^dry weatheE. 



