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Oats — Fair crop, good quality; probably 85 per cent. 



Wheat — Fair crop, good quality; probably 85 per cent. 



Rye — None grown. 



Barley — Very little grown and poor crop. 



Flax — None. 



Burkivheat — None. 



Millet — Very little grown. 



Sorglmm — Very little grown. 



Timothy — Good crop; generally well saved. 



Clover — Good crop of hay; seed light. 



Prairie Hay — Very little. 



Potatoes — Early crop fair; late crop very poor. 



Vegetables — Generally good. 



Apples — Good crop but badly injured by a freeze on October 10th. 



Cattle — Average number. 



Horses — About the same as usual. 



Sicine — Not quite so many as usual. 



Sheep — About the same as usual. 



Poultry — Fair crop. 



Bees — Fair. 



Drainage — More tile put in than ever before. 



Lands — Increasing in value ten per cent. 



Report of Fair — Held at MasSena, September 6, 7, 8, 9, 1909. Attend- 

 ance cut down on account of bad weather the first days. Exhibits in 

 most departments were good and the fair was a success financially. 



CEDAR. 



C. r. SrMMERMAKER, TIPTON. SEPTE51RER 22, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The general condition of 

 crops is good; however, the season is latter than usual. 



Corn — Not as good as expected. The early dry weather firfd the corn 

 and it is not filling as well as it v/ould had there been rain at tlu- F)ropor 

 time. 



Oats — Above an average crop. 



Wheat — Very little raised, but quality and yield good. 



Rye — Fair. 



Barley — Good crop, qualitj^ fine. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None raised to my knowledge. 



Millet — Very little raised. 



Sorghum — None raised to my knowledge. 



Timothy — Yield good, quality good. 



Clover — Yield and quality good. 



Prarie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — None to speak of. 



Potatoes — Average crop. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Poor crop. 



