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Potatoes — Early potatoes fine; late no good; not enough raised to sup- 

 ply the demand. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Crop light on account of early frosts. 



Other Fruits — Light crop of plums; strawberries fine; no peaches. 



Cattle — In fine condition and a good grade raised in the county. We 

 have a number of pure bred herds. 



Horses — ^A fine grade of draft horses raised and selling high. 



Swine — Not so many raised this year on account of cholera last sea- 

 son, but what we have is of good quality and in good condition. 



Sheep — Few but good. 



Poultry — A large quantity of poultry raised and of good quality. 



Bees — ^Very few raised but they are doing fairly well. 



Drainage — Great increase in the tile drainage and a good many county 

 ditches being put in, thus making fine farming lands, the best that can 

 be had. 



Other Industries — Prosperous. 



Lands — High in price and still advancing. Sales in this vicinity have 

 been made from $80.00 to $150.00 per acre during the last year. 



Report of Fair — No fair held in this county. 



FREMONT. 



J. F. C. FINNELL, HAMBURG, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Early spring was very wet fol- 

 lowed by long dry weather. 



Corn — About the same yield as last year. 



Oats — Good. 



Wheat — Good. 



Rye — Good. 



Barley — Fair. 



Flax — None grown. 



Buckwheat — None sown only for bees. 



Millet — Good crop. 



Timothy — Fair. 



Sorghum — Good. 



Clover — Fair. 



Prairie Hay — Light. 

 ' Other Grains and Grasses — Poor. 



Potatoes — Excellent yield. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Large crop and disposed of at good prices. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries, raspberries and blackberries were plen- 

 tiful. 



Cattle — Good condition. 



Horses — Fair condition. 



Swine — Practically all healthly in county. 



Sheep — Good; farmers are keeping more sheep. 



