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Clover — Rather light crop. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Quality good; j'ield light. 



Vegetables — Fair. 

 Apples — Light crop and rather poor quality. 



Other Fruits — Not very good. 



Cattle — Short-Horns and Polled Angus predominate. 



Horses — Quite an interest in horse breeding; Percherons predominate. 



Swine — Duroc Jersey and Poland China breeds predominate. 



Sheep — Shropshire and Delains predominate. 



Poultry — Great interest taken in poultry; all leading breeds raised. 



Bees — Very few kept. 



Drainage — Quite a good deal of tiling done. 



Lands — Range in price $100 to $150 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Uonnelson, September 8, 9, 10, 1909. Atten- 

 dance very good considering the unfavorable weather. Exhibits good in 

 all departments except the cattle department, which was light. Races 

 were well filled and good. All premiums were paid in full. Receipts about 

 equal expenditures. 



LEE. 



JOITX WALLJASPER. WEST POINT, OCTOBER 14, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season was wet and late in 

 spring, also rainy in June up to July. Owing to continued drouth from 

 July, corn suffered considerably. 



Corn — Quality good; two-thirds of a crop; all matured. 



Oats — Good crop; quality firm and heavy. 



Wheat — This country seems to be running back to wheat; quality good; 

 yield from fifteen to thirty-five bushels per acre. 



Rye — Small acreage; quality good. 



Barley — Very little sown. 



Flax — None. 



Bucktoheat — Small acreage; seems to be doing well. 



Millet — Very little sown. 



Sorghum — Good quality and good yield. 



Timothy— Yery heavy yield; quality fine. 



Clover — Good yield and good quality. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Blue grass does well. 



Potatoes — Early potatoes a good yield and good quality; late plantings 

 damaged by drouth. 



Vegetables — Did well. 



Apples — A medium yield and fair quality. 



Other Fruits — Cherries did well; plums and peaches a small crop; ber- 

 ries a fair crop; pears are blighting. 



Cattle — A scarcity of stock cattle and feeders in this vicinity. Farmers 

 who are devoting attention to the cattle business are doing well. 



