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Potatoes — Early potatoes good; late potatoes scarce. 



Vegetables — Very good 



Api)les — Poor quality and light crop. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — Feeders scarce and high. 



Horses — Prices high. 



Swine — Prices high. 



Sheep — Fair crop of sheep. 



Poultry — Good. 



Bees — Vei-y tew; honey scarce. 



Drainage — More tiling being done than ever before. 



Lands — Booming; price from $100 to $175 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at New Sharon, September 14, 15, 16, 17, 1909. 

 All departments were full and exhibits were of good quality. Rain in- 

 terefered with the attendance the second day. Free attractions w-ere 

 good. 



MARION. 



J. p. KLEIN, PELLA, OCTOBER 19, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops fair; season backward 

 and wet in the spring, dry and hot the latter part of the season. 



Corn — Average crop; increase in acreage. 



Oats — Average crop; quality good. 



Wheat — Small acreage. Quality of spring wheat fair; winter wheat 

 good. 



Rye — Fair crop. 



Barley — Fair. 



Flax — None. 



Biccktvh eat — None. 



Millet — None. 



Sorghum — Good crop. 



Timothy — Average crop. 



Clover — Average. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Poor crop. 



Yegetahles — ^Fair crop. 



Apples — Light crop. 



Other Fruits — Light crop. 



Cattle — Below the average. 



Horses — Average. 



Stcine — Light amount on hand. 



Sheep — Average. 



Poultry — Average. 



Bees — Average. 



Drainage — Good. 



Other Ind'ustries — Good. 



Lands — Increase in value about twenty per cent the last year. 



Report of Fair — Held at Pella, September 28, 29, 30, October 1, 1909. 

 Good attendance. Art hall and poultry exhibits good; other exhibits 

 fair. 



