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Barley — None to speak of. 



Flax — None. 



Btickwheat — Very little sown; fair quality. 



Millet — Small acreage. 



Sorghum — Very little. 



Timothy — Good crop and good quality. 



Clover — Small crop; none cut for seed. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Very light; twenty-five per cent of crop. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Large crop. Big per cent frozen. 



Other Fruits — Fair. 



Cattle — Good feeders sold as high as si.x cents; light cattle about nor- 

 mal; heavy cattle fifty per cent short this year. 



Horses — Breeding of all classes strong. Prices highest ever known. 



Swine — Scarce and high priced; some being shipped in for our pack- 

 ing house. 



Sheep — Great interest taken in breeding. 



Poultry — Prices high. Not enough poultry raised to supply the de- 

 mand. 



Bees — Not many kept. 



Drainage — Very little tiling in the county. 



Other Industries — Packing house, telephone factory and five cigar fac- 

 tories. Also we produce more coal than any county in the state. 



Lands — Big increase in value of land ; selling from $65 to $150 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Albia. September 28, 29, 30, and October 1st, 

 1909, the first in twenty years. The fair was a success financially and 

 otherwise. 



MONTGOMERY. 



F. R. IDDIXGS. RED OAK, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Lots of corn still unhusked, 

 which is not in very good condition. Other grains in good condition. 



Com — The planting as a general thing was in in good time but severe 

 rains washed the grounds badly and the yield was not very good; averag- 

 ing about 30 bushels per acre. 



Oats — Was of much better quality than in 1908; averaging about 25 

 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Winter wheat was a good crop, both in quality and quantity 

 yielding from 20 to 40 bushels per acre. Spring wheat was not so good; 

 averaging from 10 to 20 bushels per acre. 



Rye — Very little raised but the quality was good and yielded about 

 twenty bushels per acre. 



Barley — Acreage increasing; quality good: yield from 30 to 45 bushels 

 per acre. 



Flax — Do not know that there is any raised here. 



Buckwheat — -Not worth mentioning. 



