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Timothy — Good; fine quality. 



Clover— Crop considerably damaged. 



Prairie Hay — Very little grown, but extra fine. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Blue grass extra good this year. 



Potatoes — Early potatoes good quality and yield; late potatoes poor. 



Vegetables — A good crop. 



Apples — An extra crop in quality and yield. 



Other Fruits — Few peaches; pears, cherries and small fruits good. 



Cattle — Several herds of pure bred cattle. 



Horses — No importing firms, but several firms feed large numbers. 



Stoine — Plentiful and of good breeding. 



Sheep — Double the number of one year ago; have done well. 



Poultry — One firm makes large shipments; a number of firms handle 

 fancy poultry. 



Bees — Not much care taken of bees generally. One large apiary ships 

 to many different countries. 



Drainage — Using all the tile that can be bought and laid. 



Other Industries — Wagon works, lawn mower factory, knitting mill and 

 canning factory. Plenty of room for more enterprises. 



Lands — Good. $125 to $200 per acre where selling. 



Report of Fair — Held at Clarinda, September 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 1909. Good 

 display in all departments. Heavy rains during the fair. 



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A. W. GOLDBERG, SHENANDOAH, OCTOBER 15, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Very good. 



C07-7i — Above the average. 



Oats — Good. 



Wheat— Good. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — None. 



Flax — None. 



Bucktoheat — None. 



Millet— Very little. 



Sorghum — None. 



Timothy — Very little. 



Clover — Fair. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Good. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Extra large crop. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries and cherries good; grapes poor; no peaches. 



Cattle — Not as many feeding as formerly. 



Horses — Normal, with soaring prices. 



Swine — About half as many as a year ago. 



Sheep — Very few here. 



Poultry — Good, plentiful, and big prices for them. 



Bees — Very few\ 



