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in every way. Exhibits were good except in live stock classes where the 

 drouth and exceedingly warm weather interfered with the show. The at- 

 tendance was fair. 



POWESHIEK. 



I. S. BAILEY, JR., GRINjS'ELL, SEPTEMBER 18, 1909. 



Com — Dry weather cut the percentage about twenty per cent. 



Oats — Light yield; quality good. 



Wheat — Winter wheat one hundred per cent; spring wheat seventy- 

 five per cent. 



Rye — One hundred per cent. 



Barley — Fifty per cent. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckioheat — None raised. 



Millet — Ninety per cent. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — One hundred per cent. 



Clover — One hundred per cent. 



Prairie Hay — One hundred per cent. 



Potatoes — Fifty per cent. 



Vegetables — Eighty per cent. 

 Apples — Twenty-five per cent. 



Other Fruits — Ninety per cent. 



Cattle — Condition good; not many will be fed on account of high price 

 of corn. 



Horses — Good; very high in price. 



Sicine — Seventy-five per cent of crop; healthy condition. 

 Sheep — Condition good. 

 Poultry — Good. 



Bees — Good; honey one hundred per cent. 

 Drainage — Will be more tiling done this fall than usual. 

 Lands — Selling from $80 to $210 per acre; many farms changing hands. 

 Report of Fair — Held at Grinnell, September 6, 7, 8, 1909. Exhibits 

 larger than usual. Rain interfered somewhat with attendance. 



RINGGOLD. 



L. F. HALL, TINGLET, SEPTEMBER 23, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season very wet and late. 



Corn — About two-thirds of a crop and rather late. 



Oats — Quality good; average yield. 



Wheat — Small acreage; good quality; yield per acre seventeen bushels. 



Rye — Good quality; fair yield. 



Barley — None raised. 



Flax — None raised. 



Bxcckioheat — Good crop. 



Millet — Excellent. 



Timothy — Extra. 



Clover — Poor. 



