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Sheep — Quite a number raised here; good and fine but not very heavily 

 fleeced, running from seven to ten pounds. 



Poultry — Very good. Produce company handled about 200,000 pounds. 



Bees — Season unfavorable for a good honey crop. 



Drainage — A great deal of tile being laid: many draining the high lands 

 also. 



Other Industries — Cement tile factory doing a large business. Canning 

 factory canned 1,600,000 cans of corn. Other factories are doing a large 

 business. 



Lands — All land good; no cheap land left, and prices increasing. Some 

 good farms changing hands; prices ranging from $80 to $150 ])er acre. 



Report of Fair— Held at Sac City, August 10, 11. 12. 13, 1909. A finan- 

 cial success and every day a big one. IMany improvements made and money 

 in the treasury. People are becoming more interested in the fair. 



SCOTT. 



JIILKS COLLI.VS, n.VVKNPORT, .\PRIL 2, 1910. 



Genrral Condition of Crops and Season — -Crops were good and prices 

 high. 



Corn — Quantity was about up to or a little better than average. Quality 

 is poor, being soft and mouldy due to early snow which prevented husking 

 and buried some corn until the snow melted in March, 1910. 



Oats — Good heavy crop; about 30 bushels to fhe acre. 



Wheat — Good crop but not much wheat planted. 



Rye — Light crop, what little is raised is generally for local breweries. 



Barley — Average about 25 bushels; not much raised. 



Flax — None raised. 



Millet — Some raised for hay and makes good feed if cut and cured 

 without rain. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Good crop, though lighter than last year; price $18.00 per ton. 



Clover — Good hay crop, but poor year for seed crop. 



Prairie Hay — Very little of the old prairie hay left here. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa is in an experimental state, though 

 one field was cut four times this season. 



Potatoes — Good crop, but prices low as 30 cents per bushel. Early po- 

 tatoes did better than late ones. 



Vegetables — Cabbages, beans, and garden truck was generally a good 

 crop. Tomatoes were scarce and slow to ripen, due to cold summer. 



Apples — Almost a total failure, due to late frost. 



Other Fruits — Pears did well; no peaches; plums were a light crop; 

 cherries and berries did very well. 



Cattle — Average number, mostly butcher stock but close to town are 

 dairy cattle. Snow covered the ground for two months in winter, thus 

 making forage scarce; feed high priced. 



Horses — Average number although a little higher in price; the gen- 

 eral demand is for large horses. 



Swine— Short crop and scarce; prices higher than for several years. 



