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Swine — Average number; some cholera. 



Sheep — Average number. 



Poultry — Lots of poultry; no disease reported. 



Bees — Not much doing. 



Drainage — Nearly all tiled out. 



Other Industries — Normal. 



Lands — From $10 to $15 higher than a year ago. 



Report of Fair — Held at Rockwell City, August 28th to September 1st, 

 inclusive. All departments were well filled. Weather was extremely hot 

 and the attendance not very large on that account. 



CALHOUN. 



E. G. SWISHER, MAXSOX, SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Cor7i — Will average about forty bushels per acre. 



Oats — Forty bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Seventeen bushels per acre. 



Rye— Very little grown. 



Barley — Thirty-five bushels per acre. 



Flax — Very little. 



Buckwheat — Very little grown. 



Millet — Only a small acreage. 



Sorghum — I know of none. 



Clover — Good. 



Timothy — Good; about two tons per acre. 



Prairie Hay — Light. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Very little. 



Potatoes — Good. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — None. 



Other Fruits — Fair. 



Cattle — About 80 per cent. 



Horses — About 100 per cent. 



Sioine — About 80 per cent. Lots of disease in the southeastern part of 

 the county. 



Sheep — Very few. 



Poultry — Very good; about 100 per cent. 



Bees — Very few. 



Drainage — Good. 



Other Industries — Good. 



Lands — Values range from $175 to $225 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Manson on September 8th-llth, inclusive. 

 Rained all week and we held the fair over until Saturday. The attendance 

 was good and the exhibits were fine. 



CARROLL. 



PETER STEPHAXl', CARROLI^, OCTOBER, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and. Season — Good. 



Corn — Very good quality; little better than average crop. 



Oats — Early oats a heavy crop; late oats average. 



