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Horses — In splendid condition but not many colts. Europe is picking 

 up everything of the artillery kind. 



Swine — Lots of cholera. 



Sheep — There is a scarcity of sheep. 



Poultry — A good year for poultry. 



Bees — Too dry for a good bee season. 



Drainage — Very little, except surface drainage is used. Tiling is 

 gaining in the' minds of the people. 



Other Industries — ^Good. 



Lands — People are learning to study the land as they do other assets 

 and they farm the land instead of mine it. 



Report of Fair — Held October 21th-24th, and was a very pronounced 

 success. 



LYON. 



CHAS. \V. BRADLEY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good crops and fine season. 



Corn — Corn crop in the very best condition and one of the best yields 

 we have ever had. Approximately 60 per cent of the acreage is in corn 

 and the quality is first class. No killing frosts to date. 



Oats — Fair quality; medium acreage and yield about forty-five bushels 

 per acre. 



Wheat — Very light acreage; yield and quality poor. 



Rye — Small acreage; quality and yield good. 



Barley— Good acreage; quality first class; yield about forty bushels 

 per acre. 



Flax — Very light acreage; yield and quality fair. 



Buckwheat — Practically none raised in this vicinity. 



Millet — Millet fair acreage and first class quality. 



Sorghum — Light acreage; quality first class. 



Timothy — Good quality and yield; acreage light. 



Clover — Heavy acreage; yield and quality the very best. 



Prairie Hay — Light acreage; quality and yield good. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa made a good yield and the quality 

 was good. Not a large acreage, however. 



Potatoes — A good acreage; quality first class and yield at least two 

 hundred bushels per acre. 



Vegetables — All kinds; quality first class; yield heavy. 



Apples — Very light yield; good quality. 



Other Fruits — Light yield; good quality. 



Cattle — Heavy number, condition the very best and free from all 

 diseases. 



Horses — Medium numbers; quality, size and condition good. 



Swine — Considering cholera of last year we have a nice lot and the 

 quality is of the very best. Practically free from disease this year. 



Sheep — Not many but quality is good. 



Poultry — Lots of poultry; quality good and practically free from dis- 

 ease. 



