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Bees — Not many. Little honey on account of dry season. 



Drainage — Dry and not much needed. 



Lands — Prices about the same as last year. 



Report of Fair— Held September 15th-18th. Premiums paid larger than 

 for any previous year and attendance was good. Receipts and expendi- 

 tures about equal. Prospects are good for next year. 



MONROE. 



W. T. GARDNER, ALBIA, OCTOBER 29, 1914. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 

 Corn — 30 per cent. 

 Oats — Good. 



Wheat — Fall wheat 20 per cent; no spring wheat to speak of. 

 Barley — None. 



Clover — Fair crop; one ton to the acre. Not much threshed. 

 Potatoes — Good. 

 Vegetables — Good. 

 Apples — None to speak of. 

 Other Fruits — Fair. 

 Cattle — In good condition. 

 Horses — Usual number. 

 Sioine — Plentiful; some cholera. 

 Sheep — Not many. 



PoM^^ry— Lots and in good healthy condition. 

 Bees — Few. 



Lands — Selling from $50 to $175 per acre; not much changing hands. 

 Report of Fair — Held August 24th-27th, inclusive. The best fair we 

 have ever had. 



MUSCATINE. 



L. 0. MOSHER. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Average. 



Corn — An unusually good stand to start with but the dry weather 

 checked it to some extent; however, I would say the crop was average. 



Oats — Short but well filled; quality excellent. 



Wheat — A minor crop but generally very good. 



Rye — But little grown; good. 



Barley — A secondary crop; of fair yield and quality. 



Flax — None grown. 



Millet — But little grown; a good crop and harvested in good shape. 



Sorghum — But little grown. 



Timothy — Average acreage; yield medium; quality of hay prime. 



Clover — A fair average yield. Considerable second crop cut for seed; 

 yield of seed excellent. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Several small fields of alfalfa grown. 



Potatoes — A light yield of both early and late varieties. 



Yes^eiaBZes— Generally fair to good. 



Apples — Hardly any. 



