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Other Fruits — Small fruits very good; about 80 per cent. 



Cattle — Feeding 25 per cent. 



Horses — 100 per cent. Good. 



Swine — 90 per cent. Considerable trouble with swine plague. 



Sheep — 45 per cent. 



Poultry — Good; 90 or 100 per cent. 



Bees — 75 per cent. 



Drainage — Well taken care of. 



Other Industries — Conditions good. 



Lands — On the increase. 



Report of Fair— Held September 15-19, 1913. 



CEDAR. 



C. F. SIMMERMAKER, TIPTOJV. SEPTEMBER 15, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Condition of crops good; the 

 season was favorable although very dry at times. 



Corn — A good average crop. Will be cut short in some parts of the 

 county by dry weather. 



Oats — Generally a good crop; quality fine. 



Wheat — Very little raised; what w^e have is good. 



Rye — Fair crop; not much sown. 



Barley — Good crop and quality fine. 



Flax — None raised. 



BuehxDheat — None raised. 



Millet — Light, owing to dry weather. 



Sorghum — None raised to speak of. 



Timothy — Fair crop; quality good. 



Clover — Fair crop; good in certain localities. . 



Prairie Hay — Very little here. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Fair to good. 



Potatoes — Good average crop. 



Vegetables — Not up to average, owing to dry season. 



Apples — Good crop generally. 



Other Fruits — Plenty of pears and peaches, small fruit light. 



Cattle — Scarce and high. 



Horses — Good horses selling at high prices; many good horses in the 

 county. 



Sioinc — Scarce owing to disease; a great deal of cholera. 



Sheep — Fair amount; quality of stock good. 



Poultry — More than former years; quality good. 



Bees — Fair. 



Drainage — County most all drained out. A sanitary sewer is just 

 being completed at Tipton at a cost of $80,000.00. 



Other Industries — Prosperous. 



Lands — Not much selling this season. Prices very high, around 

 the $200.00 mark for good farms. Not many farms for sale. 



Report of Fair — The 1913 fair was held at Tipton September 2-5, and 

 was the best fair ever held in the county. The stock show was great, 

 with 110 horses on exhibition. The attractions were excellent. 



