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Cattle — In good condition and a good many will be put on feed. Cat- 

 tle have been shipped in from Kansas and Nebraska. 



Horses — Plentiful; the grade is gradually being improved. 



Swine — A nice lot of pigs last spring but cholera over the county has 

 caused a loss of practically 30%. 



Sheep — Average number; not many on feed; wool crop good. 



Poultry — A good average; more varieties and better quality than ever 

 before. 



Bees — Not generally kept. 



Drainage — No county drainage; some tiling being done. 



Lands — A great deal changing hands at about $20.00 per acre advance 

 over last year. Now selling at from $175 to $250 per acre; the general 

 average of fairly improved farms selling from $200 to $225. 



Report of Fair — Held August 19-21. With the exception of hogs our 

 exhibits were unusually good and the weather and attendance were very 

 good. Our speed program was exceptionally good. 



GUTHRIE. 



WM. EDWARDS, GUTHRIE CENTER, OCTOBER 16, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The extended drouth through 

 July was very damaging to the corn crop. 



C07~7i — Would estimate the crop at about 65 and not to exceed 70% of a 

 normal crop. 



Oats — Straw short but well filled and heavy. The yield averaging from 

 40 to 50 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — A good average crop, yielding 25 to 40 bushels to the acre. 



Rye — Not enough raised to make an estimate. 



Barley — Very little sown. 



Flax — None raised in this locality. 



Buckwheat — None sown in this vicinity. 



Millet — A good crop and well filled with seed. 



Sorghum — Small acreage; yield good. 



Timothy — A good crop, the greater portion of the crop cut for seed. 



Clover — Small acreage; yielding about one-half ton per acre. Some 

 cut for seed. 



Prairie Hay — Very little cut for hay; the best yielding fairly well. 



Potatoes — Nearly a failure. 



Vegetables — A meager crop. 



Aj)ples — Damaged in this locality by hail and vind; less than half a 

 crop of winter varieties. 



Other Fruits — Fair crop of strawberries; also raspberries and black- 

 berries. 



Cattle — A good many have been shipped in from western markets. 



Horses — Holding their own in (luality. Best draft teams bring as high 

 as $500. 



Sicine — About 50^, of the usual number and cholera is taking many of 

 them. The disease has been arrested some by vaccination. 



Sheep — This industry is growing and has been a money maker. Some 

 are discouraged on account of the removal of the tariff. 



