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/forses— Plentiful and well bred. In driving through the country one 

 sees more horses than cattle. 



Swine — Quite a good crop of spring pigs of good breeding. No disease 

 reported. 



Poultry — Healthful condition and considerable interest is manifested in 

 the raising of poultry. 



Sheep — Not many raised in this locality and only small flocks are kept. 



Bees — Very few kept. 



Drainage — Not as much drainage being put in this season as usual. 



Other Industries — No manufacturing plants here except our pressed 

 brick plant, which does a good business. 



Lands — Not much changing hands but land is selling from $100 to $1.'.0 

 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 2-5, with splendid weather. Our at- 

 tendance was a little light on account of a light field of harness horses and 

 disappointment in regard to our aeroplane contract. 



Vi^ARREN. 



JOE M'cOY, IXDIANOLA, OCTOBER 20, 1913. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — About up to the average; some 

 sections of the county yielded short crops and others above the average. 



Corn — Fair. 



Oats — Good. 



Wheat— Good. 



Rye — ^Not much grown. 



Barley — Not much grown. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — Not much -grown. 



Sorghum — Not much grown. 



Timothy — Nearly all mixed with clover. 



Clover — Good; considerable hulled and turned out good. 



Prairie Hay — Not much. 



Potatoes — Nearly a failure 



Vegetables — Good quality and good yield. 



Apples — Good. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — A great many range cattle have been shipped in. Plenty of 

 roughness to winter them. 



Horses — About average; more colts than usual. 



Sioine — We had a nice lot of pigs but cholera is sweeping the county 

 and most of the old hogs have been shipped out on this account. Some 

 localities have lost all of their swine. 



Sheep — Average; some feeding lambs. 



Poultry — Good. 



Bees — Not many kept. 



Drainage — On the increase. 



Lands — Still advancing. , 



