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Apples — Bumper crop. 

 Other Fruits — ^Splendid. 

 Cattle — Good. 

 Horses — Good. 

 Sioine — Good. 

 Sheep — Good. 

 Poultry — Good. 

 Bees — Not many here. 



Report of Fair — Held at Victor, August 15-17, inclusive. "Weather and 

 attendance good. 



IOWA. 



JAMES NICHOLS, WILLIAMSBURG, OCTOfeEB 23, 1911, 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The forepart of the season was 

 dry and hot, but during September and the first part of October we had 

 an abundance of rain. 



Corn — 95% of an average crop. 



Oafs— 80 % . 



Wheat — Spring wheat 50%. No winter wheat. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — None raised. 



Flax — None raised. 

 . .Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — None raised. 

 ' Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Hay went three-fourths of a ton per acre. The seed was very 

 good and lots of the timothy was thre^ed on account of the high price 

 of seed. ' . 1 



Clover — Very little this summer but since the fall rains it has started 

 again. 



Prairie Hay — Not any. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Pastures were rather poor during the sum- 

 mer but the rains have helped them this fall. 



Potatoes — Early ones almost a failure; late ones good. 



Vegetables — A fair crop. 



Apples — Abundant. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — In fair condition. 



Horses — In fair condition. 



Stmne — A great deal of disease. About one-fourth of the spring pigs 

 have either died or been shipped to market. 



Sheep — Very few raised but they are in good condition. 



Poultry — Average crop. 



Bees — Rather a poor year for bees. 



Drainage — The land is pretty thoroughly drained. 



Other Industries — ^We have three creameries close by but they did not 

 do the average amount of business this summer. 



Lands — Very good In this vicinity; not much changing hands. 



