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Timothy — Very light crop; higti price. 

 Clover — Good. 

 Prairie Hay — None. 

 Potatoes — Very light crop. 

 Vegetables — Good. 

 Apples — Excellent. 

 Other Fruits — Fine. 



Cattle — Very few cattle; stockers in good demand. 

 Horses — Very good; prices high. 

 Swine — Heavy stock of pigs. 

 Sheep — Not many raised; very few being fed. 

 Poultry — Abundant. 

 Bees — None. 



Drainage — Very little tiling. 

 Other Industries — None. 

 Lands — High and going higher. 



Report of Fair — Held at New Sharon Sept. 18-21 inclusive. Fair weather; 

 average attendance; excellent races and good attractions. 



MARION. 

 Chas. Pokteb, Pella, Octobee 30, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Although the greater part of 

 the season was very dry the crops in general are up to the average of 

 the past five years. 



Corn — Acreage increased on account of clover being winter killed. Low 

 and flat lands made good corn, averaging about 40 bushels and of good 

 quality. 



Oats — About the normal acreage; good quality; average yield 30 bushels 

 per acre. The straw in general is of good quality. 



Wheat — Increased acreage of winter wheat and decreased acreage of 

 spring wheat. Quality of winter wheat good; spring wheat fair. 



Rye — Not much grown; some yielding 22 bushels and some not over 12 

 bushels per acre. 



Barley — None sown. 



Flax — None sown. 



Buckwheat — None sown. 



Millet — Some sown with good results for hay. 



Sorghum — Increased acreage. Crop yielding about 125 gallons of mo- 

 lasses and from 12 to 25 bushels of threshed seed per acre. A number of 

 farmers sowing cane seed for fodder with good results. 



Timothy — Crop short, average less than one ton per acre. Quality of hay 

 excellent. 



Clover — But few fields wintered through last season. First crop not 

 heavy; second crop fair. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Early ones one-half crop; late ones a good yield and good 

 quality. 



