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Vegetables — Fair; late varieties good. 



Apples— 100 % . 



Other Fruits — Berries fair; plums, etc., good. 



Cattle — Good condition. 



Horses — Good condition; slight decrease in value. 



Sicine — Good average lot of spring pigs. No cholera; decline in prices. 



Sheep — Good condition; decrease in number. 



Poultry — Fair to good. 



Drainage — Not much tiling done this season. 



Lands — Slight increase in values, ranging from $100 to $165 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Fair was held at Sheldon August 22-25, 1911. Attend- 

 ance about 95% of an average attendance; exhibits in all departments 

 were above normal; races were good and all classes fairly well filled. 



O'BRIEN. 



J. B. Murphy, Sutherland, October 14, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops poor and season dry. 



Com— One-half crop; 15 to 40 bushels per acre. 



Oats — One-third of a crop; 6 to 25 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Very little raised; a fair crop. 



Barley— Average 8 to 12 bushels per acre. 



Flax — None to speak of. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — None. 



Sorghum — None. 



Timothy — Almost a total failure. 



Clover — One-half ton per acre. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Early ones a failure; late ones good. 



Vegetables — Poor. 



Apples — Above the average crop. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — Thin and below the average number. 



Horses — About the average number. Prices not so high as a year ago. 



Swine— Good crop; above the average number. The old hogs nearly all 

 marketed. 



Sheep — About the average number. 



Poultry — Above the average number. 



Bees — Almost a failure. 



Other Industries — Curtailed this year to a great extent. 



Lands — Not changing hands. 



Report of Fair— HeM at Sutherland, September 6th to 8th, inclusive. 

 The weather was rainy and cold the first and second day and attendance 

 was not so large as a year ago. 



