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Other Fruits — Very light. 



Cattle — In good condition. 



Horses — In good condition. 



Swine — No disease; average number of pigs. 



Sheep — In good condition. 



Poultry — Very good; no disease. 



Bees — Not many in this county; average amount of honey. 



Drainage — Most of the land has been tiled. 



Other Industries — Dairy, farming and gardening have been profitable. 



Lands — Well improved in this county and there has been some chang- 

 ing hands. Prices range from $150 to $190 per acre. Some smaller 

 tracts have sold for as high as $200 per acre. 



TAMA. 



A. G. SMITH, TOLEDO, OCTOBEB 12, 1911. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — As a rule very good the fore- 

 part of the season but during the summer until September 1st we had 

 hot dry weather. 



Corn — A very good crop; matured early and is out of the way of 

 frost. 



Oats — Not as good as usual; some report a good yield while others 

 report a very poor average. 



Wheat — Not much grown in this county, especially spring wheat. As 

 a rule the crop is fair. 



Rye — Very good crop, considering the dry summer. 



Barley — ^Very fair. 



Flax — Hardly any grown in this county. 



Buckwheat — Not much grown. 



Millet — Not much grown but what we had was fair. 



Sorghum — Very good yield. 



Timothy — The hot, dry weather did not leave much good hay, but 

 what there was was good, selling from $15 to $17 per ton. 



Clover — Very little. 



Prairie Hay — Hardly any left in the county. 



Other Grains and Grasses — A poor year for all grains and grasses. 



Potatoes — Very small yield and poor quality. 



Vegetables — The vegetables did not do well on account of drouth. 



Apples — One of the best crops in years. 



Other Fruits — All of the very best. 



Cattle — Only a few heavy feeders around here. I am, therefore, un- 

 able to give much accurate information. 



Horses — A great many horses in the county and many being sold to 

 eastern markets; prices are good. 



Swine — Thousands of hogs raised in this part of the country. I have 

 heard of no disease and prices are good. We have all breeds. 



Sheep — Very few are owned in the county but I am told the farmers 

 are buying them. 



