SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK-PART XII. 755 



Lands — Ready sale at from seventy-five to one hundred and twenty-five 

 dollars per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Tipton, August 28-31. Good weather pre- 

 vailed throughout, the only objection being the dust. Declared a suc- 

 cessful fair in every respect. A good showing of horses, cattle, sheep, 

 and swine. Exhibit of poultry the best in years. Display of fruit and 

 vegetables fine. In the art hall, as usual, the ladies made a large and 

 beautiful display. Special displays by merchants were good. 



The attendance was good. The races were the center of attraction, 

 there being a good field of horses and all races well contested. 



CHICKASAW. 



W. F. GETSCH (treasurer), XASHUA, OCTOBER 18, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season could not have been 

 more favorable. 



Corn — Fully matured before frost; will average about thirty-five bush- 

 els per acre. 



Oats — Yielded about thirty bushels per acre, and was of good quality. 



Wheat — None raised. 



Rye — Yielded about twenty bushels per acre. 



Barley — Of good quality and yielded about thirty bushels per acre. 



Flax— None raised. 



Buckwheat — Of good quality and yielded about fifteen bushels per 

 acre. 



Millet — Very good. 



Sorghum — Good. 



Timothy — Light yield, owing to month of May being very dry; aver- 

 aged about one ton per acre. 



Clover — Good, yielded about one ton and a half per acre. . 



Prairie Hay — Heavy yield. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 



Potatoes — Yielded a very good crop. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Good yield. 



Other Fruits — Very good. 



Cattle — Average number, but not as many heavy steers as usual. 



Horses — Marketable ones are scarce. 



Swine — Quality is improving. 



Sheep — Not very many. 



Poultry — Plentiful. 



Bees — Quite a number in this section. 



Drainage — Natural condition is very good; no tiling being done. 



Lands — Range in price from forty-five to eighty dollars per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Nashua, September 4-7. Exhibits in every 

 department were larger than ever before in the history of our association. 

 Attractions were good, and the attendance large, and the fair as a whole 

 was pronounced a success. 



