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Wheat — Small acreage, but yield and quality above the average. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Good where threshed early. Some barley and oats yet In 

 shock, and is colored badly. 



Flax — Smaller acreage than in former years, but yielded a fair crop. 



Buckwheat — Small acreage, but yielded a good crop. 



Millet — Good. 



Sorghum — Very little raised except for forage' 



Timothy — Good; generally well stacked or in barn. 



Clover — Good. 



Prairie Hay — Good, and being harvested at the present time. Weath- 

 er fine until September 15; some rain since. 



Potatoes — Some blight, but generally very good. Ample for local de- 

 mand; very few shipped. 



Apples — Light crop. A few hundred bushels shipped, most of the 

 crop being used locally. 



Other Fruits — An unusually heavy crop of plums. 



Cattle — A greater number than usual, and are in good condition. 



Horses — Bring good prices; many shipped out last spring. Farmers 

 are taking more interest in this industry and are breeding better mares, 

 and to stallions nearly all of which are imported. 



SwixE — Spring crop of pigs a little light, but are in good condition. 

 No disease reported. 



Sheep — Very few flocks, but are in good condition. 



Poultry — A greater number raised than usual, and are of better strains. 



Bees — Good condition, with hives heavily loaded with honey. 



Drainage — Receiving more attention than formerly, large tracts being 

 drained by the county and a great deal of tile being laid. 



Other Industries — Tile factory running full capacity and output Is 

 contracted for in advance. 



Lands — Very little changing hands, and prices have remained station- 

 ary for the past three years. 



Report of Fair — Held at Britt, September 4-6. Fair weather prevailed 

 and the attendance was good. Swine exhibit was the largest ever seen 

 on the grounds, and the exhibits in all live stock and other departments 

 were good. The fair was a success financially and otherwise. 



HARDIN. 



H. S. MARTIN, ELDORA, OCTOBER 2, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Excellent. 



Oats — Good. 



Wheat — Good. 



Rye — Fair. 



Timothy — Good. 



Clover — Good. 



Potatoes — Fair. 



