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using the products of three hundred acres of cucumbers, onions, etc., and 

 a canning factory, using the product of five hundred acres. 



Lands — Are improving in quality by reason of more intelligent farm- 

 ing, and prices range from sixty-five to one hundred and twenty-five 

 dollars per acre. 



Report of Fair — Our first annual county fair was held at Marshall- 

 town, September 18-21, with fine exhibits in all live stock departments 

 except sheep, of which there are but few flocks in the county, and the 

 attendance reached upward of twenty thousand. A stock company was 

 organized in June, 1906, with capital stock of ten thousand dollars 

 ($10,000), nearly all of which was sold, forty (40) per cent being paid 

 in cash. The society erected five substantial buildings, have an im- 

 provement account cf forty-two hundred dollars ($4,200), of which there 

 is about twelve hundred ($1,200) in cash on hand. At a meeting of the 

 stockholders since the holding of the fair it was voted, without a dis- 

 senting vote, to increase the capital stock to thirty thousand dollars 

 ($30,000), sell the same and purchase the grounds used the past year. 



MARSHALL. 



H. F. STOUFFER, RHODES, OCTOBER 19, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Of good quality, and will yield above an average crop. 



Oats — Fair quality, and above the average in yield. 



Wheat — Slightly above the average of former years. 



Rye, Barley, Flax, Buckwheat, Millet and Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — An average crop. 



Clover — Good average crop. 



Prairie Hay — Very little raised. 



Potatoes — Good average crop, both in quality and yield. 



Vegetables — Above the average crop. 



Apples — Early varieties yielded a good crop, while of late varieties 

 there are very few. 



Cattle — A large per cent cf the cattle here are thoroughbred and 

 pedigreed, and those that are not are high grade. Short-Horns predomi- 

 nate. 



Hoeses — While there are some few drivers, principally large horses 

 are raised, of the draft breeds. 



Swine — A great deal of attention is given to raising of hogs, nearly 

 all farmers using pure bred boars. The principal breeds raised are 

 Poland-China, Chester White and Duroc Jersey. 



Sheep — Very few, but are of a good grade. 



Poultry — All classes are of good quality. 



Bees — Very few kept. 



Drainage — A great deal of tiling has been done. 



Lands-=— Are advancing in price, and now range from seventy-five to 

 one hundred and ten dollars per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Rhodes, October 2-4. 



