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Other Fruits — The rain interfered with the strawberry crop at 

 time of picking, so that best results were not obtained. 



Cattle — Had the best of pasturage and are looking very fine. Some of 

 the best pure-bred cattle are kept in this county, representing all the 

 beef and dairy breeds. 



Horses — Are in excellent condition; all farm horses are of draft 

 breeds, and well bred. 



Swine — A great many kept and raised, and have done well the past 

 season. 



Sheep — Have done well, although there is not many kept in this 

 county. 



Poultry — Did well, and probably increase in number raised, as there 

 is a good market. 



Bees — Not many kept. 



Drainage — Natural conditions are very good, and very little artifi- 

 cial drainage is necessary. 



Other Industries — There are seventeen banks in this county with 

 a cash capital of '$5,000,000, and with $25,000,000 deposits. Sheldon 

 is the largest city in the county, with a population of 2,800. and has 

 electric lights, water-works, and a flour-mill with a capacity of six 

 hundred barrels per day, also a wholesale grocery house. Sheldon is 

 also the home of one hundred commercial travelers. 



Lands — Are about ten dollars per acre higher this year than last, 

 and now range in price from seventy-five to ninety-five dollars per 

 acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Sheldon, August 28-31. The weather was 

 favorable and attendance was unusually good. Everything was pulled 

 off as advertised, and every one was well pleased. 



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J. C. BICKNER. CLARINDA, OCTOBER 15, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Extra good and favor- 

 able. 



Report of Fair — Held at Clarinda, September 3-7. 



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JAS. A. SWALLOW, SHENANDOAH, OCTOBER 24, 1906. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Early spring and mid- 

 summer was very dry; crops very good. 



Corn — Medium crop. 



Oats — Good. 



Wheat — Excellent, fall variety yielding from thirty to fifty bushels 

 per acre, while the spring variety yielded from twenty to twenty-eight 

 bushels per acre. 



Rye — Small acreage, medium crop. 

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