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Horses — Are scarce and command high prices. 



Swine — More than the average crop of pigs. None being marketed 

 as yet. 



Sheep — Very few raised or kept. 



Poultry — Scarce, and prices high. 



Bees — Did not do very well this season. 



Drainage — A great deal of tiling being done. 



Other Industries — Corn canning is one of the leading industries here. 

 The canning company had fifteen hundred acres contracted this year and 

 paid out nearly $30,000. The average crop of corn raised for this purpose 

 pays the farmer more than $14 per acre. Nearly 3,000,000 cans were 

 packed here this year. 



Lands — Prices remain about the same as last year. 



Report of Fair— Held at La Porte City, September 19, 20, 21 and 22. 

 The best pleased crowd we ever had. The attendance was light, owing 

 to the fact that Waterloo, (fifteen miles north), and Vinton (fifteen miles 

 south) each held a carnival on the same dates. 



The grade draft suckling colt class was pronounced the best ever 

 seen, not excepting the State Fair. There were nineteen colts in this 

 class, all of which were fine specimens; some of them looked as though 

 they were full blood draft. All other departments of the fair were well 

 filled with excellent exhibits. 



BOONE. 



F. M. LOREXZEX, OGDEX, OCTOBER 23, 1905. 



General Condition of Crops and Season. — Better than for several 

 years. Crops are above the average, both in yield and quantity. 



Corn. — A large acreage planted and will yield a good crop, averaging 

 about forty bushels per acre. Favorable maturing weather has made 

 quality good. 



Oats. — iTield not so heavy. W^ill average about thirty bushels per 

 acre. Rains during threshing season somewhat affected grade. 



Wheat. — Acreage small, but quality good. 



7^1/e.— None raised. 



Barley. — None raised. 



Flax. — None raised. 



Buckwheat. — Very little sown. 



Millet.— *NoTie raised. 



Sorghum. — Good. 



Timothy. — Light crop; below the average. 



Clover. — Below the average, both in yield and quality. 



