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Timothy — A very good crop; above the average. 



Clover — Crop above the average; some seed being threshed from the 

 second cutting. 



Prairie Hay — Usual crop; not much acreage. 



Potatoes — Early potatoes a large crop; late ones about average. 



Vegetables — A good average yield. 



Apples — Very small crop; considerably less than usual. 



Other Fruits — Small fruits, such as raspberries and blackberries suf- 

 fered from drouth; a large yield of plums, currants and strawberries; 

 cherries fair. 



Cattle — About the average number; in good condition. 



Horses — Usual number; fine quality and in good condition. 



Swine — Some cholera; not the average number. 



Sheep — Very few in the county. 



Poultry — About the usual number; in good condition. 



Bees — Very few; a good year for honey. 



Drainage — One drainage district in the county. A great deal of pri- 

 vate drainage being put in. 



Law(Z5— Selling from $80.00 to $175.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 10-12 inclusive. Good weather; large 

 attendance; exhibits less than usual. Too much money put into at- 

 tractions. 



CALHOUN. 



J. C. HOAG, MANSOX, SEPTEMBEJR 16, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 

 Corn — Will average 50 bushels. 

 Oats — Yielded from 40 to 80 bushels per acre. 

 Wheat — About 20 bushels to the acre. 

 Barley — About 30 bushels per acre. 

 Millet — Four tons to the acre. 



Timothy — Hay will average one ton to the acre. A good many acres 

 cut for seed. 



Clover — Will make IJ or 2 tons per acre; not much cut for seed. 



Prairie Hay — Scarce. 



Potatoes — One hundred bushels per acre. 



Vegetables — Cabbage and tomatoes are good. 



Apples — None. 



Other Fruits — Plums are fine. 



Cattle — Are in fine condition; not as many as usual. 



Horses — In good condition. y 



Sioine — About the same as usual. 



Sheep — Not extensively raised. 



Poultry — Great many chickens, ducks and geese, but not many turkeys. 



Drainage — About completed. 



Lands — Valued at about $125.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair— Held August 19-22, 1912. 



