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Other Fruits — Grapes and plums good; also small fruits. 



Cattle — Quality improved. Feed plentiful a,nd stock in good condition. 



Horses — About the usual number raised and of better stock. 



Swine — Hog cholera last fall and winter reduced the stock of hogs 

 and there will not be as many marketed as usual. 



Sheep — Not many but more farmers are buying them. 



Poultry — Gradually on the increase. 



Bees — Very few. 



Drainage — Considerable work has been done in the past three years. 



Lands — Increasing in value; ranging from $100.00 to $180.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Nashua September 2-6th. Weather conditions 

 favorable; attractions satisfactory and exhibits good. Altogether the 

 best fair we have ever had. 



CHICKASAW. 



F. D. GRIFFIN, NEW HAMPTON, OCTOBER 18, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Fair yield; about 40 bushels per acre. Two-thirds of the crop 

 fully matured. 



0\ats — Extra good; average yield 50 bushels. 



Wheat — Not much grown; average yield; about 20 bushels per acre. 



Rye — Fair. 



Barley — Good; average yield 40 bushels per acre. 



Flax — Fair; average 15 bushels per acre. 



BucTcioheiat — Fair crop. 



Millet — Good. 



Sorg hum — Good . 



Timothy — Fair. 



Clover — Not much grown. 



Prairie Hay — Light crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Fair. 



Potatoes — Good. 



Yegetahles — Good. 



Apples — Light crop. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — Shorthorns, Holsteins, Polled Angus and Galloways. 



Horses — Clydesdales, Percherons, Belgians and Coach. 



Swine — Poland Chinas, Chester White and Duroc. 



Sheep — Medium and long wool. 



Poultry — All kinds. 



Drainage — Good. 



Other Industries — None to speak of. 



Lands — In good condition; increasing in value. 



Report of Fair — Attendance extra good; weather, attractions and ex- 

 hibits all good. Held at New Hampton on September 10-14. 



