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Glover — About two tons per acre. 



Prairie Hay — Good. 



Potatoes — Good prospect for late potatoes. 



Apples — Poor crop. 



Cattle — Healthy and in good condition; good milch cows bring $50.00. 



Horses — Prices hold about the same. 



Smine — Not more than two-thirds of average number. Some hog 

 cholera. 



Sheep — Declining. 



Poultry — More than the average number this year; good prices pre- 

 vailing. 



Lands — Increasing in value from ten to twenty dollars per year. 



Report of Fair — On account of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show being 

 held in Manchester during our fair dates our fair was a financial failure. 



DICKINSON. 



W. W. WHITE, SPIRIT LAKE, SEPTEMBER 16, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crop conditions above the 

 average. Crop season favorable although dry weather is needed to ma- 

 ture late corn. 



Corn — Average acreage; good stand; heavy yield; excellent quality. 



Oats — Average acreage; heavy yield. Conservatively estimated at 55 

 bushels per acre; good quality. 



Wheat — Small acreage of winter wheat; yield reported extra good. 

 Spring wheat yield about 20 bushels per acre; quality good. 



Rye — Very little; no report. 



Barley — Light acreage; good yield and quality. 



Flax — Acreage below average; yield and quality good. 



Buckwheat — No report. 



Millet — Heavy yield; small acreage. 



Sorghum — Heavy yield; small acreage. 



Timothy — Heavy hay crop; above average amount of seed harvested. 



Clover — Heavy hay crop; no seed crop reported. 



Prairie Hay — Heavy yield. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Small acreage of alfalfa. Yield reported 

 above average. 



Potatoes — Early and late potato acreage about average. Yield above 

 the average. 



Yegetahles — Good quality; heavy yield. 



Apples — Light crop. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, etc., yield heavy; 

 quality excellent. 



Cattle — Not so many as usual. In good condition. 



Horses — Average number; in good condition. 



Sioine — Pig crop about average. In good condition and healthy. 



Sheep — Not so many as usual. 



Poultry — Supply as good, or above, the average. 



Bees — Light supply. Condition and production good. 



