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Cattle — Only the best grades are being bred. Aberdeen Angus, Here- 

 fords and Short Horns predominate. Considerable Dakota stuff is being 

 shipped in for feeding. 



Horses — Only the best are being raised here now; mostly heavy work 

 horses. More colts this year than for a number of years. Good de- 

 mand and high prices. 



Swine — Fine lot of pigs and all well bred. Herds are in splendid con- 

 dition. No cholera in the county. 



Sheep — More sheep in the county this year than usual and they are in 

 splendid condition. 



Poultry — More being raised each year and we have the best varieties. 



Bees — Very few in the county. 



Drainage — Considerable low and wet land has been tiled this year. 

 Most of the sloughs are now tiled. 



Other Industries — Woolen and flour mills report an average business; 

 canning factories have done the biggest business they have ever known. 

 Creameries have also done well. 



Lands — Building improvements on the increase; more attention given 

 to rotation of crops, fertilizing and intensive farming. Lands range in 

 price from $85 to $225 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Marengo on September 17-19. Weather was 

 unfavorable; attendance smaller than usual and exhibits,- with the ex- 

 ception of cattle, larger than usual. 



JACKSON. 



W. D. MC CAFFREY, MAQUONETA, SEPTEMBER, 1912. 



Genei'al Condition of Crops and Season — Very good. 



Corn — Good. 



Oats — Good. 



Wheat — Not much raised but what we had was good. 



Rye — Not much raised but good. 



Barley — What we had was good. 



Flax — None raised. 



BucTcwheat — Not much raised. 



Millet — Not much grown. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Light crop. 



Clover — Fair crop. 



Prairie Hay — None grown. 



Potatoes — Good yield. 



Yegetahles — Big yield. 



Apples — Very light crop. 



Other Fruits — Plums in abundance. Other fruits light. 



Oaf^Ze— Plentiful. 



Horses — Quite a number raised. 



Swine — Very good this year. 



Sheep — Not many raised. 



Poultry — Lots of poultry this year. 



Bees — Have done well this season. 



