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Other Industries — Lime kilns, button factory, creamery and broom 

 factory all doing a good business. 



Report of Fair — Held at Maquoketa September 3-6. We had good 

 weather and the largest attendance for a number of years. 



JASPER. 



F. E. MEREDITH, NEWTON, OCTOBER 15, 1912. 



General Conditon of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Good. 



Oats — Excellent. 



V/heat — Excellent. 



Rye — Good. 



Barley — None. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — I know of none. 



Millet — Not any. 



Sorghum — None that I know of. 



Timothy — Fair. 



Clover — Fair. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Fair. 



Yegetahles — Good. 



Apples — Very poor. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — Good. 



Horses — Good. 



Swine — Good. 



Sheep — Good. 



Poultry — Good. 



Bees — Good. 



Drainage — Excellent. 



Other Industries — Good. 



Lands — Very high. 



Report of Fair — Held August 19-22. Largest number of entries we 

 ever had; fine weather, attendance not quite so large as last year but 

 just as much money taken in from all sources. Very good races and 

 good attractions. We built a fine new grandstand, and had it not been 

 for this we would have had a nice balance on hand. 



JEFFERSON. 



SANFORD ZEIGLE. 



Corn — 100 per cent on basis of a ten year average. 



Oats — 120 per cent. 



Wheat — 50 per cent. Much of it winter killed. 



Rye — Same as wheat. 



Barley — 100 per cent. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None to speak of. 



