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Other Fruits — Small fruit abundant; good crop of plums and cherries. 



Cattle — Improving. A marked tendency toward dairy cattle and the 

 dairy industry generally. 



Horses — Prices are high. The breeds are improving rapidly, es- 

 pecially the heavy draft horses. Automobiles seem to have put the 

 roadsters out of business. 



Sivine — More than ever before; no disease reported. 



Sheep — Not extensively raised. 



Poultry — More than • usual. More attention being paid to the breed- 

 ing of poultry every year. 



Bees — Not many. 



Drainage — This county is doing more drainage than any other coun- 

 ty in the state. 



Other Industries — There is little in the way of manufacturing products. 

 Tile factory doing a good business. 



Lands — Values have increased from $10.00 to $25.00 per acre in the 

 last year. There is a strong demand by actual homeseekers from the 

 east and south and prices will doubtless go higher. 



Report of Fair — Held September 17-20. We had rain on Monday, 

 Tuesday and Wednesday which cut down the stock exhibits but on the 

 whole the fair was a decided success. 



LEE. 



CHRIS HAFFNEB, DONNELLSON, OCTOBER 23, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season very favorable; crops 

 good. 



Corn — Good quality; large yield. 



Oats — Best quality and yield we have had for years. 



Wheat — Very light crop. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — None grown. 



Flax — None grown. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Some sown; good yield. 



Sorghum — Pair crop. 



Timothy — Pine quality. Pair crop. 



Clover — Not a heavy crop. Pair. 



Prairie Hay — Not any. 



Potatoes — Light crop. 



Vegetables — Good crop. 



Apples — Very fair crop. 



Other Fruits — Pair crop. 



Cattle — Shorthorns and Polled Angus predominate. 



Horses — Roadsters and Percherons leading breeds. 



Swine — Chester White, Duroc Jerseys and Poland Chinas predominate. 



Sheep — Shropshires and Delaines take the lead. 



Poultry — Great interest taken in this industry and nearly all breeds 

 represented. 



