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Vegetables — Excellent crop. 

 Apples — Three-fourths of a crop. 

 Other Fruits — Large yield. 

 Cattle — Large number in the county. 

 Horses — A great many in the county. 

 Siuine — Prices high. Short in number. 

 Sheep — Quite a lot of sheep. 

 Poultry — Getting better all the time. 

 Bees — Average. 

 Drainage — Good. 

 Other Industries — Flourishing. 

 Lands — Good. Value high. 



Report of Fair— Held September 17-20. Good fair; in fact better than 

 usual, both as to attendance and exhibits. 



WAPELLO. 



H. R. BAKER, ELDON, OCTOBER 28, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season a little drouthy during 

 month of August but the general condition of crops is good. 



Corn — Very good crop and of good quality. New crop starting out at 

 40 cents per bushel. 



Oats — Unusually good, some yielding as high as 60 bushels per acre 

 and of good quality. 



Wheat— About two-thirds winter killed. The rest did fairly well. 



Rye — Very little sowed but that did well. 



Barley — No barley. 



Flax — Not any. 



Buckioheat — None. 



Millet — Some millet and it made a good crop. 



Sorghum — Not much sown. 



Timothy— Fine crop; good quality. Price about $12.00 per ton. 



Clover — Very good crop. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Not any. 



Potatoes — Light crop; fair quality. 



Vegetables — Most of the vegetables did fairly well. 



Apples — Small crop; good quality. 



Other Fruits — Small fruits a good crop. 



Cattle — Very scarce and high priced. 



Horses — More plentiful than usual and the prices are high. We have 

 a much better grade of horses than a year ago. 



Swine — Healthful condition and plentiful. 



Sheep — Not many in this locality. 



Poultry — A very paying industry. 



Bees — Not any. 



Drainage — Considerable drain tile being put in with good results. 



Lands — Good lands selling from $100 to $150 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 3-6th. Elegant weather and large at- 

 tendance. The fair was a financial success. 



