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Potatoes — Light, crop. 



Vegetables — Light crop. 



Apples — Some orchards had no apples at all, others only a few. 



Cattle — Scarce and high priced. 



Horses — Scarce and high priced. 



Stoine — A good many hogs but cholera has been prevalent. 



Sheep — Not very plentiful. 



Poultry — Not as many as usual. 



Bees — Not many. 



Lands — Selling from $65 to $130 per acre. 



Report of Fair— Held September 12-14, 1912. 



WEBSTER. 



J. C. SAVAGE, FORT DODGE, OCTOBER, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — All crops above the average 

 of the last four years. 



Corn — Average per acre 42 bushels. Quality good. 



Oats — Good quality and average yield about 39i bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Grown only in about two townships in this county. Quality 

 fair and the average yield about 18i/4 bushels. 



Barley — Acreage limited. Average per acre 40 bushels. 



Flax — I know of none. 



Buckwheat — None grown for market. 



Millet — Average 1% tons per acre. This crop is usually planted where 

 corn or other crops have failed. 



Sorghum — Some small patches grown for the purpose of making 

 sorghum. None grown for forage. 



Timothy — Quality good; weather conditions ideal for harvesting. Aver- 

 age per acre about IJ tons. 



Clover — Not many fields of clover. Usually grown with timothy. 



Prairie Hay — Upland prairie hay is a thing of the past in this county. 



Other Grains and Grasses — None. 



Potatoes — Not a very good crop. Potatoes are now being shipped in 

 from the north to supply local demand. 



Apples — Complete failure in this county. 



Other Fruits — Plums and grapes a good crop. 



Cattle — Not enough kept in this county to eat the rough feed. They 

 are high in price and it is hard to secure stockers and milk cows. 



Horses — More being raised in recent years and most all are using full 

 blood sires. 



Swine — Large percent died of cholera. 



Sheep — None that I know of in this locality. 



Drainage — Is being conducted by the county board of supervisors for 

 the last eight years and is meeting with great approval by more of the 

 tax payers. 



Lands — Good land in this county sells for $125.00 to $150.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held September 24-27. 



