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Prairie hay — A good crop, and selling at from $3.50 to $5 per ton. 



Potatoes — A large crop; selling at twenty cents per bushel. 



Apples— Yield, and quality good; three carloads of summer and fall, and 

 two carloads of winter apples shipped out. 



Cattle — A great number being fed for beef. 



Horses— HesLvy drafts very scarce owing to large number being bought 

 for shipment. Prices range from $125 to $200 per head for animals weighing 

 from fourteen hundred to sixteen hundred pounds. 



Swine — No disease among them. Thoroughbred Duroc Jerseys, Chester 

 Whites and Poland Chinas raised extensively. 



Sheep — Not many kept or raised. 



Lands— Very little changing hands; prices range from $75 to $100 per 

 acre. 



Report of fair — Held at Ogden, September 14th, 15th and 16th. Favor- 

 able weather prevailed throughout the days of the fair (for the first time 

 during the past seven years) and it was a success, both in point of exhibits 

 and financially. 



The exhibits were on an average with former years, with the exception of 

 that in the horse department, which surpassed all former exhibits. 



The society erected a new cattle barn during the past season, dimensions 

 of which are 24 by 80 feet; also a new sheep barn, 24 by 50 feet. These 

 improvements filled a long felt want and were appreciated by the stock men. 

 The cost of these buildings was $375. 



BUCHANAN. 



C. W. sates, Independence^ Iowa, Septeynber 24 , 1904. 



The general condition of crops the past season have been better than for 

 several years, owing to the season being much more favorable to the agri- 

 culturist, upon whose success so much depends. 



Or/;— While the larger proportion of the crop is of good quality and will 

 yield well, that which was planted late and on low lying land was damaged 

 somewhat by a heavy frost on September 11th. 



6>rt/5— Quality generally very good and yielded from twenty-five to thirty- 

 five bushels per acre; price 28 to 30 cents. 



W>'/!<?a/— Very little wheat is being raised in this county. A good quality 

 can be produced when mixed with oats. 



Rye— Acresige small; quality good, 



^ar/<?3/— Acreage small. 



Buckwheat— AQvesige small; quality good. 



Millet— AcxesigQ small; quality good. 



Sor s: hunt— Acresige small; quality good. 



Timothy — Yield and quality exceptionally good, and selling at from $5 to 

 $6 per ton. 



Clover— Yery little grown. 



Prairie //ajv— Quality good, and selling at from $4 to $5 per ton. 



Potatoes — An abundant crop and of tine quality; selling at from 20 to 25 

 cents per bushel. 



