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Poultry — Large flocks. 
Bees — Very few kept. 
Drainage — Good. 
Lanrfs— Advancxng rapidly. 
Report of Fair— Held September 15, 16, 17 and 18, 1908. Largest crowd 
ever had on Thursday; good weather all week, very dry and dusty. 
CLINTON. 
E. J. QuiGLEY, DeWitt, October 1, 1908. 
Corfi — Good crop. 
Oats — Average crop. 
Wheat — None raised. 
• Rye — Small acreage; crop good. 
Barley — Very little raised here. 
Flax — None. * 
Buckivheat — None. 
Millet — None. 
Sorghum — None. 
Timothy — Excellent crop. 
Clover — Good crop. 
Prairie Hay — Good crop. 
Other Grains and Grasses — All good crop. 
Potatoes — Good crop; good quality. 
Vegetables — Most varieties good. 
Apples — Average crop. 
Other Fruits — Good. 
Cattle — Many raised; prices good. 
Horses — Many good horses marketed at good prices. 
Swine — Many pure bred swine raised here; many snipped to breeders 
in other localities. 
Sheep — Few raised. 
Poultry — Raised here in large numbers; sold at good prices. 
Bees — None. 
Drainage — Considerable being done here. 
Other Industries — None. 
Lands — Good and increasing in price. 
Report of Fair — Grand success; entries in all departments good; at- 
tendance large. 
CLINTON. 
J. B. Ahrens, Lyons, September, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — An average season. 
Corn — Fair yield; about eight per cent, on lowlands a failure. 
Oats — Poor; average about thirty bushels to the acre; quality good. 
Wheat — Fall wheat good; spring wheat poor. 
Rye — Very little raised and what there was raised yielded only about 
a half a crop. 
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