NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 
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Po/a<oes-EaiIy potatoes good; late potatoes light on account of dry 
weather. "^ 
Vegetahlrs—Avoragti. 
Apples— No apples, on account of frost. 
Other Fruits — None. 
Cattle— Move good cattle in this county than ever before; many of the 
farmers getting small fancy herds. 
horses-Crov about average with last year; good stallions coming in 
Swtne-Not as good as last year; not many ready for market on ac- 
count of high, priced feed. 
Sheep— None to speak of. 
Poultry— More than usual. 
hces — Average. 
Drai7iage-This county— the western part— is being ditched most every- 
where; the big canal is well under way and many small ones being dug 
Lands— hand business this summer has been quite brisk and many 
acres have changed hands; prices here range from $60 to $150 per acre 
Report of Fair-Held September 16, 17 and 18. Good a.splay of every- 
thing but the attendance was not up to what it should have been. 
MUSCATINE. 
W. H. SiriPArAx, Wkst Libkrty, Oc-ronKK 27, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and 8easo?i— Good average season; not 
backward at any time. 
Corn— Good yield and quality and acreage up to the average. 
Oa^s- Below the average in quality and yield; too hot at the time of 
blooming. 
V/heat—Yery little raised; good quality. 
Rye — None raised. 
Barley — Fair crop; acreage small. 
Flax — None raised. 
Buckwheat— Very little raised. 
Millet — None raised. 
Sorghum — None raised. 
'1 tmothy—^xira good in quantity and quality; acreage above the aver- 
age. 
Clover— Yery good in yield and saved in fine condition. 
Prairie Hay — None. 
Po^a^oes— Above an average yield and quality good. 
Yegetahles-^ome sugar beets raised with a satisfactory yield. 
Apples — Good average crop. 
Other Fruits— Grai>es and peaches a heavy crop; small fruits a good 
average. 
Cattle— The number fed is below the average; the demand for milk 
makes the good milk cow bring a good price. 
Worses— Good demand for everything that is salable; good ones scarce 
and hard to buy. 
F!toine—A little light for this time of the season on account of scarcity 
of old corn; no cholera. 
