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Vegetables — There are a couple of very fine market gardens in the 
county and also some watermelon farms. 
Apples — Very few raised. 
Other Fruits — Not a great deal of fruit raised; some small fruit. 
Cattle — This industry very prosperous; many breeders of fine stock, 
principally Shorthorns, Herefords and Aberdeen-Angus. 
Horses — Very prosperous; many breeders of pure bred horses, princi- 
pally Percherons, but a good many Clydes, Coach and Hackneys, also 
Shetland ponies have been increasing during the last few years. Many 
horses are sent from here to the east and south. 
Sioine — Many breeders of fine stock; so far there has practically been 
no disease among the swine this year. 
Sheep — Not a very extensive industry but one that is growing rapidly. 
The sheep exhibit at the fair this year was the best on record. 
Poultry — Very extensive industry; all farmers raise a good deal of 
poultry and there are many breeders of fancy stock. 
Bees — Not much interest shown in bee culture here. 
Drainage — Much money is being spent on county ditches and the 
county is being pretty well drained. 
Other Ifidiistries— There are several tile factories and canning fac- 
tories in successful operation and also several creameries. 
Lands— Are becoming very valuable; farms have changed hands here 
this fall at from $100 to $125 per acre. 
Report of Fair— Held September 22 to 25. Attendance and exhibits 
fair. There were no races except a few pony races. 
TAMA. 
A. G. Smith. Toledo, October, 1908. 
Corn — Planting delayed on account of a cold, backward spring and 
September was dry with some frosts. Late corn dried up. A sounder 
and better crop than in 1907; the yield is about forty bushels per acre. 
Oats — Also averaged a better yield and better quality than 1907, the 
yield being from ten to forty-five bushels per acre; average about twenty. 
Wheat — Acreage small but increasing slightly. The quality was gen- 
erally good; some pieces of winter wheat yielded forty bushels per acre. 
Eye — Very little raised. 
Barley — Was the best of the grain crops this season; quality was 
good and the yield about twenty-five to twenty-eight bushels per acre. 
Flax — Has ceased to be an item with us. 
Buckwheat — ^Very little. 
Millet — ^Very few fields, although what there is is of excellent yield. 
Sorghum — Pretty nearly extinct; season favorable on account of late 
frosts. 
Timothy — Larger yield and more cut for seed than for years; sales 
made from field at from four to six dollars per ton; the seed yield was 
good. 
Clover — Conditions about the same as timothy; seed yield about two 
and one-half bushels per acre. 
