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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
trotter, pacer and runner, resulted in bringing out the best field of horses 
that ever assembled at Woodland Park track. The race enthusiasts 
showed their appreciation by turning out in large numbers. The former 
track record was broken in the time of 2:04i^. The six best free attrac- 
tions that could be procured were presented each afternoon in front of 
the grand stand, and with six bands of music gave entertainment and 
pleasure' that the people enjoyed. 
A new and novel innovation of the fair was the Scottish games and 
dances given in open air exhibition by the members of the St. Andrews 
Society of Sioux City in front of the grand stand. These exercises were 
witnessed by a vast concourse of people and were enthusiastically re- 
ceived. 
WORTH. 
E. H. Miller, Northwood. September 24, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — Fair crop; oats as a rule 
were light in weight and yielded from ten to thirty bushels per acre. 
Corn is fine, except on low lands where it was badly damaged by wet 
weather in the fore part of the season. 
Corn — Fine prospect, except on low lands. 
Oats — Medium crop, light in weight and yield. 
Ri/e — Very little grown but what w^e have is a fair crop. 
Barley — Very good in quality and yield. 
Flax — Good crop; fine quality. 
Buckwheat — ^Very little raised. 
Millet — Not much raised. 
Sorghum — Not much grown. 
Timothy — Splendid crop and saved in fine condition. 
Clover — Good crop; some being cut for seed. 
Prairie Hay — Good crop. 
Potatoes — Crop is fair on the high ground but nearly a failure on tho 
low land. 
Vegetables — Mostly very good. 
Apples — Small crop and very high. 
Other Fruits — Not very plentiful. 
Cattle — Stockers plentiful and cheap. 
Horses — Twenty-five per cent cheaper than last year. 
Swine — About the usual number and are high in price. 
Sheep — Only kept here in small flocks. 
Poultry — Plentiful; about the usual number of young raised. 
Bees — Have done very well until the recent dry weather. 
Drainage — Quite a large acreage is being drained by dredge and tile 
drains. 
Lands — Lands are holding their own but very little is changing hands. 
Report of Fair— Held September 14. 15 and 16, 1908. Weather fine; 
attendance large and more exhibits than we have had for years. 
