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Corn — Much soft corn; forty per cent will shell but will not keep 

 expect the winter be continuously cold. 



Oats — Light in weight and average twenty-five bushels; quality poor. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — But little raised. 



Flax — Gk>od but acreage light; yield seven to twelve bushels per acre. 



Buckwheat — Good crop; nearly all ripened although some late. 



Millet — Fine crop; mostly cut for hay. 



Sorghum — None. 



Timothy — Good crops but weather damaged much hay. 



Cix)VER — Average crop. 



Prairie Hay — Average crop. 



Potatoes — Fine on sandy or well drained land; some rot on mucky 

 soil; acreage light. 



Vegetables — Average or better. 



Apples — Some orchards extra good, others very light to total failure 

 on account of late spring frosts; probably two-thirds average crop in the 

 county at large. 



0THE2J Fruits — Small fruits very light, owing to continued summer 

 rains. 



Cattle — Average crop or better; prices good; many brought in to feed. 



Horses — High in price but sellers scarce. The county has been scoured 

 by foreign buyers and A No. 1 horses went at seller's price. 



Swine — Pretty well sold out at this date; high prices prevailed and 

 soft corn crop made farmers cautious. Stockers about average in num- 

 ber; fat stock below the average in numbers at this time of the year. 



Sheep — Very few kept here. 



Poultry- — High in price and crop about the average in numbers and 

 quality. 



Bees — Average yield of honey and hives in good shape for winter; hives 

 usually very strong. 



Drainage — More drainage every year; tile factories are behind with 

 orders and many farmers cannot get tile this year. 



Other Industries — Two tile factories running at full capacity most of 

 the time; self propelling dredges manufactured and operated, also ditchers. 



Lands — Selling no lower although sales have been slow on account of 

 continuous rains. 



Report of Fair — Held at Britt, September 4-6; attendance good, per- 

 formance satisfactory; gate receipts, etc., ahead of expenditures. 



HARDIN. 



H. S. Martin, Eldora, September 21, 1907. 



Corn- — Stand about three-fourths. 

 Oats — Light. 

 Wheat — Fair. 

 Millet — Good. 

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