796 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Apples — Good quality and a big crop. 



Otiiek Fruits — Small fruit very poor crop. 



Cattle — Usual number raised in the county. 



Horses — Increase in number of horses. 



Swine — Large increase in number of swine. 



Poultry — General increase. 



Bees — Have done well, good yield of honey. 



Drainage — Considerable tileing and ditching done the past year. 



Lands — ^Value Increased, average price $75.00 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Sheldon, August 2-9. Large attendance, good 

 exhibits and attractions, races were well filled and were enjoyed by the 

 people. 



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J. C. Beckner, Clarinda, October 15, 1907. 



Corn — Fair. 

 Oats — ^Very poor. 

 Wheat — Average crop. 

 Rye — Average crop. 

 Barley — Average crop. 

 Flax — None raised. 

 Timothy — Fair yield. 

 Pbaieie Hay — Good yield. 

 Potatoes — Poor. 

 Vegetables — Fair. 

 Apples — Poor yield. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries, raspberries and blackberries average 

 crop. 



Cattle — Average number of cattle in the county. 



Horses — There seems to be a few more colts than usual. 



Swine — Average number of swine. 



Sheiep — About the usual number. 



Poultry — About the same in this vicinitj'. 



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A. W. Goldberg, Shenandoah, October 17, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good in every respect ex- 

 cepting light oats. 

 Corn — Very good. 

 Oats — Light. 

 Wheat — Above average. 

 Rye — Good. 



