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Poultry — Poultry higher in price than ever before; eggs high in 

 price all season. 



Bees — Light crop of honey. 



Drainage — Much tiling being laid every year. The new road law is a 

 success where put in operation. 



Lands — Good farms are selling at from $100 to $140 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Malcolm, August 20-22. The weather was 

 fine but the attendance was somewhat diminshed owing to the farmers 

 being engaged in threshing. Exhibits in general were good; racing was 

 excellent and the people were satisfied with the management of the fair. 

 A fine new swine barn was erected during the past season at a cost of 

 several hundred dollars. 



POWESHIEK. 

 I. S. Bailey, Jr., Grinnell, September 23, 1908. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Condition of crops fair; sea- 

 son was backward and a large amount of rainfall during the summer 

 months. 



Corn — About two-thirds of a crop. Not all out of danger of frosts at 

 this writing; about two weeks needed to ripen it properly. 



Oats — Very poor crop; light in weight, yielding from ten to thirty 

 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Very poor crop of wheat; yield about ten to fifteen bushels 

 per acre. 



Rye — Very fair crop of rye. 



Barley — Fair crop. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised; fair crop. 



Millet — Good crop. 



Sorghum — Good crop, but very little raised. 



Timothy' — Good crop and put up in good condition. 



Clover — Good, and put up in good condition. 



Prairie Hay — None raised. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 



Potatoes — Good; not as large acreage as usual. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — ^Very poor crop. 



Other Fruits — Very poor. 



Cattle — Fine condition; pastures have been .excellent throughout the 

 season. 



Horses — In fine condition. 



Swine — Good condition; not as many on hand as at this time a year 

 ago. 



Sheep — Good condition small flocks. 



Poultry — In good condition, many raised and prices high. 



Bees — In good condition and a large amount of honey secured this 

 season. 

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