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Apples — A failure; buds all killed by the late freeze in May. 



Other Fruits — A few grapes but no other fruits to speak of. 



Cattle — Not in very good condition on account of the short pastures 

 and the scarcity of good stock. 



Horses — Not very plentiful but the demand is good and prices of good 

 draft horses are high. 



Sunne — Not a great many young pigs in the county. Have heard of no 

 disease among the hogs this summer. 



Sheep, — Quite a good many farmers have small herds of good quality. 



Poultry — Every farmer has a goodly number of chickens but there are 

 not many turkeys. Eggs are in great demand and command a high price. 



Bees — Not very many kept. The season has been too dry for honey. 



Drainage — A great deal of tile is being put in by the farmers. 



Other Industries — This is principally an agricultm-al county. 



Lands — Advancing in price. Some eighty acre tracts have sold around 

 $200 per acre but there is not as much land changing hands as formerly. 



Report of Fair — Held at Winterset September 13-15 inclusive. The 

 horse exhibit was good; not many cattle shown, on account of their being 

 in poor condition, and exhibits in all the other departments were poor. 



MAHASKA. 



0. F. MOMYEB, NEW SHARON*, SEPTEMBER 24, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops in general were never 

 better. The season has been ideal, although it was a little dry for good 

 pastures. 



Corn — Above the average, both as to quality and yield. 



Oats — Quality and yield good. 



Wheat — Best in years; acreage larger than common. 



Rye — Very little sown. 



Barley — Very little sown. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — Very little; too dry. 



Sorghum — Larger acreage than usual; quality excellent. 



Timothy — Light crop but good quality. 



Clover — Splendid. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses— Average. 



Potatoes — Late crop poor; early ones splendid. 



Vegetables — Good . 



Apples — None. 



Other Fruits — Very poor with the exception of strawberries. 



Cattle — There is a shortage of good feeders and prices are high. 



Horses — Large supply, and demand for all grades is good. 



Swine — Average number of pigs; prices good. 



Sheep — More than usual and they are in good demand. 



Poultry — Excellent crop of chickens; turkey crop light. 



