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Potatoes — Early potatoes were a light crop; late ones were much better 

 with an average yield. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Nearly a failure, owing to late frost. 



Other Fruits — Poor. 



Cattle — Less than the average number in the county but the grades 

 are being gradually improved. Cattle are in good condition. 



Horses — This industry is increasing, especially in the driving horse 

 class. There are more good horses in the county than ever before. 



Swine — The high prices caused farmers to sell many of their brood 

 sows; still we have about the average number and the quality was never 

 better. More farmers are breeding pure bred swine than ever before. 



Sheep — The sheep industry is gaining, many farmers are now keeping 

 small flocks of good sheep. 



Poultry — One of the leading industries with the small farmer, and many 

 of the larger ones. The poultry show at our fair was very large and all 

 the leading breeds were represented. 



Bees — But few kept. 



Drainage — Some county work is being done in the western part of the 

 county and the individual farmers are tiling out their wet lands. 



Lands — Constantly increasing in value. 



Report of Fair — Held at Marshalltown September 12-16 inclusive. We 

 had a larger show and better attendance than ever before although two 

 days of bad weather kept many people away. The total attendance was 

 28,000. 



MILLS. 



I. J. SWAIN. MALVERN, SEPTEMBER 27, 1910. 



Gneml Condition of Crops and Season — The crop season opened under 

 the most favorable conditions; plenty of moisture and good temperature 

 for germination; frequent rains up to the middle of May but about the 

 middle of June a drouth set in and continued until August, at which time 

 general rains rescued the crops from failure. 



Corn — Probably 30 bushels per acre would be a fair estimate for the 

 entire county. 



Oats — Conceded to be far above the average both as to quality and quan- 

 tity. The majority of fields yielding from 50 to 60 bushels. 



Wheat — The best we have had in 20 years; the yields varying from 22 

 to 29 bushels for spring wheat and from 27 to 40 for winter varieties. 



Rye — Very little grown. 



Barley — Not much sown. 



Flax — None grown. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — Quality good, but very little grown. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Very light crop, say one to one and one-half tons per acre. 



Clover — Good yield, at least normal. The second cutting promises an 

 extraordinary yield of seed. 



