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Prairie Hay — Practically none raised. 



Potatoes — Early ones a very light crop because of the dry weather. 

 Later ones were a very good crop and of extra fine quality. 



Vegetables — Nearly all varieties were of good quality and yielded well. 



Apples, — Practically none. 



Other Fruits — Short crop of strawberries and raspberries; most other 

 fruits were killed by spring frosts. 



Cattle — Many farmers and breeders are getting blooded herds. Short 

 Horns, Black Polled, Herefords, and Holsteins predominate. There are 

 about the average number in the county. 



Horses — Percheron the principal breed. Standard improving. 



Swine — Poland Chinas and Duroc Jerseys are the most prominent 

 breeds. The number of hogs in the county is considerably reduced by 

 reason of the high price of feed the past two years. 



Sheep — Cotswold and Shropshires the prevalent breeds. There is a 

 slight increase in the number being raised. 



Poultry — Larger numbers and the breeds are improving. 



Bees — Very few stands in this county; not enough honey produced to 

 supply the home demand. 



Drainage — Considerable is being done in the drainage line by individ- 

 uals but the county is doing nothing. 



Other Industries — Eight or nine creameries doing a good business. 



Lands — Have advanced from $20 to $30 per acre in the past year and 

 many farms are being transferred. 



Report of Fair — Held at Osage September 27, 28, and 29th. The atten- 

 dance was first rate; exhibits were short in some departments but they 

 were of the best quality. We consider the fair a success from every point 

 of view. 



MONONA. 



A. W. BURGESS, ONAWA, SEPTEMBEB 22, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops good; season favorable. 

 Corn — Fifty bushels. 

 Oats — Fifty bushels. 

 Wheat — Twenty to twenty-five bushels. 

 Rye — No rye. 

 Barley — None. 

 Flax — None. 

 Buckwheat — Not any. 

 Millet — Very little raised. 

 Sorghum — Very little grown. 

 Timothy — Very little. 

 Clover — But little. 



Prairie Hay — Crop light and quality poor. 



Potatoes — Acreage not as large as usual and crop is not up to the aver- 

 age. 



Apples — None. 



Other Fruit? — Not am-. 



