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Cattle — About the usual number. 

 Horses — Not the usual number; prices high. 

 Swine — Average. 

 Sheep — Average number. 

 Poultry — About as usual. 

 Bees — Below the average. 

 Drainage — Fairly well drained. 

 Other Industries — Good. 



Lands — Advanced $25 per acre, selling from $60 to $200 per acre. 

 Eeport of Fair — Held at Sutherland on September 7, 8 and 9. The 

 weather was good and the attendance large. 



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I). 1). STETT, CLARINDA, OCTOBER 18, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season was very peculiar, first 

 warm, then cold, then hot and dry. The fall has been fine so far. 



Corn — Acreage about average; some extra good corn, some very poor. 



Oats — Extra good quality; yield from 35 to 65 bushels per acre. The 

 straw was fine enough for hay. 



Wheat — Extra good quality. The best spring wheat we have had for 

 twenty years. 



Rye — Not much raised. » 



Barley — Very little sown. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckicheat — Very little grown. 



Millet — Limited amount raised. 



Sorghum — Good. 



Timothy — Quality extra fine; yield light. 



Clover — Fair to good yield; seed crop good. 



Prairie Hay — Very little in the county but what there was was of good 

 quality and a fair crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Some very fine speltz grown for hog feed. 



Potatoes — Light crop of both early and late potatoes. 



Vegetables — Early gardens were very good; some fine late cabbage and 

 turnips. 



Apples — The first failure we have had in thirty years. 



Other Fruits — A few blackberries; strawberries, raspberries and grapes. 



Cattle — About the normal amount of cattle and the quality is improving 

 each year. There are not as many being fed as usual. 



Horses — Several farmers have bought full blooded brood mares. There 

 are a good many fine young draft horses and the farmers are interested 

 in feeding good horses for market. 



Swine— We have them of the best quality, mostly Poland Chinas and 

 Durocs. There are not as many hogs in the county as usual on account 

 of scarcity of brood sows. 



Sheep — This industry is growing. There are several small flocks of 

 good sheep in the county. 



