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Glover — Three-fourths of an average yield. 



Prairie Hay — None to speak of. 



Potatoes — Early ones good quality and fair yield. No late ones raised. 



Vegetables — All good except cabbage. 



Apples — Practically none. 



Other Fruits — Few plums; strawberries good yield; exceptionally large 

 yield of grapes. 



Cattle — The average number and in good condition. 



Horses — Farmers paying special attention to the breeding of draft 

 horses. There are a nice lot of spring colts. 



Swine — Think the number to be marketed is short of the average. 

 Much interest is taken in breeding swine. 



Sheep — On the increase. 



Poultry — Increasing industry; more poultry than usual raised. 



Drainage — More lands being tiled out. 



Lands — Farmed better and are advancing in price. 



Report of Fair — Held at Tingley September 7-9 inclusive. There were 

 increased exhibits in every department and we think the fair was a suc- 

 cess in every way. 



RINGGOLD. 



F. E. SHELDON, MT. AYR, OCTOBER 25, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Best crop we have had for ten years; condition and quality both 

 good. 



Oats — Extra good quality; good yield. 



Wheat — Both quality and quantity good. 



Rye — None. 



Barley — None. 



Flax — None. 



Buckivheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Good; only a small acreage. 



Sorghum — Good. 



Timothy— Good quality; crop light on account of dry weather in the 

 early part of the season. 



Clover — Never better. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Early ones good; late ones only fair. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — None; all killed by frost. 



Other Fruits — None. 



Cattle — About average. 



Horses — Good. 



Swine — Not so many as common but the quality is good. 



Sheep — Good. 



Poultry — Good. 



Bees — Good. 



Drainage — None. 



