Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-11-04

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Cattle best In years. Plenty of horses.
Usual crop of pigs. Lands run higher
In value.
Hancock--Most OF corn matured,
larger acreage than last year. Oats
As bushels to acre. Cattle scarce, av-
erase crop of pigs. Lands selling
high.
Cedar-Average corn crop. Oats
40 to so bushels to acre. Not many
draft horses. Considerable hog chol-
era. Lands s125 to $3.50 an acre.
Small loss on county fair owing to
weather.
| Chickasaw-Poor showing on corn.
Oats good. Late potatoes good heavy
yield. Stock well and getting into
better grades fast. Lots Of hogs and
little sickness. Wet season has start
ed many farmers thing, great deal
of it going on this fall. Lands not
much increase In prices.
Jones--Good crop considering sea-
son. Exceptionally good crop of oats.
Not many cattle in feeding. Improv-
ing quality of cattle, and also horses.
Large number of pigs which probab-
ly will be marketed early. Land prices
steadily advancing. Best land selling
5000 to 1925 an acre.
Cerro Gordo-Corn crop short.
Heavy crop oats. Cattle in better
condition than usual. Many horses
sold to war zone. No scarcity yet,
however. Pig crop good, no cholera.
Wet weather showed wet spots on
farm, more thing being done than ev-
er before. Prices of land hold up well.
Buyers from south and east. Prices
range from 1925 to SITS.
Clinton-seventy-fve per cent corn
crop. Lost only per cent OF oats.
Farmers slow, to stock farms owing
to foot and mouth disease in Illinois.
Pig crop good. One big drainage
project completed and another is to
be undertaken soon. Land prices
high. Farms being divided up.
Marshall-Early planted corn fair
yield. Big oats crop. Hay heavy.
Number OF pure bred cattle increas-
ing Fair crop of pigs, no cholera.
Nearly every farmer has pure bred
stock, Lands continue to raise in
price.
Fayette-Corn broke no records.
Oats heavy crop. Big hay crop. Many
swine sent to market unfinished and
| understood owing to corn conditions.
Lands remain high In price. Rents
slightly lower. County fair $4,000
profit
Tama-More than Is per cent corn
crop. Small grains fine. Heavy hay
and clover crop. Large crop young
pigs. More thing this year. No spec
ulation in lands. Prices higher. Best
lands 5000 to $3.50 an acre.
misunderstanding corn crop.
Small grains heavy yield. Cattle.
horses and swine improving in quail.
| ity. More sheep being introduced.
More drainage being done. Lands
maintain values. not much changing
hands.
Linn-Seventy.hv per cent corn
crop. Cattle scarce owing to foot and
mouth disease last winter.
Observation-Disclosures per cent
corn crop. Small grains good. No hog
cholera. Lands high.
Calhoun-Fifty per cent corn crop.
Small grains, big crop. No hog chol.
era Lands range from SITS to $500
an acre.
Sioux-Yield from 40 to 60 bushels
to acre. Big crop OF oats. Lots Of
hogs; no sickness. Lands remain
high. A
Pocahontas--Sixty per cent corn
crop. More cattle being fed than
ever before. Every farm has lots Of
hogs; no sickness. More drainage
under way than usual.
Humboldt-Corn so to 60 per cent
OF crop. Oats averaged so bushels to
acre; wheat 20 to 80 bushels. In
crease In hogs; no disease. Great
many drainage projects under way.
especially private work. Land mar
ket more quiet than usual. Prices S135
to 1925 an acre.
O'Brien--Corn acreage large and
yield good. Many horses sold to war
buyers. Seventy-fye per cent OF pig
crop on account of cholera last sea-
son. Steady increase in land values
but sales fall below average.
Monona-Eighty per cent corn crop.
Other grains and hay big crop. Small
crop OF pigs owing to wet spring; no
disease No decrease in land values.
Buena vista-Big corn crop. Oats
20 to so bushels to acre. Increase in
number OF cattle, horses and iogs.
No disease. Many farmers thing
lands. Lands increasing rapidly In
price. Rents 50 to $40 an acre.
Page-Average corn crop. Big crop
Of small grains but lost much by bad
weather. Seventy-fEe per cent OF
usual crop Of pigs. Farmers are til
ing lands. Not many land sales. but
price strong. One farm sold 1885 sn
acre; 100 acre farm went for $685.
an acre; 24O acre farm brought $3.50
an acre.
Fremont-Corn below normal Poor
crop pigs. Not as many cattle and
horses.
Cass-Good crop corn on uplands.
Big crop small grain. Good crop
pigs. Larger supply OF sheep for feed
ing and breeding. More tile draining
under way than for many years past.
Lands stay up in price.
Inasmuch as an appeal to the su-
preme court would not result In a set