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grain has been heavy and all crops look well. There has been far too much ran this summer, but usually the climate is dry. The country is well settled and largely under cultivation or pasture. Good sized towns are a frequent occurrence. 

Cyclone cellars accompany  most of the houses & the corn leaves are generally torn by hail.

From Hobart north to the Canadian River the country is mainly open prairie, or tall grass plains with scant lines of timber along the streams. North of the Canadian river a long stretch of scrub oak covered sandy soil extends most of the way to Carlton, north of the North Fork. Then it is prairie again to Enid. Timber along the streams is much the same but the prairie grass is of the tall coarse kinds with rarely short grass patches.

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Crops are good and cotton continues as far north as Custer City, then only a few small fields were seen north to Eagle City, then no more on the way to Enid. Corn & small grains are the principal crops with lots of kaffer corn, sorgum, milo maize, and some millet & alfalfa, abundance of peaches and [[strikethrough]]farthe[[/strikethrough]] northward good apples.

The country is fairly well settled and good farms are numerous.

Enid is quite a town with many substantial buildings, probably 5000 or 6000 people. Had to wait from 3:30 to 8:25 for train to Shattuck and.

Reached Shattuck at 3 A.M. next morning after a tiresome nights ride.