IOWA'S SOURCE OF WEALTH 



DECEMBER 31, 1921. 



Compiled for the Iowa Year Book of Agriculture from Estimates Furnished by the Iowa 



Weather and Crop Service, showing Acreage, Average Yield 



and Total Yield of Farm Product*. 



Crop 



C?om 



Oats 



Spring wheat 



Winter wheat 



Barley 



Rye 



Flaxseed 



Timothy seed _. 



Clover seed-- 



Potatoes 



Hay, tame, excluding alfalfa... 



Hay, wild 



Alfalfa 



Pasture and grazing, estimated. 



Ensilage, estimated 



Sweet corn, commercial crop 



Pop corn, estimated- 



Buckwheat, estimated 



Fruit crop, estimated- _ 



Garden truck, estimated - 



Miscellaneous, estimated. 



Acres 



10,330,000 



5,960,000 



114,000 



465.000 



166.000 



39.544 



10.840 



243,000 



125.000 



96,500 



2.961,000 



475.000 



187,000 



10,035.000 



207.000 



15.000 



13,000 



5,000 



Average 

 yield 



43.0 bu. 



26.0 bu. 



10.3 bu. 



19.2 bu. 



23.5 bu. 



Gross value 

 Ave. per 

 Total yield price acre Total value 



16.1 



8.7 



4.47 bu. 

 1.6 bu. 



43.0 bu. 

 1.39 tons 

 1.16 tons 

 2.97 tons 



444,190,000 

 155.077,000 



1,174,000 

 8,928,000 

 3,901,000 



636,657 



94,300 



1,086,000 



200,000 

 4,149,500 

 4,104,000 



551,000 



555,000 



$133,257,000 



35.667,710 



1,021,380 



8.035,200 



1,638^420 



464, 7t^ 



144,279 



2,508,660 



1,944,000 



5,809,300 



37,264,320 



4,115,970 



7,170,600 



55,794,600 



•4,140,000 



325,500 



858,520 



68,500 



4,000,000 



3,000,000 



2,380,710 



Total value not including live stock products for the year, 1921 $305,459,429 



Dairy products (estimated) $151,022,000 



Poultry and eggs (estimated) ._ _ 51,540.000 



Wool, 4,500,000 lbs. at 17 cents. - 765,000 



8.00 tons 



3.1 tons 

 26.0 bu. 

 15.0 bu. 



1,656,000 

 46,500 



338,000 

 75,000 



$0.^0 

 0.23 

 0.87 

 0.90 

 0.42 

 0.73 

 1.53 

 2.31 

 9.72 

 1.40 

 9.08 

 7.47 



12.92 

 5.56 

 2.50 

 7.00 

 2.54 

 0.73 



$12.90 



5.98 



8.96 



17.28 



9.87 



11.75 



13.31 



10.33 



15.55 



60.20 



12.62 



8.67 



38.37 



"20'00 

 21.70 

 66.04 

 11.70 



Total value of farm products „ -._ _ $508,786,429 



NUMBER, AVERAGE VALUE AND TOTAL VALUE OP LIVE STOCK 



DECEMBER 31, 1921. 



Figures taken from estimates made by United States Department of Agricultvure. 



Number Average value Total value 



Horses 1,278,000 $73.00 $ 93,294,000 



Mules — — 79,000 78.00 6,162,000 



Milk cows 1,093.000 53.00 57,929,000 



Other cattle __. 3,134,000 29.60 92,776,000 



Swine _ 7,546,000 11.00 83,006,000 



Sheep 854,000 5.40 4,612,000 



Total value of live stock — $337,779,000 



Total value of farm products and live stock $846,565,429 



♦I'or irrain only; does not include approximately 40,000 acres used for pasture. 



