PART IX 



Farm Statistics for the Year Ending December 31, 

 1919. Collected by Township Assessors, Re- 

 ported by County Auditors and Tabulated 

 by the Iowa Department of Agriculture. 



The tables presented herewith cover farm and live stock statistics 

 collected through the township assessors and reported to the Iowa De- 

 partment of Agriculture by the County Auditors. 



Special attention is called to new items in these tables which show 

 the number of modern homes and the number of automobiles on farms. 

 They indicate the forward trend of Iowa farmers toward more and more 

 of the modern improvements and conveniences which are boasted in the 

 cities. 



The increase in the number of farms reported as compared to the re- 

 port for 1918 is due largely to a change in the inquiry made to conform 

 to federal requirements of reporting these. In the 1918 report all farmo 

 of five acres or more were listed, whereas for 1919 all farms of three 

 acres or more were counted. 



It is the sense of the Iowa Department of Agriculture that a special 

 appropriation should, be made to employ the necessary clerical help to 

 verify the books of the township assessors and prepare them for pub- 

 lication. The tremendous amount of work necessary to prepare these 

 tables for the Year Book of Agriculture is now being done by the present 

 small force of the Department of Agriculture. 



