PART XI 



Crop and Other Farm Statistics for the Year Ending 



December 31, 1916, Collected by 



Township Assessors 



Under this head will be found the tables presenting crop and 

 farm statistics for the year 1916, collected by the township asses- 

 sors of the state and reported to the Department of Agriculture 

 by the county auditors as provided for in Chapter 86, Acts of the 

 Thirty-third General Assembly. 



Readers interested in learning of Iowa resources are invited to 

 study these tables. They represent neither guess work nor esti- 

 mates, but actual facts, furnished at first hand by the men who 

 know — the Iowa farmer.s. The figures are altogether conservative. 

 If they are open to criticism in any way it is that the totals are 

 too low, possibly from 8 to 10 ]^er cent below actual production, 

 due to the fact that human nature is not given to exaggerated 

 statements within hearing of the assessor. 



Table No. 1 presents authentic information that is not fur- 

 nished annually from any other source, giving in reliable figures 

 the disposition of farm land for various purposes, also wages paid 

 for farm work. 



Tables 2 and 3 present the yields of the various crops of grains, 

 hay, etc., showing yield to the acre as well as totals, all by 

 counties. 



Table No. 4 deals with the livestock of the state, also poultry and 

 poultry products. In connection with this table No. 6 will appeal 

 with especial significance to all who are keeping tab on the fight 

 Iowa is making for hog cholera control. A comparison of the fig- 

 ures representing the losses for the two years is proof that the 

 most gratifying progress is being made by the veterinary and other 

 officials who have charge of the work. 



Table No. 5 presents figures setting forth the production of pop 

 corn, sweet com, grass seeds, etc. 



