TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II 101 



FINAL CROP REPORT OF THE STATE OF IOWA, 1920. 

 The following estimates of acreage, yield and value of the crops of the 



state, derived from the reports of hundreds of correspondents well dis- 

 tributed in each county, are the result of the joint effort of the U. S. 

 Bureau of Crop Estimates, of which Mr. Frank S. Pinney is Agricultural 

 Statistician, and the Iowa Weather and Crop Service. The table showing 

 the total value of crops does not include or take into account live stock 

 products. 



Corn. — The estimated acreage was 10,300,000; average yield, 46.0 

 bushels per acre; total yield, 473,800,000 bushels; average price, 47 cents 

 per bushel; total value, $222,686,000. Only 10 per cent of the crop was 

 reported to be soft or immature and 77 per cent had been husked on De- 

 cember 1. The total production of corn in Iowa this year is the greatest 

 on record. The quality is very good. 



Oats. — The estimated area harvested was 5,893,600 acres; average 

 yield, 39.0 bushels; total yield, 229,850,400 bushels; average price, 36 

 cents; total value, $82,746,144. 



Spring Wheat. — Area harvested 400,000 acres; average yield, 11.3 bush- 

 els per acre; total yield, 4,520,000 bushels; price per bushel, $1.35; total 

 value, $6,102,000. 



Winter Wheat. — Area harvested, 431,000 acres; average yield per acre, 

 19.7 bushels; total yield, 8,490,700 bushels; average price, $1.41 per bushel; 

 total value, $11,971,887. 



Barley. — Area harvested, 284,000 acres; average yield per acre, 27.5 

 bushels; total yield, 7,810,000 bushels; average price, 63 cents per bushel; 

 total value, $4,920,300. 



Rye. — Area harvested, 80,000 acres; average yield, 16.2 bushels; total 

 yield, 1,296,000 bushels; price per bushel, $1.17; total value, $1,516,320. 



Flax Seed.— Average yield, 10.0 bushels; total yield, 120,000 bushels; 

 total value at $1.80 per bushel, $216,000. 



Timothy Seed. — Area harvested, 270,000 acres; average yield, 4.9 bush- 

 els; total yield, 1,323,000 bushels; total value at $3.00 per bushel, 

 $3,969,000. 



Clover Seed. — Area harvested, 134,000 acres; average yield, 2.0 bushels; 

 total value at $11.65 per bushel, $3,122,200. 



Potatoes. — Area harvested, 104,500 acres; average yield, 110 bushels; 

 total yield, 11,495,350 bushels; average price, $1.22; total value, $14,024,327. 



Hay (Tame). — Average yield, 1.44 tons per acre; total yield, 4,349,620 

 tons; average price, $16.24 per ton; total value, $70,637,829. 



Hay (Wild). — Average yield, 1.27 tons; total yield, 647,700 tons; average 

 price, $12.69; total value, $8,219,313. 



Alfalfa. — Area harvested, 200,000 acres; average yield, 2.84 tons; total 

 yield, 568,140 tons; average price, $19.23 per ton; total value, $10,925,332. 



