684 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



FINAL CROP REPORT OF THE STATE, 1920. 



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

 State, derived from the reports of hundreds of correspondents well distrib- 

 uted 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 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 December 1. The 

 total production of corn in Iowa this year is the greatest of 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 

 bushels 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 

 bushels; 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. 



