TENTH ANNL^AL YEAR BOOK— PART III 89 



Table No. 1 — Contains the total number, average size, and total 

 acreage of all farms within the State : number rods of tiling, num- 

 ber of silos, number of manure spreaders in use, and the average 

 monthly wage paid farm help. 



Table No. II — Contains the total acreage, total yield and av- 

 erage yield per acre of the following farm crops for the year 1909 : 

 — corn, oats, barley, winter and spring wheat. It will be noticed 

 by a comparison of the table with the tables compiled by the loAva 

 Weather and Crop Service on page 37 that there is a variation in 

 the acreage and yields. The tables by this department are gath- 

 ered fi-om every farm within the state, while those of the Iowa 

 Weather and Crop Service arc compiled from estimates received 

 from only seven or eight hundred crop reporters. The acreage and 

 yield given in this table will necessarily have to be considered ' 

 authentic and final. 



Table No. Ill — Contains the acreage yield and average yield 

 per acre of rye. potatoes, alfalfa and hay, also the number of bush- 

 els of timothy and clover seed, number of acres of pop corn, acres 

 and yild of sweet corn, number of acres in garden and orchards, 

 and the acreage alloted to pasture, all for the year 1909. 



Table No. IV — Shows the number of horses (all ages), nudes 

 fall ages), and cattle (all ages), on the farms of Iowa January 1. 

 1909; also the number of cattle shipped in for 'feeding during the 

 year and the number sold for slaughter during the same period. 

 Also shows the average number of hogs and sheep kept on the 

 farm; the number of .sheep shipped in for feeding and the num- 

 ber sold for slaughter ; also the average number of poultry kept 

 on the farm, the number marketed during the year, the approx- 

 imate number of dozens of eggs received and the approximate 

 number of dozens sold during the year. 



