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Rye. — Acreage, 73,150; condition, 97 per cent. 

 Flax. — Acreage, 14,400; condition, 98 per cent. 



Hay. — Acreage of tame and wild hay, 3,571,320; condition, 88 per cent. 

 Alfalfa. — Acreage, 100,300; increase, 11,700 acres. 

 Pastures. — Acreage, 9,375,300; condition, 95 per cent. 

 Fruits. — Condition, apples, 40 per cent; grapes, 90 per cent; plums, 69 

 per cent. 



IOWA CROP REPORT, AUGUST 1, 1914. 



Following is a summary of reports from crop correspondents on August 

 1st, showing the average condition of staple crops as compared with the 

 average condition of past years on that date, and the condition of fruit 

 as compared with last year: 



Corn, 97 per cent; pastures, 84; potatoes, 80; flax, 91. Preliminary 

 estimates show the average yield of winter wheat to be about 23 bushels 

 per acre; spring wheat, 16; oats, 34; barley, 27; and rye, 19 bushels 

 per acre. If these estimates are maintained by final returns, the State 

 will produce about 175,000,000 bushels of oats; 16,500,000 of wheat; 

 11,000,000 of barley, and 1,300,000 bushels of rye. 



A summary of the reports from special fruit crop reporters gives the 

 estimated production as follows, based in percentages upon the apples 

 produced in 1913: 



Apples. — Northwest Iowa, 28 per cent; north central Iowa, 27; north- 

 east Iowa, 13; west central Iowa, 31; central Iowa, 24; east central Iowa, 

 21; southwest Iowa, 36; south central Iowa, 28; southeast Iowa, 29 

 per cent. Average for the state as a whole, 71 counties reporting, is 

 25.4 per cent. The reports of the assessors show that Iowa harvested a 

 little over 2,000,000 bushels of apples last year. Based on these figures, 

 the State will harvest from three-fourths of a million to one million 

 bushels of apples this year. 



IOWA CROP REPORT, SEPTEMBER 1, 1914. 



The following is a summary of reports from correspondents on Septem- 

 ber 1st. The estimated condition of corn as compared with the average 

 of past years on that date was placed at 87 per cent, which is ten points 

 below the August 1st estimate. As in 1913 the crop in the northern 

 counties is generally in fine condition, and will average above the normal. 

 The decrease In condition is due to the drougth and hot winds over the 

 southern half of the state, yet there are many localities within that area 

 where the corn is better than it was a year ago, due to timely local 

 show^ers. The crop is farther advanced toward maturity than usual, and 

 practically all of it will be out of danger of injury by frost by the end 

 of September. 



