SH4 IOWA DEPART>[EXT OF AGRICULTURE 



PoTATuE.s. — The drought has hcen very damaging to potatoes: the av- 

 erage condition on September 1st being only 47 per cent for the state. 

 This, however, may be improved in localities where the vines are still 

 alive, if rain comes withn a week or two. 



Three-fourths of the threshing has been done. The average yield of 

 winter wheat is 24 bushels, spring wheat, 17; oats, 35; barley, 25; rye, 

 19; timotny seed, 4.1 bushels per acre. The acreage of timothy cut for 

 seed is 67 per cent of the area cut last year. 



The reports show that the state will produce this year 70 per cent 

 of the 1909 apple crop. These estimates indicate a total yield for this 

 year of 4,739,280 bushels. This is a decrease from the estimates of 

 August 1st of 860,000 bushels. Estimates also show that only 58.9 

 per cent of this year's yield will be marketable or a total of 2,793,795 

 bushels of marketable apples for the state. This estimate is probably 

 too high. The six leading apple producing counties of the state, Fremont, 

 Mills, Pottawattamie, Harrison, Page and Taylor, report an estimated 

 production of 932,835 bushels for 1913. These same counties produced 

 1,803,469 bushels in 1909. Of this year's crop only 55 per cent of 513,000 

 bushels is estimated as marketable. 



Unless rains come soon these estimates will be greatly reduced in the 

 next two weeks. Jonathan is standing the drought well, but Grimes 

 Golden, Ben Davis and other leading commercial varieties are suffering 

 for moisture. 



FINAL REPORT FOR THE STATE— TOTAL YIELD OF SOIL PROD- 

 UCTS—VALUE AT FARM PRICE, DECEMBER 1, 1913. 



Following is a summary of reports from crop correspondents of the 

 Iowa Weather and Crop Service, showing the average yield per acre 

 and total yields of staple soil products, and the average price at the 

 nearest station, December 1, 1913. 



In spite of many adverse conditions that prevailed during the season, 

 Iowa has produced a full average crop of all soil products, except po- 

 tatoes, and the value of the year's output is far in excess of any other 

 year in the history of the state. 



CoBN. — The drought that prevailed over the southern half of the state 

 reduced the yield of corn materially, but owing to the fact that timely 

 and well distributed showers occurred in the northern counties, the state 

 average is better than the normal. In Monroe County the average yield 

 per acre was only IS bushels while in many of the northern counties 

 the average yield was more than 40 l)ushels per acre, making the av- 

 erage for the state 34.9 bushels. The total yield was 329,343,000 bushels 

 and the total value at 59 cents per bu-slicl is $194,311,370. The total 

 yield is 92,025,000 l)iislif'ls less than last year, Imt tlie total value ex- 

 ceeds that of last year by $42,612,756. The condition of the cro]) is fully 

 up to if not better than the average and pracLicully all of it is now 

 in the cribs. 



