510 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



8th. Good soaking rains are now needed for fall sown grains, grass lands 

 and for the water supply, then clear, cool weather for drying out the corn. 



Notwithstanding the fact that fall grains were badly winter-killed and 

 that the planting season was cold and wet and the summer unusually 

 cool, Iowa has done her share toward feeding the nation and the world. 



The small grain crops were exceptionally good; there will be considerably 

 more than the normal amount of corn and the truck crops were excellent. 



IOWA CROP REPORT, JUNE 1, 1917. 



Following is a summary showing the condition of crops on June 1st, as 

 compared with the average of past years on that date: 



Corn, 95 per cent; oats, 101; spring wheat, 98; winter wheat, 64; 

 barley, 98; rye, 92; flax, 99; potatoes, 99; tame hay, 84; wild hay, 95; 

 pastures, 90; alfalfa, 88 per cent. Last year on June 1st the conditions 

 were as follows: Corn, 84 per cent; oats, 98; spring wheat, 96; winter 

 wheat, 78; barley, 97; rye, 92; flax, 92; potatoes, 95; hay, 98; pastures, 

 102; alfalfa, 93 per cent. 



The Secretary of the State Horticultural Society reports the condition 

 of fruit as follows: "Apples, 80 per cent; pears, 61; American plums, 

 66; Domestica plums, 56; Japanese plums, 51; cherries, 71; grapes, 46; 

 red raspberries, 45; black raspberries, 45; blackberries, 42; currants, 

 73; gooseberries, 77; strawberries, 66 per cent of a full crop. The aver- 

 age of all fruits is 56 per cent, or three points above the average for 

 June last year. The condition of the apple crop is 2 per cent above the 

 June average for any year since a percentage record has been kept by the 

 Society. Grapes, raspberries and strawberries were injured during the 

 winter in the southern part of the State, where there was no snow cover- 

 ing to protect them." 



IOWA CROP REPORT, JULY 1, 1917. 



Acreage of Farm Crops and Estimated Condition of Staple Crops. 



Reports received July 1st, from township correspondents of the Iowa 

 Weather and Crop Service, show the following results as to the acreage 

 and average condition of staple farm crops: 



Corn. — The acreage planted this year, after making allowance for the 

 acreage lost by floods and washing, is 10,242,000 acres, or 866,000 acres 

 more than last year, as shown by Township Assessors. The condition 

 was 87 per cent, or 2 per cent better than on July 1, 1916. The plants are 

 small for the time of the year, but the color is good, the fields are gener- 

 ally clean, and the crop is making rapid advancement. 



Oats. — Area seeded, 5,238,500 acres, or 169,366 acres more than last 

 year, and the condition is 8 per cent better than a year ago. 



Winter Wheat. — On account of winter-killing, the acreage is reduced 

 from 296,800 acres, as shown by the township assessors' reports to 133,900 

 acres, and the condition is the same as last year, 80 per cent. 



Spring Wheat. — Area sown, 173,500 acres, or an increase of about 2,000 

 acres over last year, and the condition is 7 per cent better, or 99 per cent. 

 The loss in acreage of wheat, hay, especially clover, and pastures is more 

 than made up in the increase in acreage of corn, oats and potatoes. 



