EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART IX 511 



Barley.— Acreage sown, 258,800 acres or a decrease of 2,000 acres. The 

 condition is, however, 3 per cent better than last year, when it was 95 

 per cent. 



fly(,_ — Acreage, 35,275 acres, which is nearly the same as in 1916. The 

 condition is 94 per cent, or one per cent better than last year. 



Flax. — Acreage, 7,400, as compared with 7,300 in 1916. Condition, 94, or 

 4 per cent better than last year. 



Potatoes. — Acreage 98,810, increase almost 11,000 acres, and the condi- 

 tion is 106, or 9 per cent better than last year. 



Hay. — Acreage of tame and wild hay, 3,196,000, or 452,000 acres less 

 than in 1916. The condition is 83 per cent, or 13 per cent below last 

 year. 



Alfalfa. — Acreage, 103,215; decrease, 50,000 acres. 



Pastures. — Acreage, 8,995,300; decrease, 400,000 acres; condition, 95 

 per cent. 



Fruit. — The Secretary of the State Horticultural Society reports the 

 condition of fruit on July 1st to be as follows: 



Summer apples, 75%; fall apples, 64%; winter apples, 54%; pears, 

 44%; American plums, 43%; Domestica plums, 24%; Japanese plums, 

 15%; cherries, 62%; grapes, 50%; red raspberries, 51%; black rasp- 

 berries, 53%; blackberries, 47%; currants, 56%; gooseberries, 76% of 

 a full crop. The average for all fruits is 517o, or 1% higher than the 

 average for July last year. The apple crop promises to be 20% better 

 than it was a year ago, while the small fruits will be 20% less than they 

 were last year. Insects and fungus diseases about normal. Twig blight 

 more abundant than usual. 



IOWA CROP REPORT, AUGUST 1, 1917. 



Following is a summary showing the condition of crops on August 1st 

 as compared with the average of past years on that date: Corn, 92 per 

 cent; pastures, 90; potatoes, 96; flax, 96 per cent. Last year on August 

 1st the condition of corn was 90 per cent; pastures, 91; potatoes, 81; 

 flax, 90 per cent. 



Harvesting began about a week later than usual, and as a result there 

 had not been enough threshing done by the close of the month to give a 

 reliable estimate as to the average yield of small grains. 



The report of the Secretary of the State Horticultural Society show 

 the condition of fruit on August 1st to have been as follows: Summer 

 apples, 65 per cent; fall apples, 59; winter apples, 49; pears, 47; Ameri- 

 can plums, 43; domestic plums, 22; Japanese plums, 17; grapes, 52 per 

 cent of a full crop. 



The average for all fruits is 44 per cent of a full crop. There will be 

 twice as many summer apples, one-third more fall apples, but only 9 per 

 cent more winter apples than in 1916. There will be a few more pears, 

 though plums and grapes will not be more abundant than they were last 

 year. 



Summer fruits should be utilized as they mature, either dried, canned, 

 made into butter, marmalade or other products that can be saved for 

 future use. Let no fruit got to waste than can be used for food. 



