PART X 



Farm Statistics for the Year Ending December 3] 

 1917. Collected by Township Assessors, Reported 

 by County Auditors and Tabulated by the 

 Iowa Department of Agriculture . 



Under this head a series of statistical tables is presented set- 

 ting forth the production of various farm crops by counties for 

 the year 1917 ; also the number of farm animals and other infor- 

 mation hardly procurable from any other source. 



This information is first collected by the township assessors 

 and reported to the Department of Agriculture by the county 

 auditors as provided by state law and the tabulations made by 

 the department. 



In Table No. 1 the reader M'ill note two new items or features, 

 one giving the number of farm tractors owned in the state and 

 their distribution by counties, the other giving the number of 

 tons of silage put up in 1917. 



While infinite care and pains have been taken in collecting 

 the figures and making the tabulations the department considers 

 them from 8 to 10 per cent conservative, that is, they are below 

 actual production to that extent. 



