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The 1911 Iowa Year Book of Agriculture, presented herewith, is 

 made up of thirteen parts, or divisions. 



Part I is a reprint of the annual, or final, report of the Iowa 

 Weather and Crop Service for the year 1911. It contains the 

 summary and monthly review of the climatology for the year; a 

 review of crop conditions by months ; dates of last killing frost in 

 spring, and first in autumn ; climate and crop review during crop 

 season; summary of weekly climate and crop bulletins issued; 

 summary of crop reports June 1, July 1, August 1, August 25, and 

 December 1 ; a tabulated crop summary showing production and 

 yalue of soil products and a table giving distribution of principal 

 farm crops by counties. 



Part II presents statistical tables of Iowa's principal farm crops 

 for the years 1880, 1885, 1890 and 1896 to 1911, inclusive, showing 

 average yield per acre, total yield, average farm value, Decem- 

 ber 1, total acreage, and total value ; acreage production and value 

 of the principal farm crops of the United States in 1909, 1910 and 

 1911, by states, revised to 1909 census basis ; estimated number, 

 average price and total value of farm animals in the United States 

 January, 1, 1912, with comparisons; statistics of the principal 

 farm crops of the world for the years 1907 to 1911 inclusive. 



Part III is a tabulation of the crop statistics collected by the 

 township assessors and reported to this department by the county 

 auditors. The data is presented in five tables as follows : 



Table No. 1. — Total number, average size and total acreage of 

 farms, total acreage occupied by farm buildings, public highways 

 and feed lots, acreage in pasture, garden, orchard, acreage in crops 

 not otherwise enumerated and acreage of land not utilized for any 

 purpose. Total number bushels apples harvested, number silos on 

 farms and average monthly wage paid farm help during summer 

 and winter months, by counties, for the year 1911. 



Table No. 2. — Acreage, yield per acre and total yield of corn, 

 oats, winter wheat, spring wheat and TDiarley, by counties, for the 

 3^ear 1911. 



