40 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Final Report for the State — Total Yield of Soil Products — Value\ at Farm. 

 Price December 1, 1911. 



Following is a summary of reports from crop correspondents of the 

 Iowa Weather & Crop Service, and Threshermen, showing the average 

 yield per acre and total yields of staple soil products, and the average 

 price at the farms or nearest stations, December 1, 1911. The value gained 

 by feeding farm crops for production of live stock, poultry, and dairy 

 products, is not taken into consideration in this report. 



The conditions were never better for seeding, planting and cultivating 

 than obtained during the early part of the season. Corn was laid by 

 much earlier than usual, and the stand was practically perfect. The out- 

 look, except for hay, was excellent on the 1st of June, but the excessively 

 high temperatures during the first five days of July, and the drought that 

 prevailed over the larger part of the state during June and July, and in the 

 western and southern counties during the entire summer, cut down the 

 prospective yields materially; and yet with these adverse conditions, the 

 total output of the state, and especially the average yield of corn, is much 

 larger than in the dry years of 1894 and 1901. 



Corn. — The estimated acreage of the corn crop is 8,534,500 acres or 

 163,0'00 acres more than was planted last year, as shown by the report 

 of the township assessors. The average yield per acre for the state 

 this year was 32.9 bushels, making a total yield of 281,366,600 bushels. The 

 average farm price on December 1st was 54 cent per bushel, making the 

 aggregate value, $151,937,964. Last year the estimated yield was 39.7 

 bushels per acre, aggregate yield 354,506,500 bushels; average price was 

 36 cents, total value, $127,622,340. While the rains in August and Sep- 

 tember increased the yield, the rains in October caused much of the corn 

 in shock to mold, and the crop, as a whole, is not in as good condition 

 as it was on December 1, 1910. There was much more than the usual 

 amount of cloudy, damp weather during September, October and Novem- 

 ber, which prevented the crop from drying out, and corn picked for seed 

 and hung in cribs and sheds was badly damaged by the severe freezing 

 weather on November 11-1 2th. 



Oats. — The area harvested was 4,660,500 acres; average yield, 25.7 

 bushels per acre; total yield, 120,208,300; aggregate value, at 41 cents per 

 bushel, $59,285,403. 



Spring Wheat. — Area harvested, 358,510 acres; average yield, 13.1 bush- 

 els per acre; total yield, 4,674,500; price per bushel, 86 cents; total value, 

 $4,020,070. 



Winter Wheat. — Area harvested, 200,762 acres; average yield per acre 

 19.7 bushels; total yield, 3,959,000; average price, 93 cents per bushel; 

 total value, $3,681,870. 



Barley. — Average per acre, 22.9 bushels; total yield, 7,197,090; farm 

 price, 90 cents per bushel; total value $6,477,381. 



Rye. — Average yield 16.8 bushels per acre; total crop, 486,130 bushels; 

 farm price, 79 cents per bushel; total value, $384,043. 



Flax Seed — Average per acre, 8.5 bushels; total product, 173,710 bushels; 

 total value at $2.00 per bushel, $347,420. 



