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sides of same) ; total acreage in pasture, garden, crop not other- 

 wise enumerated and ground not utilized for any purpose; total 

 acreage in orchard together with total number bushels apples 

 harvested ; number of silos in use on Iowa farms ; and average 

 monthly wage paid farm help for summer and wdnter months. 



We wish to call attention to the rapid increase in the use of 

 silos over the state during the past three years. 



Table No. 2. Contains the total acreage, average yield per acre 

 and total yield, by counties, for the entire state, of the following 

 crops : corn, oats, winter Avheat, spring wheat, and barley. 



It will be noticed by comparing this table with the estimates 

 of the Iowa Weather and Crop Service to be found in Part I of 

 this edition that there is considerable difference in the figures 

 showing the total yield of corn and wheat. This is due to the 

 fact that the tables compiled by this department are collected 

 direct from farms while those of the Weather and Crop Service 

 are made from estimates of some eight hundred crop reporters 

 over the state. 



Table No. 3. Shows the total acreage, yield per acre and total 

 yield of rye, tame hay, wild hay, and potatoes, and total acreage 

 and yield of alfalfa and flax seed for the state. 



Table No. 4. Gives number of horses all ages, mules all ages, 

 number of dairy cows and heifers kept for milk, number of 

 cattle not kept for milk, and total number of cattle on farms 

 January 1, 1912 ; total number of swine on farms July 1, 1911 ; 

 total number of sheep kept on farms, number shipped in for 

 feeding and sold for slaughter, and total number pounds wool 

 clipped; total number all varieties of poultry on farms July 1, 

 1911, and estimated total number dozen eggs received during the 

 year 1911. 



Table No. 5. Gives the total acreage in sweet corn and pop 

 corn and total acreage and yield of timothy and clover seed by 

 counties for the year 1911. 



The following is a brief summary showing acreage, production, 

 average yield per acre, and total value of loAva farm products 

 for the year 1911. 



