TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VL 319 



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 con- 

 ditions were never better for seeding, planting and cultivating than ob- 

 tained during the early part of the season. Corn was laid by much earlier 

 than usual, and the stand was practically perfect. The outlook was ex- 

 cellent on the 1st of July; 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 mate- 

 rially, 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 

 163,000 acres more than were 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 cents 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 farm price 

 was 36 cents; total value $127,622,340. "While the rains in August and 

 September 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 condi- 

 tion 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 or sheds was badly damaged by the severe freezing 

 weather on November llth-12th. 



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 bushels; 

 farm price, 90 cente 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 bush- 

 els; total value at $2,00 per bushel, $347,420. 



Potatoes. — Average yield per acre, 71 bushels; total yield, 9,386,390 

 bushels; average price, 71 cents; total value, $8,353,887. 



Hay (Tame). — Average yield, 0.8 ton; total yield, 3,246,200 tons; aver- 

 age price, $13.44; total value, $43,628,928. 



