44 IOWA DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Corn, 99 per cent; wheat, 94; oats, 84; rye, 93; barley, 91; flax, 92; 

 potatoes, 94; hay (tame), 75; pastures, 88; apples, 70; grapes, 85. 



On July 1, 1905, the estimates were as follows: Corn, 92 per cent, 

 wheat, 94; oats, 96; rye, 96; barley, 98; flax, 95; hay, 101; pastures, 105; 

 apples, 65; grapes, 88. 



CROP CONDITIONS, AUGUST 1, 1906. 



Following is a summary of reports received from correspondents of the 

 Iowa "Weather and Crop Service giving estimates of the condition of 

 staple farm crops August 1, 1906: 



Corn, 99 per cent; spring wheat, 93; oats, 90; flax, 95; hay, 79; pas- 

 tures, 83; potatoes, 91; apples, 70; grapes, 94. 



Last year, at corresponding date, the estimates were: Corn, 94 per 

 cent; wheat, 93; oats, 97; flax, 78; potatoes, 92; pastures, L03; apples, 

 40; grapes, 91. 



FINAL CROP REPORT, 1906. 



TOTAL YIELD OF SOIL PRODUCTS— VALUE AT FARM PRICES 

 DECEMBER 1. 



Tabulated reports by counties afford ample evidence that the season of 

 1906 brought bountiful crops on the well tilled farms oi Iowa. In respect 

 to the aggregate of yield and values of staple products, a new record has 

 been scored for this foremost agricultural State. 



Corn. — The estimated acreage of the corn crop, based upon the returns 

 of the State census of 1905, is about 9,443,960 acres. Carefully revised 

 estimates of the yield by counties show an average for the State of 41 

 bushels per acre, and the total output for the State appears to be 388,348,920 

 bushels. This is about 42,000,000 bushels above the highest total credited 

 to the State by the State bureau in any previous year. At the average 

 farm price, 33 cents per bushel, the corn crop is now worth $128,155,143. 

 As the greater portion of this crop will be consumed in the State, and 

 marketed in form of live stock and dairy products, the potential value of 

 this great cereal is 10 to 15 cents per bushel above the present selling 

 price. The quality of corn that has been harvested in good season is 

 above the average. It is a good crop to keep, so far as may be practicable, 

 for the lean years that may come in the near future. 



Winter Wheat. — The average yield of winter wheat was 23 bushels 

 per acre. Total yield, 1,566,050 bushels. Average farm price is about 67 

 cents per bushel; value of crop, $1,049,253. 



Spring Wheat. — Average yield per acre, 15 bushels; total yield, 5,603,880 

 bushels. Farm value, 63 cents per bushel; value of crop, $3,530,444. 



Oats. — Average yield, 34 bushels per acre; total crop, 142,036,580 bush- 

 els; farm price, 27 cents; total value, $38,349,876. 



