186 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



IOWA CROPS, 1905. 



FINAL REPORT FOR THE STATE. TOTAL YIELD; VALUE OF SOIL 

 PRODUCTS AT FARM PRICES, DEC. 1, 1905. 



The crop season of 1905, as shown by tabulated reports from each 

 county, was the best that has been reported in this state since 1900. Al- 

 together the showing as to the aggregate yield and prices Of staple pro- 

 ducts was beyond the estimates made during the early half of the season. 



Corn. — Reports showed unusual variation in the yield of corn, the 

 averages by counties ranging from 25 to 45 bushels per acre, as a result 

 of notable local differences in condition of the soil in the critical 

 stages of the season. The first report of the season showed an average 

 increase in the acreage of corn planted as compared with last year, but 

 adverse local conditions in May and June caused a loss of acreage which 

 was taken into account in the final estimate of the output. The census 

 returns showed the total area of corn to have been 9,583,815 acres in 

 1904. The yield this year is based on a total of 9,285,150 acres, the aver- 

 age yield for the state being 37.2 bushels per acre. The total product 

 appears to be 345,871,840 bushels, which is 816,800 bushels in excess of 

 the output of any previous year; but the average per acre was higher 

 in four previous seasons since 1890. The average value of the corn crop 

 on Dec. 1 was about 35 cents per bushel — total for the state $121,055,144. 



Wheat. — The yield and quality of winter wheat has been good this 

 season, but the acreage was small. The total appears to be 1,253,020 

 bushels, an average of 20.2 bushels per acre, and quality good. The to- 

 tal of spring wheat was 5,155,760 bushels — an average of 14.4 bushels per 

 acre. The total wheat output (6,108,780 bushels) is worth $4,614,321 — 

 an average of 72 cents per bushel. 



Oats. — The yield of oats 33.8 bushels per acre, was above the average, 

 but the product was somewhat impaired by wet weather while standing 

 in shocks. The total appears to be 146,439,240 bushels, which amount has 

 been exceeded but once in the records of the state, and that was in 

 1895. The farm value of the crop Dec. 1 was 25 cents per bushel — total 

 $36,609,810. 



Kte. — Total yield 1,283,500 bushels — an average of 18 bushels per 

 acre. Value, $667,420, at 52 cents per bushel. 



Barley. — Average per acre, 27.5 bushels; total yield 15,566,770 bush- 

 els. Value 33 cents per bushel; total value $5,137,034. 



