SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART III. 



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SUMMARY OF AVERAGES. 



FARM CROPS — 1905. 



Crop. 



as ai 

 btft . 

 83 <o 



0)2 « 



l> IK t4 



OJ 



<3K 





^© • 



2ft£ 

 k 03 ci 



Corn 



wneax^gpj.^j^g 



Oats 



Rye , 



Barley 



Flax 



Potatoes 



Hay— Tame 



Hay - Wild ■■■■ 



37.2 bu 

 20.2 bu 



14.4 bu 

 33 8 bu 

 18 Obu 



27.5 bu 

 9.8 bu 



84.0 bu 

 1 8 tons 

 1.2tons 



i .35 

 .72 

 72 

 .25 

 .52 

 .33 

 .90 

 50 

 5.50 

 4.50 



S13 02 

 14 54 

 10 37 



8 45 



9 36 

 9.07^ 

 8.82 



42 00 

 9 90 

 5.40 



Total value soil products for 1905 §302,286,212 00 



Averagre value per farm of 1583^ acres .... .. 1,445 00 



Average value per acre 9,12 



Average rate of interest on total investment Iowa farms 16)4 per cent 



SUMMARY OF CATTLE STATISTICS. 



Calves under one year 



Steers one year and under two 



Steers two years and under three 



Steers over three year*, old ^. . 



Bulls over one year old 



Heifers one year and under two 



Milch cows over two years old — 

 Cows, other than milch, over two years old 



Totals 



1,354,360 



621,225 



490,011 



72,103 



87,088 



480,950 



1,315,888 



333,386 



$11,471,714 



11,701,852 

 15,075,776 

 2,760,693 

 3,309,2,39 

 6,948,542 

 31,152, 



$ 8.47 

 18.84 

 30.76 

 38.29 

 38 00 

 14 45 

 23.67 



8,600,133, 25.80 



4,755,041 891,019.7531 19.15 



NOTE:— The average value per head as given by the State census Report of 

 1905 is about fourteen per cent lower than the average value as reported 

 by the Statistical Bureau of the U S. Department of Agriculture for the 

 same period, they reporting the average value per head on January 1, 1905 

 at J21 78 and on January 1, 1906, at »23.44, the last being an increase of more 

 than 20 per cent. Taking the same number of head reported by the State 

 Census and the average value as estimated on January], 1906, by the 

 Department at Washington would increase the valuation by i20,438,408 

 placing their total value at 8111,458,161. 



Average number cattle per farm 2S 



Average number milch cows per farm 6 



Number of cattle eligible to registry — ...89,388 



Average value of cattle eligible to registry $53.15 



Per centage of total number of cattle eligible to registry 2 per cent 



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