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The reports indicate that only about one-third of the threshing has 

 been done, and up to the present time, the average yields per acre of small 

 grains are as follows: 



Winter wheat, 25 bushels; spring wheat, 18; oats, 46; barley, 33; rye, 

 22; and timothy seed, 4.8 bushels. The estimated acreage of timothy cut 

 for seed is 308,800 acres, or 82,000 acres more than were harvested last 

 year. If the above average of 4.8 bushels per acre is maintained until 

 all of the crop has been threshed, the total yield will be about 1,493,000 

 bushels, but all figures as to average yields are subject to change when 

 the final report for the season has been tabulated. 



FINAL REPORT FOR THE STATE— TOTAL YIELD OF SOIL PROD- 

 UCTS—VALUE AT FARM PRICE, DECEMBER 1, 1912. 



Following is a summary of reports from crop correspondents of the 

 Iowa Weather & Crop Service, showing the average yield per acre and 

 total yields of staple soil products, and the average price at the farms 

 or nearest stations, December 1, 1912: 



As a whole, the crop season of 1912 was the most productive one in the 

 history of Iowa. The total yield of corn, oats and winter wheat was far 

 in excess of any previous year, and all other crops, except apples, were 

 nearly up to the maximum of production. Notwithstanding the fact that 

 the average price of soil products is much below the prices prevailing on 

 December 1, 1911, the total value of this year's crop exceeds that of last 

 year by about $3,429,514, and if good seed corn had been used last spring 

 an additional $10,000,000 could have been added to the value of this year's 

 crop. 



Corn. — The revised estimate of the acreage of corn is 9,199,610 acres, 

 or 336,286 acres more than was planted last year, as shown by the report 

 of the township assessors. The average yield per acre for the state this 

 year is 45.8 bushels, making a total yield of 421,368,400 bushels, or 33,- 

 019,480 bushels more than was ever before produced in the state in one 

 year, the next largest yield being 388,348,920 bushels in 1906. The average 

 farm price on December 1st was 36- cents per bushel, making the aggre- 

 gate value $151,698,624. Last year the estimated yield was 32.9 bushels 

 per acre, aggregate yield 281,366,600 bushels; average farm price was 54 

 cents per bushel, making the aggregate value $151,937,964 or $239,340 more 

 than the value of this year's crop. Fully one-third of this year's crop is 

 either soft or chaffy, due to the fact that much of the crop was not fully 

 matured when the severe killing frosts, and in many sections of the 

 state, freezing temperatures, occurred between the 26th and 29th of Sep- 

 tember. The weather has, however, been generally favorable since Octo- 

 ber 11th, and husking is now completed in many localities and will be 

 practically completed w^ithin the next week. 



Oats. — The area harvested was 4,665,100 acres; average yield, 44.4 

 bushels per acre; total yield, 206,949,700 bushels; aggregate value at 27 

 cents per bushel, $55,876,419, or $3,408,984 less than the value of last year's 



