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have obtained a great deal of useful knowledge which will cling to me 

 all through my life. 



May the state fair forever be and each year realize a greatness more 

 lofty and a grandeur more enduring. 



"Yonder clouds are yet but lined with silver; an- 

 other hour will reveal them; scarlet, yellow, and gold; 

 mountains of heavenly glory banked up against the sky." 



Here followed the address of Dr. Geo. M. Chappel, Director of 

 the Iowa Weather and Crop Service. 



IOWA CROPS— FINAL REPORT. 



Final Report For The State— Total Yield of Soil Products— Value at 

 Farm Price, December 1, 1912. 



Following is a summary of reports from crop correspondents of the 

 Iowa weather and crop service, showing the average yield per acre and 

 total yield 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 over $3,000,000, 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 aggregate 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 September. The weather has, however, been generally fav- 

 orable since October 11th, and husking is now completed in many lo- 

 calities and will be practically completed within 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 



