586 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



IOWA CROP REPORT, AUGUST 1, 1918. 



The condition of crops on August 1, as compared with the average 

 of past years on that date, was as follows: Corn, 101 per cent; pastures, 

 89; potatoes, 86; and flax 97. Last year on August 1, the condition of corn 

 was 92 per cent; pastures, 90; potatoes, 96; and flax, 96. 



Preliminary reports show the average yield of winter wheat to be about 

 21 bushels per acre; spring wheat, 18; early oats, 42; late oats, 43; barley, 

 32; rye, 19; tame hay, 1.2 tons; and wild hay also 1.2 tons. Threshing 

 reports received up to August 1 were mpstly from the south half of the 

 State. If final returns maintain these averages, the State will produce 

 about 4,143,000 bushels of winter wheat; spring wheat, 9,447,000; oata, 

 234,876,000; barley, 10,883,000; rye, 951,000 bushels; and 3,593,000 tons of 

 hay. 



The Secretary of the State Horticultural Society reports the condition 

 of fruit on August 1 as follows: Summer apples, 26 per cent; fall apples, 

 27; winter apples, 29; pears, 18; American plums, 23; domestic plums, 

 13; Japanese plums, 5; grapes, 52 per cent of a full crop. The percentage 

 of crop on the eight leading varieties of commercial apples is as follows: 

 Duchess, 26 per cent; Wealthy, 24; Grimes Golden, 32; Jonathan, 30; 

 Winesap, 19; Ben Davis, 25; Northwestern Greening, 29; and Willow 

 Twig, 31. There will be about half as many apples and plums, and the 

 same quantity of grapes as were harvested last year, should normal con- 

 ditions prevail until crops are gathered for market or storage. 



IOWA CROP REPORT, SEPTEMBER 1, 1918. 



Following is a summary showing the condition of crops on September 1. 

 as compared with the average of past years on that date: Corn, 90 per 

 cent; potatoes, 78; flax, 95; pastures, 85; On September 1, 1917, the con- 

 ditions were: Corn, 84; potatoes, 95; flax, 94; and pastures, 80 per cent. 



Hot winds and drouth seriously damaged corn in the southwest one- 

 third of the State during the first half of August, so that the average con- 

 dition September 1, was 11 per cent lower than on August 1. The total 

 production will be about 350,000,000 bushels, or nearly 17,000,000 bushels 

 above the ten-year average. 



Preliminary reports indicate the average yield of winter wheat to be 

 21 bushels per acre; spring wheat, 19; oats, 43; barley, 31; rye, 18; and 

 timothy seed, 4.6. If these estimates are maintained by final reports, the 

 State will produce about 4,143,000 bushels of winter wheat, 11,028.000 of 

 spring wheat; 237.640,000 of oats; 10,679,000 of barley, and 900,000 bush- 

 els of rye. The area of timothy cut for seed was 73 per cent of last year's 

 acreage. Eighty per cent of the threshing had been finished on Septem- 

 ber 1, which is about 10 per cent above the normal. 



FINAL CROP REPORT OF THE STATE, 1918. 



Following is a summary of reports from crop correspondents of the 

 Iowa Weather and Crop Service showins: the average yield per acre and 

 total yields of staple soil products, and the averacre price at the nearest 

 Btation, December 1, 1918. This report does not include or take into 

 consideration live stock, poultry or dairy products: 



