62 
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
HAY— 1896-1908 
Statistics compiled from Reports of Crop Service Division of Iowa State Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 
Tame Hay 
Wild Hay 
.(D«3 
< 
< 
0) 
> * 
Year 
(U 
n 
< 
> >> 
< 
1 
1896 
1.5 
1.6 
1.7 
1.5 
1.4 
1.4 
1.8 
1.9 
1.5 
1.8 
1.3 
1.5 
1.8 
3,376,440 
3,362,287 
3,852,561 
3,852,941 
3,609,010 
3,711,680 
4,439,040 
5,216,404 
4,499,090 
6,477,300 
4,892,950 
5,117,878 
5,838,640 
1.5 
1.3 
1.2 
1.2 
1 
1.2 
1.3 
1.3 
1.2 
1.2 
1.2 
1.3 
1.6 
2,325,000 
1,939,117 
1,645,419 
1,458,195 
1,530,050 
1,268,700 
1,202,860 
1,191,345 
1,091,590 
1,313,310 
1,110,690 
1,172,. 590 
1,445,980 
5,701,440 
5,301,320 
5,498,080 
5,311,130 
5,139,060 
4,980,380 
5,641,900 
6,407,749 
5,590,680 
7,790,610 
6,003,640 
6,290,468 
7,284,620 
$4.50 
4.50 
4.30 
5.75 
6.50 
8.25 
6.80 
5.75 
5,62 
5.50 
7.50 
8.50 
6.16 
$3.30 
3.70 
3.50 
4.90 
5.00 
6.30 
5.50 
4.95 
4.50 
4.50 
5.50 
6.75 
5.09 
$22,782,000 
22,304,000 
22,281,000 
29,350,000 
31,120,000 
38,712,000 
36,787,322 
35,891,480 
30,197,040 
41,535,045 
42,805,920 
51,316,945 
43,326,060 
3,800,960 
1897 — - - 
1898 
3,315,972 
4,104,967 
1899 
1900 
1901 
3,742,655 
4,078,960 
3,608,450 
1902 
3,391,408 
1903 
3,651,894 
1904 _ 
3,707,298 
1905 
1906 .. 
4,692,925 
4,418,600 
1907 
4,268,730 
1908 
4,146,870 
Average _. 
1.6 
4,480,478 
1.27 
1,438,064 
5,918,539 
$6.12 
$4.88 
$34,492,985 
3,917,668 
FLAX— 1880, 1885, 1890. 
Statistics Compiled from Reports of Secretary of Iowa Agricultural Society. 
Year 
. 0) 
< 
I 
*-> 
Av. farm 
value per 
bushel 
Dec. I8t 
"3 
s 
u 
o 
< 
1880 
*1885 
10 
1,034,200 
$1.00 
.94 
1.10 
$1,034,200 
2,503,293 
3,276,989 
103,420 
1890 _ __ 
10.5 
2,929,081 
283,723 
^No other data. 
FLAX— 1896-1908. 
Statistics compiled from Reports of Crop Service Division of Iowa State Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 
Year 
•02 
2 
Av. farm 
value per 
bushel 
Dec. 1st 
+.» 
o 
Eh 
u 
1896 
9.5 
10 
10.5 
11.2 
11.7 
18.8 
8 
8.7 
11 
9.8 
10.7 
10.8 
11.3 
1,946,720 
2,498,600 
2,376,600 
1,597,790 
1,222,980 
916,890 
755,350 
355,160 
591,140 
173,770 
205,280 
461,960 
461,580 
$ .95 
.87 
.80 
1.04 
1.50 
1.29 
1.00 
.78 
1.15 
.90 
.97 
.98 
1.01 
$1,135,000 
2,173,782 
1,901,280 
1,661,898 
1,834,470 
916,890 
725,350 
277,024 
679,811 
156,393 
200,091 
408,640 
466,195 
199,128 
is&r 
1898 
1899 
1900 
249,882 
225,014 
142,175 
108,850 
1901 
104,140 
1902 
1903 
94,767 
40,823 
1904 
51,370 
1905 
17,732 
1906 
1907 
19,160 
42,790 
1908 — 
40,833 
Average 
10.9 
1,043,371 
$1.02 
$ 964,371 
102,820 
