274 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



reports from hundreds of correspondents in all parts of the state, 

 and these correspondents are some of the best farmers we have in 

 the state. 



IOWA CROPS— FINAL REPORT, 1910. 



FINAL REPORT FOR THE STATE TOTAL YIELD OF SOIL PRODUCT. VALUE AT 



FARM PRICES, DECEMBER 1, 1910'. 



Following is a summary of reports from crop correspondents of the 

 Iowa Weather and Crop Service and Threshermen, showing the average 

 yield per acre and total yields of staple soil products, and the average 

 prices at the farms or nearest stations, December 1, 1910. The value 

 gained by feeding farm crops for production of live stock, poultry and 

 dairy products is not taken into consideration in this report. 



Corn— The estimated acreage of the corn crop is 8,940,300 acres, and 

 notwithstanding the fact that the average precipitation for the state for 

 the nine months, January to September inclusive, was only 18.41 inches, 

 which is 8.72 inches below the normal, and the least amount for a like 

 period in the past 21 years except in 1894, when the total for the same 

 months was 17.40 inches, the average yield is 39.7 bushels per acre, and 

 the total output for the state appears to be 354,506,500 bushels. This 

 is the largest yield, with one exception, ever credited in the state. In 1906 

 the total yeild was 388,348,920 and the average yield was 41 bushels per 

 acre. At the average farm price, 36 cents per bushel, this years corn 

 crop is valued at $127,622,340.00. Nearly all of the crop is now in cribs 

 and the condition of the corn was never better. Last year the acreage 

 of corn as shown 'by the township assessors reports, was 8,681,850; average 

 yield, 34.6 bushels per acre; total production, 308,036,869, and total value 

 at 51 cents per bushel, $157,098,802.00. 



Oats — Average yield, 38.9 bushels per acre; total crop 168,22S,970 

 bushels; farm price 27 cents; total value $45,421,822.00'. In 1909 the aver- 

 age yield was 27.0 bushels per acre and the total yield was 117,083,850 

 bushels; average price, 35 cents; total value, $40,979,347.00. 



Spring Wheat — Average yield per acre, 20.2 bushels; total yield, 5,920,- 

 100; farm value at 86 cents per bushel, $5,141,286.00. The average yield 

 in 1909 was 12.5 bushels per acre and the total yield was 3,800,460 bushels, 

 at 90 cents per bushel the farm value of the crop was $3,420,414.00. 



Winter Wheat — The average yield of winter wheat was 22.3 bushels 

 per acre; total yield, 4,125,820 bushels; average farm price, 86 cents per 

 bushel; value of crop, $3,548,205.00. Last year the average yield was 

 18.2 bushels per acre; total product, 3,621,953 bushels; average farm 

 price, 92 cents; total value, $3,332,197.00. 



Barley — Average per acre, 30.5 bushels; total yield, 16,294,850 bushels; 

 farm price, 56 cents per bushel; total value, $9,125,116.00. In 1909 the 

 average yield was 17.5 bushels per acre; total product, 10,352,040 bushels; 

 average price, 46 cents; total value, $4,761,938.00. 



