78 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



25,000 bulletins containing these statistics immediately following 

 the compilation of same. This would not only give a great amount 

 of authentic information and publicity in regard to Iowa's products 

 and source of wealth but would greatly facilitate publishing the 

 Year Book. 



Under present arrangements it is necessary to hold the copy for 

 the Year Book at least three months in order to include these sta- 

 tistics in the issue of the same year. 



The statistics for 1910 have been tabulated and are presented in 

 the five tables as follows: 



Table No. 1. Sets forth the total number of farms occupied by 

 tenant or owner of five acres or more of land, either inside or out- 

 side the corporate limits of cities and towns. It will be noticed 

 that the number of farms reported this year are not as great as 

 reported last year, or as shown by government reports. This dif- 

 ference is due to the consolidation of farms that has taken place 

 in Iowa during the past few years, and to the fact that statistics 

 were not taken on farms of less than five acres. 



The average size of farms was arrived at by taking the total 

 acreage of farms and dividing it by the total number of farms re- 

 ported occupied by either tenant or owner. 



Total acreage of all farms within the state consisting of five 

 acres or more. 



Total acreage occupied by farm buildings includes all land occu- 

 pied by buildings, feed lots,- and grove surrounding same, but does 

 not include timber land used for pasture. 



Total acreage in pasture, orchard, garden and in crops not other- 

 wise enumerated. Number of silos in use on Iowa farms and aver- 

 age monthly wage paid farm help during summer and winter 

 months. 



Table No. 2. Shows the total acreage, average yield per acre, 

 and total yield for state by counties for the following principal 

 farm crops for the year 1910 : Corn, oats, barley, winter and 

 spring wheat. By comparing the total acreage and total yield re- 

 ported in this table with totals under tables compiled by the Iowa 



Weather and Crop Service on page , a variation will be noted. 



The acreage and yield reported in the tables compiled by this de- 

 partment are made up from reports from each township assessor 

 in the state and should be more accurate than the figures compiled 

 from estimates from seven or eight hundred crop reporters, from 

 which is made up the estimate by the Weather and Crop Service. 



