Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-14
IOWA CROP REPORT.
Final Statement of the Bureau for
the Season of 1899.
ACREAGE OF THE VARIOUS CEREALS
Showing Average Per Acre and TOTAL
Yield of staple Farm Products
Average Farm Prices-vegeta.
bles and Fruits.

Des Moines, Dec. 12-Final reports
for the season have been received from
the county and township correspond
ents of the Iowa Weather and Crop
Service, giving the average yield of the
staple soil products, and the average
home prices obtainable therefor on or
about December 1. These reports have
been tabulated by counties, and the
following summary is made for the
state:
Wheat-The greater part of the win
ter wheat acreage sown in the fall of
1898 was lost by winter-killing, and
much difficulty has been experienced in
securing data as to the area saved
and actually harvested. The returns
indicate total yield of only 226,040
bushels, with an average of about II
bushels per acre. In 1898 the total was
3,16s,O0O bushels. The spring wheat
acreage harvested this year was 1885,
891 acres, and the. total yield was 49,
574,79s bushels. Average per acre, 1877
bushels. The average farm price of
winter wheat; is IS cents, and
spring wheat 50 cents per bushel. To-
tai value of wheat crop, December /,
$1o,7Ol, 400. I,
Corn-The area of corn harvested was
s,460,521 acres. The average yield in
the respective counties was quite vari-
able, ranging from525 to As bushels per
acre. Five counties reported averages
per acre of IS to 30 bushels, seventy
three counties 80 to SO bushels, and
twenty-one counties 40 to As bushels.
The aggregate for the state was 306,-
S52,715 bushels, an average of 1868 BUSH
els per acre. In 1898 the state average
was 34.5 bushels, and the total 2S9, 214,-
$50 bushels.
The average farm value OF corn in the
state, December I, is placed at 90 cents
per bushel, showing the market value
of the crop on that. date, $40, 429, AIS. As
fully so per cent Of the crop will be con-
sumed within the state the increment
gained by marketing it in the form of
beef, pork, mutton, dairy goods, ETC.,
will make the total value OF the crop
att least $105, 1000, 900. alfR fi.s9
Oats-The acreage of oats harvested
was 4,06y, 557 acres, and total yield is
reported, to be 1869, 1903 bushels-an
average of 34.5 bushels per acre. The
average farm price December was 10
cents per bushel, making the total
value OF the crop, 6,722, 1888.
Barley-Area of barley harvested,
557.598 acres; average per acre, 25.6
bushels; total yield, 14,719,311 bushels.
Farm price, 30, cents per bushel. Value
of crop December 4, $4,415.5T9.,
Rye-Area harvested, .126,236 acres;
total yield, s,061,f69 bushels; average
per acre, 1863 bushels. Farm price, De-
cember /, 40 cents per bushel; total
value of CROP: 1874, 467. q
klaS-Number of acres harvested,
.l41,175; average per acre, ill., bushels;
total yield, 1,597,979 bushels. Farm
value, s1.o4 per bushel. Value OF crop,
81, 1898.
Potatoes Area harvested, 154,24s
acres; average yield per acre. ss.s
bushels; total product, 15,2s2,s34 bush
els. Farm value, IA cents per bushel;
value Of crop, $3,660,714.
Sweet Potatoes--Average yield per
acre, 81 bushels. Estimated product,
3o5, 800 bushels. Value, $685., 800.
Hay Cultivated -Area, 2,544,s43
acres; average yield per acre, LIS tons;
total yield, 3,s52,941 tons. Value OF
crop, $5.75 per ton; total value, $22,-
154,410.
Hay (wild) AREA cut, 1,19s,312
acres; total yield, 1,45s, 195 tons. Farm
value, $500 per ton; total value of pro-
duct, $7,145,355.
MISUNDERSTANDING yield per acre,
Is bushels; total yield, 172,5Oo bushels;
value, 100000.
Timothy seed-Ayerage yield, 4.s
bushels per acre. Estimated product,
| 100000 bushels. Value, $834,60O.
Glover seed-VaIue (estimated) $780,
900. Average yield per acre, IL bush
els.
Millet seed-Yield, 20 bushels per
acre. Value of product, $4,000.
Sorghum-Average IS gallons per
acre. Estimated value Of product,
$375, 900.
Broom corn-Estimated value of
crop, $45,0O0.
Corn fodder-In shock and fields,
worth $S,46O,000.
Pasturage-Estimated value, $780,
900, 900.
Fruits and vegetables Estimated
value, $6,5O0,00O.
The average farm price of horses is
/ shown to be SCI; mich cows, $35; wool
per pound, II cents. The amount of
fall blowing, compared with the aver
age of former years, appears to be
about ga per cent. BY sections the av-
erage is, northern section, 80; central
section, 81; southern section, 40 per
Il cent.
The crop reporters made estimates
of the percentage of loss of hogs by
cholera or other diseases in their re-
Il spective counties, and their reports
show an average loss of about ii per
n cent for the state. The averages by
counties range from less than / to 81
per cent. The reports show steady
i decrease in virulence of the disease
compared with its rayages in recen,
years.
Il. Yield per Total Farm val's
II Crops. acre. product. Dec 1