Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-09
4 E|N[ CROP RECORD !
Present Season Will Break All
Records For Crop Yield
In Iowa
Corn Will Exceed Last Years Esti.
mates BY Enormous Total Of
100000 Bushels.
The Average Yield Estimated as
Forty.ons Bushels 10 Acre
Wheat Has Gained.

Des Moines, Oct. 9.-Following is
preliminary estimate of the average
yield of staple farm crops. summarized
from reports received Oct. I. 1900, and
subject to revision in the final report of
the season to be issued about Dec. 4:
Corn-The reports indicate an average.
yield of a little more than forty-one8
bushels per acre for the state. The area
planted was 8,6lS660 acres. and the to-'
tai product will be 35S.365, 060 bushels. or
bushels above the heaviest
yield heretofore harvested in Iowa. The
hgures are very conservative. making
due allowance for recent damage by
winds and wet weather.
Wheat--Yield of winter wheat sixteen
bushels per acre: spring wheat, fifteen
bushels. Total producl. 22, 49,. $40 bush-
els, as against 19,574,,92 bushels last
year.
oats-Yield per acre. thirty-five BUSH
els; total for the state, l39, 7O7, $50 bush
els.
Rye-Average per acre. seventeen
bushels; total. 1,762,560 bushels.
Barley-Yield per acre. twenty-eight
bushels; total product, 1i,04S.720 bush-
els.
Flax seed-Yield, eleven bushels per
acre; total, 1.197 $50 bushels
Tame hay-Average yield, IA tons per
acre; total, 1865. 470 tons.
Potatoes-Yield per acre, seventy-two
bushels; total output, 1876, $50 bushels.
The final report is likely to show in
crease, rather than decrease. in the
above figures This preliminary esti-
mate indicates the total output of ce-
reals corn and small graim to be 531,-
3l902O bushels. or about 10000, 900 bush
elsin excess of the highest total in any
single year in. the last decade, and 49,
5000 bushels above the average yearly
output for the past ten years.
The estimates are compiled from re-
ports received from farmer correspon-
dents in nearly every township in the
state. and that there may be no over
statement they are scaled down. For
example. the corn area this year Is 81
6ls,660 acres. The reports from CORE
spendents indicated that an average
Yield of forty-t three bushels per acre
would be secured. To make allowances
for overstatements and for unreported
losses Director Sage deducted two
bushels per acre from the average OF
the reports and bases his estimate OF
the total corn yield at forty-one bush.
els to the acre. This gives total OF
800. 365, 060 bushels, figure probably
Eless than the actual yield. but withal ii
l5one of the most sensational ever an.
nounced by the service. The averag,
yield is three bushels in excess of thu
highest average in any year for tn.
past ten years. The nearest approach
was in 1895. when the average per acre
| was thirty-nine bushels. The 1900 av;
erage is about nine bushels in excess O
the average yield per acre for the pas
item years, whoch was 3D. bushels.
But the enormity of the figures TO
ll90O is the more apparent when total
are used. The 1900 corn crop is 10000
4 bushels in excess of the biggest previ
I.ous corn yield in the history of tn
state-in 1891. when the total yieia wa
49,, OBJ 1888 bushels. The average yiel,
Lin the past ten years was 252.664.170, o
10000 $50 bushels less than the yiel,
/ for 1900.
4 Corn is not the only crop that show
Ian increase The wheat yield ha
j gained about 3.Ooo, 900 bushels over las
A year. Oats and fax show slight de
crease. AS compared with last year III
corn crop shows a gain of 100000
bushels,