Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-13
THE GREATEST YEAR.
Iowa's Farm Crop the Biggest Of
Any Yet Produced.
VALUE is StO2 FOR EACH lNHABITANl

King Corn Leads With Market Val
ue of $9s.164,s6o, or an Average Val
ue of 100000 per county-other
Crops.
Des Moines, Dec. 11.-Director
Sage's last report for the Iowa Wealth
er and Crop Service for 1900, so far as
it relates to exclusively soil products,
is the most prolific report ever made
for this or any other state. King Corn
leads in production of 345,055,040
bushels, the farm value of which is
estimated at 500. 164.S60, an average
value of nearly Sl,000,000 per county
in the state That is the farm value
at the beginning of this month, based
on the value at the principal markets.
All the other soil crops of the state
are enumerated in the same manner,
and the total value is more than $102
for every man, woman and child in the
state! In addition to that remarkable
fact, the report calls attention to the
further fact that the Increment gain
ed by converting soil products into
nroducts horses a+c y is not incl,,d-
ed in the renort but would add ma.
teria1lv To the bonntifuI and unenuall.
cd crons of tha vear The renort is
thoro and conservatives Turnout and
the real value of the soil crons will
undonhtedlv nrove 70 ha oreate,. than
tho estimata for tho yalne of all farm
nrod,,cts is tending inward &c indi-
c.ted hv tbe f.c1 th.t 1vbeat ;s IN nor
cent and corn % ner cent higher IN
tha world,s n,arlyets than vear 400
of tbis date This hoe haan the grest.
oct vear for Iowa farn,ers Who n1snt.
cd cultivated and parnered In fine
and The orea+ cIrns 4bay hove oro,u,
orc of n,ore wo1ne 10 tba bmsinass and
Iahor If the stata tban ~ Inc for,,,
orc. for oil If Iowo,s h,,sinass lalnr
on5 aenara, nrosnar;t, &c hasaa no,
the farm crops If the state which an.
nua1lv hrinp about s1o0 nm mn of ont.
sida ,,onev into To,a Thot orea+ on
mai ma, aeeres,t n will he i,raaIv innrassar
when al Of Iowa,s row n,s+aria1s arc
,,a,,,,fa n+,,rad 49, fn;s,ad ,ra5,,ats,
bafora tha s,rnius is shinned ~ he
marl.ets If tba u,n,.,d 'ppNu
'i'''i 49,
me nePort.
Final reports for the season have
been received from crop correspond
ents of the Iowa Weather and Crop
Service, showing the average yield of
staple farm products and the average
prices obtainable therefor at the
farms on or about December 1. A pre-
liminary estimate was compiled from
reports received October 1, and by
comparison it will be noted that the
figures relative to- corn yield have
been revised Oh conservative lines,
making due allowance for losses re-
sulting from unfavorable weather dur
ing the harvesting season. The re-
ports have been tabulated by coun-
ties, and following is general sum-
mary for the state:
Wheat-The yield of winter wheat
on a reduced acreage as compared
with former years, appears to be
l,OlS,O7O bushels-an average of 1873
bushels per acre. The total yield OF
spring wheat is 2O,2SO,2S0 bushels
an average of 14.3 bushels per acre.
The average home value of spring
wheat is 60 cents, and winter wheat
| 81 cents per bushel, making the total
OF the wheat crop $12,799,371.
Corn-The carefully revised figures
made last June showed the area OF
corn planted this year to be S,61S,660
acres. The returns OF the harvest
show remarkable uniformity in the
output OF the crop IN the different Sec
tons OF the state, the average per acre
ior the several counties ranging from
50 to 43 bushels. There are SO coun-
ties credited with an average yield OF
Az to 4o bushels per acre. The total
product OF the state is 345,055,040
ousnels. me average yield per acre
IS 40 bushels for the state. Average
price II cents, and the value of the
crop at that figure is $93,164, $50.
fully tnree-fourths OF the crop will be
consumed Wlthln the state, and the
amount realized therefor will be large
~ IN excess OF the current prices at
the close OF the harvest.
oats-Average yield per acre, BAT
pusheis; total product, 1882 1880
pushels. Value OF the crop at aver
age price OF ~ cents per bushel, ST.
100, 400.
Rye-Amount harvested, 1921 $3.50