Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-24
BRING BIG PRICES
ioWA'e Cpl. ENpIo CROPS SELL
FOR s2,a77, os4,4eo.
THIRTEEN YEARS OF SOIL PRODUCT
An Average Price of s1s2, 1858, 400 for
Each Year - ]. p. Sage, Director of
Weather and Crop Service Prepares
First Comparative Iowa Crop Report

sN T'Se comparative iowa crop asPoTt
Des Moines, Oct. 81. There has
just been delivered to Gov
ernor Albert B. Cummins by j. R.
Sage. director of the Iowa weather
and crop service, the first comparative
statistical crop report ever compiled
Tor Iowa. the heart of the greatest
corn belt on the fact OF the globe. 1t
will be OF vast interest to the entire
commercial world
1t is a complete record of the crops
and weather OF Iowa for the past thir-
teen years. With all the variable eli
matte conditions of the state-her
frosts, her droughts. her floods and
gains this report tells the plain story
OF lowa's enviable production of valu-
able crops. 1t gives the valuation of
the soil product during that period as
S2,37T,094, go, 1t shows no tendency
on the part Of the climate to change
for the averages demonstrate the con-
ditlons remain practically the same,
and yield is always assured.
Greatest Corn State.
Iowa is situated within the big corn
belt oil the country. constituting in
fact the most productive portion there
or Extend the boundaries of tho state
100 miles in all directions forming a
parallellQgram 400 miles wide and 500
miles long and the 100000 square miles
or territory enclosed comprises vast
agricultural empire unequaied in re-
spect to fertility of soil and salup-
nf my Of
with like area on earth.
More than one-third the total corn
production of the United States is
grown within this territory, the center
OF which is peerless Iowa. that leads
all corn surplus states in respect to
acreage and output.
inasmuch as the prime factors of
crco production are soil and climate,
the latter being the most important
the pamphlet which is to be called,
Iowa Climate and Crops" shows
plainly the reason for the farmers
success.
The state executive council has or
dered published 10000 copies of the
report, and it viii be turned over to
the state printer within the course OF
afew days.
Not unucly Number.
'ae report covers only thirteen
s, as that is the length of time a
station has been established in
!S TIE weather station has been
IN s..sistence twenty five years. The
lifst surgeon general of the United
states army DR.. Joseph Lovel, in or
gani2lllg his medical, department di-
reetea FL military posts TO Keep
alary 81 The weather and TO note ev-
everything OF Importance relating to
climate, etc This was the inception
CT the national weather bureau under
Ws2osc direction Mr.. Sage works. The
l4ist observations We're made in Iowa
n 1873 Ut Fort Smelling ODseiva-
items We're commenced elsewhere as
follows: Council Bluffs, 1920; Prairie
oa CHEN, 1922; Fort Des Moines.
ls43 Fort Armstrong Crock Island),
1875 Fort Atkinson, 1874, and Fort
Il DODGE, 1851. While the observations
mace here cannot be computed to as
certain general averages, they are
valuable MS basis for comparison. In
iilSlS the Iowa weather service was es-
tabhshed by the state Legislature. ST.
600 being appropriated for expenses.
In 1850 the general assembly decided
TO increase the scope of the service by.
adding crops. Governor Boies APP
pointed j. r. Sage as director. June
p ~ i, tiia iis mas since heio that
To4.I e.;, p.s,.
During this period the total soil vail
col,,a ~ III ~ diiis rs .Le
mo IA 10, - !, aEcora
rasnectn = vi siiits, ~ elGn
aya.a %. c,.;S, - ,ahes me yearly
I9o D,,i,,a nc 1,sue 81 i tn $1,000,
f1o,,e,iat eqoE 5ga a, Siiiis tile corn crop
value each ,yea.,,. ~ eco ees IN
co,,trit,,tal esaa .cl ceo ';,i. oals
age YEARLY vaI,iafios, Of So5too -on
sea.ls N5iuatioT OF S2e,42U,J90.
nsiieal - Gpe 4i. a. Win Sl36,S2l,0l0,
esS "a oeo sio,oaa,o9O Bariey brought
go aos ooo average ~ l6S, S32 Eye,
otxeaa aserase a.95s,49q; flax S23,-
s37 9e5 Gao - o., ~