Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-14
Final Report Makes Most Salts
factory Exhibit OF States
Agricultural Resources
HIGHER VALUE THAN LAST YEAR
Director Sage Gives the Total Soil
Products Valuation For the Year as
2e1,2o7, 1858 or ss5,ooo,ooo More Than
the Year Before-statistics of the
Various Crops.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to TimeS-RepuDucans
Des Moines, Dec. 14.-The final re-
port of the Iowa crop bureau and SER
vice on the crops of Iowa for 1904 was
completed last evening by Director u.
r, Sage, from the reports of his many
correspondents in the state. In general
the report shows that the crop was
more valuable than that of last year,
in fact one of the most valuable crops
ever grown in the state. MI. sage
says:
Despite adverse conditions at the
outset and belated growth Of the cereal
crops the final report for the season
of 1904 makes a satisfactory exhibit
of the agricultural resources of the
state. The warmth and dryness of the
autumn made partial amends Tor the
low temperature and slow progress
during the summer.
Corn-The area planted this season
| was 9,O52,450 acres. The loss OF acre
age from various causes was relatively
small compared with recent seasons
and 1t is probable that practically
about nine million acres were harvest
ed, The average yield for the state APP
pears to have been about thirty six bu-
| shells per acre. The total yield is $685.
Sb3.33O bushels, which is 93,343,OO0
above the yield last year and the larg-
est crop produced since 1900. During
the past fifteen years there have been
two larger crops, namely: Three hum
dred and forty-fve million bushels in
1900, and 335,0OO,O0O bushels in 1891.
This years output is 62,00O,OO0 bushels
above the fifteen year average. me
average price per bushel at the farms
Dec. was about 35 cents; total value
Of the corn crop s113,S4S,665.
Wheat-This crop was badly dam
aged by rust and blight. The area OF
winter wheat was about 1900 acres,
and the average yield 1913 bushels per
acre: total yield, 1,017, 900 bushels. The
acreage of spring wheat was Ho,O4o
acres; yield, 81 bushels per acre; total
output for the state, 1885, 3O. Farm
prices: Winter wheat. 81 cents;
spring wheat, Sc cents; total value OF
wheat crop, $7,024,S09.
Oats-Area seeded, 4,01s,9s0 acres;
yield per acre, 29.4 bushels; total BUSH
els, i1S, 435,57O. The farm value, 26
cents: total value, Dec. 1, s30,79S,2S4.
Rye-Area seeded, 99,59O acres: yield
fifteen bushels; total, $4,000 bushels.
Value at 81 cents per bushel, $751;
22S.
Barley-Area seeded, 493,370 acres;
yield 25 bushels; total yield, l2,3l7,7lo;
value at "a cents, $4,1SS,O2l.
Flax-Area 51,370 acres; IL bushels
per acre; total 591,140 bushels; value
at s1.15 per bushel, $679,S11.
Potatoes-Yield per acre, 125 BUSH
els: total output 14,255,6so bushels;
value at % cents, s3,911,59o.
| Hay, tame-Area harvested 2,797,-
$40 acres; total, 4,499,090 tons; value
at 1852 per ton, $25,2S4,SS5.
Hay, wild-Total amount cut, 1,O91,-
$50 tons: value at $3.50 a ton, $4,912,-
155.
Pasturage and grazing-The value OF
pasturage and grazing harvested by
live stock in pastures and in grain
fields, cornfields, and meadows after
harvest, is placed at $90,OO0,OOO or
above $500 per farm of 100 acres. This
Is believed to be very low estimate.
The estimate on other products of
the farm is as follows: Buckwheat,
$3.50. 900; sweet potatoes, $350.000; sor-
ghum and broomcorn, $26OO00; timothy
seed, $95O,OOO; clover and millet seed,
s175,0 flax seed, s679,S10; fruits and
garden truck, $7,500,000.
| The total soil products valuation is
therefore for the year 91,207,25S. This
lis s35, 1000, 900 more than last year.