Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13
Director Sage Issues Summary
of the Yield and Estimated
Value
CORN BREAKS THE RECORD
The Total Corn Crop Estimated at
345,871, $40 With Value of $121,-
o55, 144LTotaI Value Of All Crops
Estim ated at ssoo,ooo,ooo, Exclusive
of Pasturage.
n T,mes-RepublIcan.

Special to TimeS-RepuOllcan.
Des Moines Dec. 13-Director Sage
Of the Iowa weather and crop service,
has issued his annual summary OF
the Iowa crop yield for the season OF
| 1905. His figures show the enormous
yield of s345,S71,84O bushels of corn.
The value of the corn crop at 80 cents
per bushel which was the prevailing
price December 1, is $121055,l44 Inc
J total value Of all crops of the state Is
estimated at s3OO,0O0,000. The figures
| take no account of the Increment
earned from feeding the enormous crop
nor does 1t take account of the value
of the pasturage, there being no way
Of making accurate estimate OF Its
value The figures on the corn crop
| indicate an increase over all previous
years of nearly 100000. The sum-
mary follows:
| The crop season Of 1905, as shown
| by tabulated reports from each coun-
| ty. was the best that has been reported
| in this state since 1900. Altogether
the showing as to aggregate yield and
prices of staple products Is beyond es-
| Inmates made during the early half OF
| the season.
Reports indicate unusual variation
| in the yield Of corn, the averages by
counties ranging from twenty-five to
| forty-five bushels per acre, as result
| In
of the soil in the critical stages of tAe
season. The first report of the season
| showed an average increase In the
acreage of corn planted as compared
| with last year, but adverse local con-
ditions in May and June caused loss
of acreage which has been taken into
account in the final estimate OF the
| output. The census returns showed
| the total area of corn to have been
9,543,SI5 acres in 1904. The yield this
year is based on a total OF 9,2S5,lo0
acres, the average yield for tie state
being 37.2 bushels per acre. The total
!, product appears to be 345, 81 $40 BUSH
| els which is SIG, 800 bushels in excess OF
the output of any previous year but the
average per acre was higher IN four
previous seasons since 1890. 1Nhe av-
erage value OF the corn crop on De.
cember i was about 35 cents
per bushel-total for the state, $121,-
O55,144.
Wheat.
I The yield and quality Of winter
wheat has been good this season, but
the acreage was small. The total APP
pears to be 1,25302O bushels, an aver
| age Of 2O.2 bushels per acre, and quail
ity good. The total of spring wheat
was 5,155.76O bushels, an average OF
| IA bushels per acre. The total wheat
output (6,408,7S0 bushels) is worth
| s4.614,321, an average of u cents per
bushel.
The average yield of oats, 37.2 BUSH
els per acre, is above the average, but
| the product was somewhat impaired
1 by wet weather while standing in
shocks. The total appears to be 1885,
| 439,240 bushels, which amount has
been exceeded but once in the records
of the state, and that was in 1895. The
farm value of the crop December l was
25 cents per bushel; total $36,609,S10.
Rye.
Total yield, 1888, 500 bushels, average
of 10 bushels per acre. Value, 1861, 42O
at So cents per bushel.
Barley.
Average per acre, 275 bushels; to-
| tai yield, 15,566,770; value, 33 cents per
bushel; total value, s51,137,OS4.
Flax Seed.
Amount produced 1870 bushels;
value, $156,393 at 80 cents per bushel.
| Potatoes.
Bushels produced, 9,352,190 average
| per acre, "a bushels; value, SO cents
| per bushel; total, $4,676,04
Hay.
Area harvested of tame hay, 3,59S,50t
acres; total output, 6,477,000 tons, or
| 1.S tons per acre; value of crop $685.
| 626,15O at $3.50 per ton.
Amount of wild hav harvested 213.-