Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-14

Des Moin Dec. 13.-The Iowa
corn crop aggregates 345, ,S71 $40 bush.
els. This Is the figure given by John
r. Sage. director of the Iowa crop and
weather service in his annual report
for 1905. He computes that at the
average price of 35 cents per bushel.
which was the prevailing price of corn
on Dec. /, the value OF the Iowa corn
crop is $121, ,055,144. The oats crop is
the next largest, with total aggre.
gate of about 146,439,z40 bushels. The
total value of the c--ps Of the state
for the year is over $300,OOO,00O.
Mr.. Sage shows that the figures and
the crops ne has reported do not show
the full value of Iowa farm products
in that the value Of pasturage to cattle
Is not shown and no way Is open for
person to make a showing No &C.
count Is made of the increment de.
rived from the consumption OF these
staple crops on the farm.
| The figures on the corn crop show
an increase over all previous crops of
nearly 100000 bushels. This increase
is vastly greater than was the In.
crease of last year over the year pre-
ceding.
Director Sage's summary Of the
crop report is as follows:
The crop season of 1906 as shown
by tabulated reports from each county.
was the best that has been reported
iE this state since 1900 Altogether
the showing as to, aggregate yield and
prices of staple products Is beyond
of the season.
Reports indicate unusual variation
in the Weld of corn, the averages by
counties ranging from Twenty-Five to
forty-f1ye bushels per acre, as a re-
suit of notable local differences in
condition Of the soil in the critical
stages Of the season. The first report
of the season showed an average in
crease In the acreage Of corn planted
1 as compared with last year, but adj
verse local conditions of May and Juna
caused a 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 9,543.815 acres in 1904.
The yield this year is based on a total
/ Of 9,2S5,150 acres the average Yield
for the state being 37.2 bushels per
acre. The total product appears to ba
345 S71,S40 bushels, which is 816,s00
bushels, in excess of the output of any
previous year, but the average per
acre was higher in four previous sea-
sons since 1890. The average value OF
the corn crop on Dec. 1, was about 35
4 cents per bushel-total for the state.
4 $121 ,055, IA.
Wheat.
The yield and quality Of winter
wheat has been good this season. but
the acreage was small. The total ap-
pears to be 1,253,o2O bushels, an av-
erage of 2O.2 bushels per acre, and
quality good. The total of spring
wheat was 5155.76o bushels, an av-
erage Of 14.4 bushels per acre. The to-
tai wheat output (6,408.7SO bushels) Is
worth s4,614,321, an average Of "a
cents per bushel.
The average yield of oats, 372 bush
els per acre. is above the average, but
the product was somewhat impaired
/ by wet weather, while standing In
shocks. The total apears to be 146,-
been exceeded but once in the rec-
ords Of the state. and that was in
| 1895. The farm value of the crop Dec.
] was 20 cents per bus.lel; total $685.
609,s10.
Rye.
Total yield, l.2s3,5oo bushels aver
age of 1S bushels per acre. Value.
$667,42O, at So cents per bushel.
Barley.
Average per acre. 27.5 bushels; to.
tai yield. 15.5Gs,77o; value, 33 cents
per bushel total value, $51.1s7034.
Flax Seed.
Amount produced, 17377O bushels:
value. s156393, at 80 cents per bushel.
Potatoes.
Bushels produced, s,352.1so; aver
age per acre "a bushels: value, 80 cents
per bushel total, s4.676,045.
Hay.
Area harvested of tame hay. $685.
500 acres total output 6,447,ooo tons,
or 1.S tons per acre; value OF cron
! S35,626,150 at $3.50 per ton.