Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
WA FARMS
ARE IN LEAD
GOVERNMENT REPORT SHOWS
THEM MOST PRODUCTIVE IN
YIELD IN UNITED STATES
DAkoTAs ARE SECOND
Especial Agent Knapp, However, Be
N lieves That Though Middle West
y Farmers Lead They Can
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s1Atlstics prepared by the department
GOT agriculture show that the farmers
sof Iowa and the Dakotas are the most
prosperous in the entire country.
j North Dakota leads in the annual in
come of each farm worker. with a to-
tai of S755.62. owing to the unusually
large farms OF that state. Iowa is sec.
ond with an annual income of $611.1l
for each farm worker. and South la
llota a close third with S605.69. Ne
braska farm workers earn an annual
income of S554.78 each. The average
Snumber of acres worked by one lnau
fAn North Dakota is 1874, i'll South Da-
ikota 1876, in Nebraska 50 acres aud in
Iowa only 80 acres. Thus, considering
She number of acres worked, the Iowa
farms are the most productive in the
/ United States.
The average value of buildings on
each Iowa farm is $s13S7, which is
the highest mark for farm improve
n1ents of any state in the union ex
cept the older eastern common
wealths. South Dakota buildings aver,
| age $412.o3 for each farm. North Da
kota $426 snd Nebraska $5S6.01. Value
Of implements and machinery on each
farm in these states averages as fal
lows: Iowa, s1es.55; South Dakota
North Dakota, s23S.S4; Ne
braska $164.11.
Dakota Leads In Horses.
North and South Dakota lead in the
average number of horses to eacl
farm laborer, averaging six each
while Iowa has four and Nep.ask;
II five. Iowa outranks all except the
eastern states in number of mile
cows and value of poultry on ear
farm, averaging seven each of the for
ner and panltry worth $3050. Soutl
Dakota farms have an average OF si5
mich cows each, Moth Dakota fou
and Nebraska five. The value Of peul
try on each farm in these states aver
ages as follows: South Dakota, $40
North Dakota, $13; Nebraska $21su
In percentage of farms worked b,
4 tenants in each state Illinois is at tn,
Il head of the middle western STAKES
with a percentage of 1913. Iowa has
tenant percentage of $40; South Da
kota 21.8; Nebraska 30.5 and Norti
Dakota only SIS.
Southern Farmer a Back Number.
These statistics demonstrating th
success of the middle western farm
ers are being cited to the farmers o
the south by the farmers co-operativ
demonstration workers of the agricl
turaI department to inspire them t
more effective methods. For instance
it is pointed out to the Alahalu
farm 1aborer who owns on All averag
only three-ffths of a. mule and earn
only s14S.9S a. year from the flftee
acres he works that the Iowa farm Is
sorer has four horses and earns n
AVERAGE of s611.11 a year from the
acres he tills.
This farmers cooperative demon
b sttation work under the direction {
the DEPARTMENT Of agriculture alread
is putting into practice some of tn
plans for Improvement of farm cond
tions, especially in the south, ths
she presidents country life commits
sion probably will propose. As orsal
l, lied Under the bureau of plant indus
Il try 1.-THE farmers demonstrate
4 working forces consist Of one direc5e
III assistants, ten state agents IN
strict and local agents. The |;
snts are REQUIRED to be pract
mers and receive thorough il
fton III their duties from tn
and district agents.