Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-10
Crop OF 1903 Most Valuable
Ever Raised in the State in
Any Year
VALUE DEC. I. WAS s154,ooo,ooo
Acreage Was Considerably Less Than
That Of 1907 = Crop Bureau Issues
Resume of Crops Grown in State the
81 Past Season and Estimates valu. of
Each Cereal. J,
Special to Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 10.--Following Is a
summary of crop reports from COR
respondents of the Iowa weather and
1cfop service, showing the average
| yield per acre and total yields of staple
products, and the average prices at the
farms or nearest stations. Dec. j, 1908.
The value gained by feeding farm crops
for the production of live stock. poul-
try, and dairy products ds not taken
| into consideration in this report.
,Corn.-A revised report. Of tho esti-
mated corn acreage, made July !, after
| the heavy rains had ceased, indicated
that the area planted this year was
s,3a9,61O acres, or 45s.s9o acres less
eragA yield per acre for the state this
|year was thirty-tive bushels, making
= total yield of 301,S73150 bushels.
tthis exceeds the average yield of the
ten preceding years by over ten million
bushels.) The average farm price on
Dec. / was 81 cents per bushel, maxi
Ing the aggregate value $685. ,3O6.
and the most valuable corn crop ever
raised in the state. Owing to the high
temperature and dry weather In Sep
TENDER. the Late planted fields were
Fruslled toward maturity too rapidly,
and as result about 9 per cent OF
the crop is reported as being soft;
otherwise the condition Of the crop Is
excellent
Wheat---Winter wheat acre harvest
ed, S5.lF acres; yield per acre. 1917
bushels: total. yield l,67s,540: average
price Sc cents per bushel; total value
81, 443.644. Spring wheat, area har-
vested. S2a.467 acres; average yield.
15.4 bushels per acre: total product A.
96S, $50 bushels; price per busllel, Sc
cents; total, $4,272,695; aggregate
value Of wheat, s5.716. 289.
Oats-The oats crop this season has
been below average In yield per acre
and weight1per bushel, as a result Of
rust! and other adverse, conditions The
area harvested was 4,4S1 $50 acres: av-
erage yield. -25.5 bushels per acre; total
product, 112.s30,4s0 bushels; aggregate
value at 43 cents per bushel. s4s,517,-
lilo. Last season the product was ILL.,
,590;400 bushels, valued at $43.364,2 5e.
The average total yield for the ten
preceding years is 124,433,092 bushels.
Barley Area harvested, S97,40S
acres; yield per acre, 26.7 bushels: to-
tai product, 1o.e29,66O bushels: aver
age price, so cents per bushel; total
value; $5,s14,S30 The average total
yield for the preceding ten years is
13.629,S72 bushels.
Rye Area harvested, 50,s93 acres;
average yield. 17.1 bushels; total pro-
duct S69;072 bushels; average price, So
cents per bushel; total value, $547,515.,
Flax = Area harvested, 4O,Ss3 acres;
yield per acre, 11.3 bushels: total yield,
461.5sO bushels; average price. s1.01
per bushel; total value, $466,195
Potatoes Area harvested. 11S.517
acres; average yield, 1913 bushels; total
product, 10e5S,29O bushels; average
price, so cents; total value, $6,2sS,391.
The total yield is about the same as
the average total yield for the preced-
ing ten years. !,
Hay (tame) = Average yield per
acre, 1.S tons; total produce 5,S3S,640
tons; average farm price, s6.16 per
ton: value of crop. s35.966,02
Hay (wild) Yield per acre, 1.s
tons; total product, 1,445,9s0 tons; av-
.erage price, $500 per ton; total value.
s7,360,O5S.
The hay crop as whole (tame and
wild) is, over 100000 tons In excess
of the ten year average.