Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-02
GROPSOF 1911 MOST
VALUABLE N HISTORY.
GENERAL RAINS LATE IN SEA.
SON BRING IMPROVEMENT TO
MANY STATES.
sUesEAR OF HARD TIMES
PROVES TO BE uNFoUNDED
Total Value Of lowa's Field Crops
sos $4,000, Compared to $243,116,ooo
Much Greatsr-conditions in Other
Western States.

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| Chicago, Oct. 2.-That the bugbeai
! of hard times prophesieG in connection
with recent reports of general cror
failures is thoroughly urfounded /:
proved by the annual crop report is
sued by Lord & Thomas for 1911.
President c. r. Erwin. in discussing
| his sources Of information which led tt
the above statement mentioned that NJ
had deduced optimistic conclusions
from data gathered for him by the
agricultural press all over the coun-
, try.
Howard n Whitney. in giving details
Of Iowa conditions. states that the to-
1911 is $305.331 ,066, as against s243,
1866 in 1910.
The corn crop this year in Iowa Is
less than last year, averaging about
$50 100000 bushels. as against 355.000.-
900 bushels last year Notwithstanding
the corn crop OF 1910 exceeded this
y
bushels. the price at this time is 80
cents last year. This fixes the value OF
the 1911 corn crop at si37.50o.o00, While
that Of last year was 1927, 622.340.
The oat crop this year amounted to
116 $4,000 bushels as compared TO 16s,-
22S.970 bushels in 1910. The acreage
this year was 1860 500 acres. and the
t,ole
The value OF this years crop at pres
ent prices is $43,1o9,S25. as against
s45.421.S22 last year.
The winter wheat crop for 1911
amounted to 4.015.24O bushels. cs
against 4125.s2O bushels last year. The
acreage was 200,762 and the yield
twenty bushels The yield is now
worth s3.212192. as against s3,54S 2O5
in 1910.
Timothy seed this year commands an
unusual price. many farmers having
sold their crop for over s. per bushel.
The yield of timothy seed this year is
1o,41S.5so bushels and is. therefore.
worth ss2.0s2.900. The official estimate
of the value OF last years timothy crop
is s1.00o0Oo
The fruit crop this year is enormous.
being valued at s25.000.0oO, Last year.
crop was a failure and was worth 49, :
900 600
H. f. Colby editor of Kimbalrs Dairy
Farmer. and James Atkinson. editor Of
the Iowa Homestead. send reports
which correspond to the one submitted
by Mr.. Whitney.
Nebraska Conditions Excellent.
The Nebraska Farmer. thru its edi-
tor. Mr.. L. S. Heron. states that the
prices for farm, products this year bid
fair to be such as to give the farmers
Of this state. as whole. more money
to spend than they had last year Corn
is selling at the present time at from
- TO. 20 cents in different parts
OF the state. due to the shortage OF
corn thruout the corn belt in general
and the increased demand
This state has over 100000 acres
planted. and recent general rains thru
out the state will bring the corn crop
to 175.0oo.o00 bushels. as against u.s.
9o3,92s bushels last year.
Potatoes prairie hay and alfalfa av-
erage about the same as last year
Last year the farmers We're getting for
their wheat S5 to 80 cents. This year
the prices exceed those Of last year
Oats rule about s cents higher per
bushel this year than last. Hay will
probably run about the same as last
year and will be in the neighborhood
of $40 per ton as farm price Last
year potatoes were selling at this time
for $50 per bushel Now they sell
for from 81 to 50 per bushe!. The po-
tato growers this year are going to
coin more money from the limited crop
than from last years crop.
On the whole. Nebraska is In bet
ter shape than in 1910, so far as crops
are concerned and the ability Of farm
ers to buy goods.
]. r. Dunlap. general manager Of the
Nebraska Farm Journal. writes:
Don't be alarmed about Nebraska.
We are in the most prosperous con-
dition have ever known" His reports
also show that the crops thruout Ne
hraska have had good year and that
all prices are high.
Present reports from Kansas are not
az favorable as many Of the other
states. Winter wheat will approx
mate 51.3s5, 900 bushels. or about s.
eoo,ot bushels under 1910. The quail
ity Of the crop is reported more than
usually excellent and Of extreme
weight, the medium grade being linn
tied mostly to those portions where
yields were lightest.
The corn crop this year shows de-
crease over last year Of about is per
cent. However, the prices show
greater valuation than heretofore. The
horse and cattle industry in Kansas.
according to reports. is showing con-
siderable increase. and 1911 has also
been q remarkably good year for hog
raising
Michigan Farmers Prosperous.
The Michigan Farmer. in a report
given by the editor, states that while
the drouth conditions affecting por-
items of the north central and middle
western states have been severely felt
over a considerable section Of Michi-
gan, crops and crop prospects have
not been DANA ged to the extent which
was predicted. and in the case Of most
crops the less from this cause will be
more than made up to the Michigan
farmer thru the better prices which
he will receive for his products. owing
to the fact that crop production is ex-
ceedingly varied in Michigan. while
the yield of crops harvested and the
prospects for growing crops are bet
ter than in many other states and In
most instances at least better than
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