Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-12-20
IOWA CROPS ARE BIG
Despite Drouth and Frost the Iowa
Crops Are Worth
$33S, 901, 145.
20 MILLION MORE THAN 1910.
Director of Crop Service Shows an
Enormous Yield of Iowa
Farms.

Iowa farmers had a crop year
worth over twenty-siX million dollars
more this year than last. The drouth,
the frosts and the pests sorely tried
the farmers of Iowa; but despite all
of them the crop value as reported
to the Iowa weather and crop service
was 1888, 991,145, not so high as in
some years, but far above the aver
age.
DR.. George NJ. Chappeil, director
of the crop service has made his
final report and summary for the
year. 1911. The report shows the
acreage of different crops, the yield
and the estimated value Dec LIST. 1t
is gathered from the crop CORES
pondents and threshermen, but the
value gained by feeding farm crops
for production of live stock, poultry
and dairy products is not taken into
consideration. The report says:
The conditions were never better
for seeding, planting and cultivating
than obtained during the early part
of the season. Corn was laid by much
earlier than usual, and the stand was
practically perfect. The outlook, ex-
cept for hay, was excellent on the list
of June, but the excessively high
temperatures during the first five
days of July, and the drouth that
prevailed over the larger part of the
state during June and July, and in
the western and southern counties
during the entire summer, cut down
the prospective yields materially, and
yet with these adverse conditions,
the total output of the state, and es-
the average yield of corn, is
much larger in the state than in the
years of 1894 and 1901.
"Corn-The estimated acreage of
the corn crop is S,534,5O0 acres, or
1853. 200 acres more than was planted
last year, as shown by the report of
the township assessors. The average
yield per acre for the state this y ar
was 1919 bushels, making a total
yield of PSI, 366,6O0 bushels. The
average farm price on December 1st
was "a cents per bushel, making the
aggregate value $151, 937,964. Last
year the estimated yield was 1917
bushels per acre, aggregate yield
80 toe 500 bushels; average price
was SO cents, total value 1927, 622,-
$40. While the rains in August and
increased the yield, the
rains in October caused much of the
corn in shock to mould, and the crop,
as whole. is not in as good condi-
tion as it was on Dec. 1, 1910. There
was much more than the usual
amount of cloudy, damp weather
during September, October and No
which prevented the crop
from drying out, and corn picked for
seed and hung in cribs and sheds was
badly damaged by the severe freez-
ing weather on Nov. 18th and 18th.
Oats-The area harvested was A.
$50, 500 cres; average yield 25.7
bushels per acre; total yield, 12O,-
2OS,300 aggregate value at IL cents
per bushel, s59,2S5,4OS.
Spring Wheat-Area harvested,
35S,510 acres; average yield, 49,
bushels per acre; total yield 1874
500; price per bushel Sc cents; total
value, $4,020,070.
Winter Wheat-Area harvested,
200,762 acres; average yield, 1877
bushels; total yield, 3,959,000; aver
age price SO cents per bushel; total
value, s3,6s1,S7O.
Barey-Average per acre, 22.9
bushels; total yield. 10000; farm
price, 80 cents per bushel; total
value $6.477.3S1.
Rye-Average yield, 16.S bushels
per acre; total crop, 4S6,130 bush
els; farm price, 10 cents; value,
9oo4 ,U4o.
Flax seed-Average per acre, S.5
bushels; total product. 1870 bush
e's; total value at 50 per bushel,
S347,42O.
Potatoes Average yield per acre,
II bushels; total yield, 9,3S6,390
bushels; average price. II cents; to-
tai value, $S,353,SS7.
Hay, tame-Average yield, 8 tons
Per acre; total, S,246,2O0 tons;
price, $1S.44, total value, $780,
62S,92S.
Hay, wild-Ayerage yield, % tons;
total yield, 6S3,3S tons: average
price, s1O,2S; value s7,024,1SS.
Figures do not lie nor should