Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-20
CENSUS BUREAU IssUES STATS.
TICS FOR pEcENNIAL PERIOD
ENDING IN 1910
SLIGHT DECREASE IN CORN;
INCREASE IN FORAGE CROPS
Small Increase in Oats and Tremendous
Falling OF in Wheat Acrsass-Pota-
toes and Barley Fall oH-crop Com.
parsons and Value Of csrsais-oen.
oral State News.
Special to Times Repu blican.


Washington, June 20.-Statistics rel
alive to the leading crops for the state
Of Iowa collected at the thirteenth
decennial census, April Is. 1910. are
sued today by Acting Census Director
Falkner. It is based on tabular sum-
maries prepared under the direction Of
DR.. lie Grand Powers, chief statistician
for agriculture in the bureau Of the
census. The figures are preliminary
and subject to slight revision later,
when few other farms, whose re-
turns, now incomplete. will be included
that these additions will materially
modify the amounts or rates given in
the present statement.
The leading crops Of the state for
1909, ranked in the order Of valuation,
were: Corn. s266,O95 900; hay and for
age, s59,360,OO0; oats. s49,0+7 900;
wheat, s7,7O3.0OO: potatoes, s6,629. 900;
and barley. $5,321,O0O.
Decrease in Corn.
From 1899 to 1909 there was a de-
crease in corn of 574.69s acres. or SO
per cent. The acreage in 1879 was
6,616,144, in 1889 it was 7,5s5.522, in
1899 it was 9,SO4,076, but in 1909 1t
decreased to 9.229,37S acres. The total
yield in 1909 was 341,750,463 bushels;
the average yield per acre, 81 bushels;
the average value per acre, $28S0
Increase in Hay and Forage.
Hay and forage increased 396.S07
acres, or Sy5 per cent. between 1899 and
1909. From 2.49O,O27 acres in 1879
there was an increase of 5.23S.91S in
1889, an advance Of 4,649,37s in 1899,
and a further increase to 5,046,1s5 in
1909. The total yield in 1909 was =
s23,1s1 tons: the average yield per
acre, is tons; the average value per
acre, s11sO
Slight Decrease in Oats.
During the 1s99-1909 decade oats
decreased 50,237 acres or IL per cent
Starting with 1,507.577 acres In 1879
there was an increase to 3,752,1I in
1889, rise to 4,695,391 in 1899. and
decrease to 4.645,154 in 1909. The total
yield in 1909 was 12S.19s.055 bushels;
the average yield per acre, % bushels;
the average value per acre. $1,000.
Tremendous Deerease in Wheat.
Wheat during the ten years ending
in 1909 decreased 1.162,92S acres, or
6SS per cent. Starting with 3,049,2SS
acres in 1879. wheat dropped to 5S5.54s
in 1899. but rose to 1.es9.7O5 in 1899. 1t
again fell to 526,777 acres in 1909, net
loss Of over so per cent for the thirty
years. The total yield in 1909 was
s,O55,944 bushels. of which 4,310,922
age yield per acre was fifteen bushels;
the average value per acre. S14.6O.
Potatoes Decline.
t0 no
ed to potatoes decreased 6,321 acres.
or 3.6 per cent From 169.s70 acres in
1889 there was an increase of 1883
in 1899 and a decrease to 169,567 in
1909 The total yield in 1909 was a.
71O,247 bushels: the average yield per
acre, 81 bushels: the average value per
acre, 1910.
Decrease in Barley.
From 1899 to 1909 barley decreased
56,627 acres, or per cent. The acre
age in 1879 was 19Ss61 acres; In 1889
it rose to 51S.729, and again, in 1899,
to 627.s51. but dropped in 1900 to ST.
o24. The total yield in 1909 was 49,.
964,1s4 bushels: the average yield per
acre, 10 bushels; the average value per
acre, $3.50.
Crop Comparisons.
The cereals had an aggregate acre
age in 1909 Of 15.0S1.039 acres. as COM
pared to 16.920,095 acres in 1899. a de-
crease Of 1,Ss9,056, or 11.2 per cent,
nearly two thirds Of this decrease be-
ing in wheat. Corn showed the high
est average value per acre among the
cereals; rye the lowest. The average
value per acre Of the cereals was
$219O, or more than one and half
times that Of hay and forage. OF the
hay and forage timothy and clover
mixed" ranked first. not only in acre
age, but also in value. being equal to
more than so per cent Of the total
value Of hay and forage Timothy
alone" stood second in acreage and
value Many minor miscellaneous
crops were reported. Most OF them
were above the more usual crops in
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