Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-13
1911 FARM CROPS
and THEIR VALUE
VALUABLE STATISTICS COMPILED
ON PRODUCTS OF THE FARMS
OF COUNTY.
YIELD OF TITLED LAND
WORTH A,s52,4s5
Average Planted to Corn, Total Yield
and Average Yield Per Acre Of This
Staple Shows Splendid Increase
Hot, Dry Season Caused Dsereas. in
Small Grains-Livestoek Statistics.

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Valuable information. showing the
details of the crops of the county, the
volume Of the harvests Of 1911 and
their value in money. the yield per
acre and the number and increases of
the livestock owned by the farmers,
has been compiled from the crop re-
ports gathered by the tax assessors this
spring. The statistics compiled from
these reports show not only what the
crops and yields We're in 1911, but a
comparison is made with the similar
reports for 1910
This detailed information will be
found In convenient tabulated form on
this page. From the same source of
information the state and federal re-
ports from this county will be COM
piled.
Corn Crop Shows Gain.
Summarized very briefly these COM
parative statistics show that there was
an increase In the number of the
farms In the county during 1911 and
that the acreage Of these farms in
creased 1881 acres. The. big crop,
corn, showed splendid increase in
acreage, total yield, and yield per acre.
With the exception Of winter wheat
the total yield Of small grains showed
! decrease, due to dry weather. And
while there was an increase of 6S,979
| acres in the amount Of land that was
seeded to winter wheat the yield per
acre in 1911 was less than in 1910.
There was decrease in the hay crop,
due again to dry. hot summer. Some
of the minor crops showed increases.
Total Value $4,552,4s5.
The total value of the field crops
! raised in the county during 1911 was
s4,552,4s5, reckoned at the current
| market price the farmers were getting
on Dec. 1, 1911. The corn crop was
worth $2,77s.12s: oats, $so7,39s; tame
hay. $565.744: potatoes. $124,OS3; and
! winter wheat, $121,521 are the prin-
cipal large items that made most of
the total.
Corn Makes Showing.
Last years corn crop made splen-
did showing. The county had liz, 1S1
acres planted to this staple in 1911. an
increase Of 6,178 acres over 1910. The
crop was $4,000 bushels. an increase
Of 554,s13 more than the county pro-
duced In 1910. The average yield per
! acre for the whole county was 1888
bushels an increase Of 2.46 bushels per
acre above the 1910 average Of 1907
bushels. Last years per acre average
will be six or more bushels an acre
above the average yield an acre for the
entire state.
There was a decrease Of 1855 acres
in the land seeded to oats last
year compared with the 1910 acreage.
This was due probably to the in
creased acreage seeded to wheat Dry
weather cut into the crop seriously. the
harvest measuring. 1,S77,672 bushels,
or eS4,3o7 bushels less than the 1910
crop. The average yield an acre for
the county was s0.4s bushels. or 9.s7
bushels less than the 1910 average
yield an acre.
Wheat Averaged 81 Bushels.
The county seeded 6,103 acres to win
ter wheat in the fall of 1910. which was
an increase of 1874 acres over what
was seeded the year before. The 1911
yield was 63,979 bushels more than the
1910 harvest, but the average yield per
acre was 21.64 bushels or 1926 bushels
an acre less tnan IN lS1O.
Spring wheat showed an Increased
acreage. but smaller total crop and
decrease of the average yield per acre
of 9.4 bushels
The acreage Of tame or timothy or
clover hay was 2,477 less in 1911 than
in 1910 and the yield was 2s,so2 tons
less, which accounts for the present
high price The average yield per acre
was half a ton less in 1911 than It was
in 1910.
Another large falling Off was in the
potato crop. due like the other de-
creases, to dry weather. The amount
of the decrease was 101,661 bushels.
The fields planted to potatoes yielded on
an average 22.S bushels less last year
| than in 1910.
Advocates of conservation will find
encouragement in the statement that
twenty-five silos were built In the
county during the year. and farm labor
will find hope in the small increases In
the average pay for farm labor.
Livestock Increasing.
All down thru the list Of the sta
tistics, covering the livestock owned
in the county, will be. found splendid
increases. There was an increase OF
O,S59 swine in the county at the date
Of the counting, July !. 1911. compared
with the same date Of 1910. Only In
the total number of cattle can de-
crease be noted. This was probably due
to the general high price Of feed and
the scarcity Of pasture, because of the
lack Of rain.
The statistics on sheep and wool
furnish an idea Of how rapidly this
branch Of animal husbandry is growing
in the county. The increase in the num-
Der Of sheep fed and sold for slaughter
to packing houses Is almost 100 per
cent over 1910. And the wool sold
shows gain of 1910 pounds
A big increase in the number Of poul-
try is included. and the increase in
eggs laid in 1911 as compared with
1910 was 309,07s dozen.
Pyth:ans Attention.
Members Of Cosmopolitan Lodge No.
9S arc ,,rged and requested to meet in