Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-12-18
IOWA's LARGEST CROP
Official Report Shows Enormous In
crease i'm Products.
VALUE OF CROP NEARLY
FOUR HUNDRED MILLIONS
Corn ard Oats Establish New Records
While Value of Entire Crop
Is Ten Million
Increase.

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ssate OF Iowa, are worth $Ss7,-
2S,20S, almost ten millions more
than the crops of 1911.
DR.. George NJ. Chappell, director
of the Iowa weather and crop serv-
ice, delivered his annual crop report
before the Iowa State Agricultural
association today. 1t was the great
est report on Iowa's prosperity ever
made to the association.
Iowa's corn crop this year is the
greatest on record The total yield
is 21,36S,400 bushels, in compari-
son with 2S1,366,6 500 in 1911. The
great crop of 1906 cannot compare
with the harvest of 1912. Accord
ing to the reports of DR.. Chapel,
33,019,4S0 bushels more were pro-
duced on Iowa farms this year than
in 1906.
Despite the fact of the enormous
increase in the corn produced, the
value of this years crop is $239,34O
less than that of last year. This is
because the price per bushel this year
is only 36 cents in comparison with
54 cents in 1911.
Following is the complete, self-ex-
planatory report of DR.. Chappell;
'As a whole, the season of 1912
w hn In
history of Iowa. The total yield of
corn, oats and winter wheat was far
in excess of any previous year, and
all other crops, except apples, were
nearly up to the maximum of pro-
duction. notwithstanding the fact
that the average price of soil prod
ucts is much below the prices pre-
vailing on December L. 1911, the to-
tai value of this years crop exceeds
that of last year by about 100000
600, and If good seed corn had been
used last spring an additional $10,-
100000 could have been added to
the value of this years crop.
THE revised estimate of the acre
age Of corn is 9,199,610 acres, or
336,2S6 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 year
is 45.S bushels, making a total yield
Of 21,36S,40O bushels or 33,O19,-
480 bushels more than was ever be-
fore produced in the state in one year,
the next largest yield being 1885,
34S,920 bushels in 1906. The aver
age farm price on December 1st was
36 cents per bushel, making the ag-
gregate value $151, ,69S,624. Last
year the estimated yield was 32.9
bushels; average farm price was "a
cents per bushel, making the aggre-
gate value $151,9S7,964, or $780,
$40 more than thewalue of this years
crop. Fully one-third of the years
crop is either soft or chaffy, due to
the fact that much of the crop was
not fully matured when the severe
killing frosts, and in many sections
of the country freezing temperatures,
occurred between the 26th and 29th
of September. The weather has, how
ever, been generally favorable since
October 18th, and husking is now
completed in many localities and
will be practically completed within
the next week.
1.-THE area harvested was 1865,
100 acres; average yield, 444 BUSH
els per acre; total yield, 06,949, 700
bushels; aggregate value at 27 cents
per bushel. $55,S76,419, or $3,4OS,-
954 less than the value of last years
crop. The total yield this year was,
however, S6.741,400 bushels more
than was produced in 1911, and ST.
349,700 bushels in excess of the big
crop of 1895.
Spring Wheat-Area harvested
506,65O acres; average yield. 1877
bushels per acre; total yield, 9,4S6,-
100 bushels; price per bushel, 76
cents; total value, s7,209,S92.
winter wheat-Area harvested,
333,71O acres; average yield per acre
24.3 bushels; total yield. S,133.530
bushels; average price, rs cents per
bushel; total value, $6,344,153.s
Barley-Average per acre, 32.5
bushels; total yield, 9,5S776O farm
price, SO cents; total value, $4,793,-
$50.
per acre; total crop, SSs,53O bush
per acre; to tai crop. SSS.53O bush
els; farm price, 81 cents; total values
$542.Oo3.
Flaxseed-Average per acre, l1.S
bushels; total product. $4,000 bush
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