Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-09
GREATEST CROP
Of CORN TOLD
OF IN ESTIMATE
3,169,137,0 900 Bushels of the
Golden Product Will Com
prise the Amount Produc-
ed in the United States.
OTHER PRODUCTS
ALSO ENORMOUS

Buckwheat, Potatoes, Flax
seed and Tobacco Have
Yields of Immense Pro-
portions; Total Figures.
Washington, Nov. 8.-More definite
information as to the size of the great
est crop of corn the world ever has
known was given today when the crop
reporting board Of the United States
department of agriculture issued its
preliminary estimate Of the country's
total production in the November crop
r-port. Heretofore the estimates of
the corn crop have been based upon
condition reports. The November re-
port. made up from reports of agents
and correspondents of the depart
ment's bureau of statistics and issued
at 2:15 p. M, announced also the pre-
liminary estimate of the total pro-
duction Of buckwheat. potatoes, flax
seed and tobacco; the yield per acre
Of each; the average farm price on
November 1 of the country's principal
crops, and the amount of corn of the
1911 cr-p remaining on farms NOvem-
ber /. Details of the report follow:
Corn: tptal production, preliminary
estimated. 3,169,137,00O bushels COM
pared with 1851 ,4S8,0OO bushels last
year, and the record crop of 2,327,-
416,O0O bushels in 1906. Yield per
acre,29.3 bushels, compared with 23.9
bushels last year, and 26.7 bushels,
the 10-year average. Average farm
price, 5S.4 cents per bushel, compared
with 647 cents last year. Quality,
1O1.1 per cent, compared with the 10
year average. Corn Of 1911 crop re-
manning on farms November was
64.764,000 bushels. compared with
123,S24,00 bushels OF the 1910 crop
remaining on farms November I, last
year. The farm value of the corn crop
December 1, last year. was $685.
258,O00.
Buckwheat Estimate.
Buckwheat: total production, pre-
liminarily estimated 19,124,O00 BUSH
els, compared with 17,549,OOO bushels
last year, and the record crop of 22,-
$4,000 bushels in 1866. Yield per
acre, 22.9 bushels, compared with 21.1
bushels last year, and 1913 bushels, the
10-year average yield. Average farm
price, 655 cents per bushel compared
with 73 cents last year. Quality 1909
per cent, the 10-year average. The
farm value of the buckwheat crop De-
cember 1 last year was $12735,00O.
Potatoes: total production, prelimi-
narily estimated, 414,299,000 bushels,
compared with 1872, $4,000 bushels last
year, and the record crop of 389,195,-
900 bushels in 1909. Yield per acre,
1923 bushels, compared with 500 bush
els last year, and 94.3 bushels, the TO-
year average Average farm price,
45.5 cents per bushel, compared with
1853 cents last year. Quality, 1924 per
cent, compared with the 10-year aver
age. The farm value OF the potato
crop December 1 last year, was
$233,77S, 900. ,.
Flaxseed: Total production, prelim-
inarily estimated. 29,755,000 bushels,
compared with 19,S7O,OOO bushels last
year, and the record crop of 29,2S5,000
bushels in 1902. Yield per acre 80 bush
els, compared with 10 bushels last
year, and S.S bushels, the 10 year aver
age. Average farm price 1884 cents per
bushel, compared with 210.6 cents per
bushel last year. Quality, 1912 per cent
compared with the 10-year average.
The farm value of the flaxseed crop
Dec. !, last year was $35,272,000. 4
j Tobacco: Total production, prelim-1
inarly estimated, 959,437,0O0 pounds,
compared with so5,1o9,ooo pounds last
year. and the record crop Of 1,103,415,-
600 pounds in 1910. Yield per acre,
1904 pounds, compared with 1897
pounds last year and S25.2 pounds, the
10-year average. Quality 1l00.5 per
cent Of the 10-year average.
Apples: Total production, prelimin-
arily estimated, 69.9 per cent Of full
a full crop last year and 51.3 per cent,
the 1O-year average. Quality $50 per
cent, compared with 1872 per cent last
year, and 72.1 per cent in 1910.
Wheat: Total production, preltmin-
arily estimated, 720,323,000 bushels,
compared with 621,S3S,000 bushels last
year and the record crop Of 74S,460,-
900 bushels In 1901. Yield per acre, $50
bushels, compared with 1875 bushels
last year and 14.0 bushels, the 1O-year
average. Averag farm, price. S3.S cents
per bushel, compared with Oils Cents
last year. Weight per measured BUSH
ell, 5S.3 pounds, compared with SIS
last year and 57.7 pounds, the
1O-year average. The farm value of
the wheat crop on Dec. 1 last year was
$543,063,000.
Price of Produce Shown.
Oats: Total production, preliminar-
ily estimated, 1.417,172.000 bushels,
compared with 922,2sS.000 bushels last
year and the record crop Of 1,186,341,-
900 bushels in 1910. Yield per acre,
37.4 bushels, compared with 24.4
bushels last year at 295 bushels. the
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