Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-15
LUAeLE STATISTICS COMPILED
+ PRODUCTS OF THE FARMS
OF THE COUNTY.
LEO LAND YIELDED
CROPS WORTH $4,212o24
h Average 51.7 Bushels to the Acre
ID the Total Crop Was e,o6e,3s2
lshels - With Immense Crops
ices Fell Below Total for Year
III by $4,000.

M
tlcrops and livestock Of the county
obtained in the accompanying
Is of yields and other details COM
&from the statistics of farms gath
My the assessors this spring. These
les comprise the only available
us Of their kind for the countys
for 1912. and from them are taken
Figures that go into the state and
lal reports for the year.
(the accompanying tabulations will
9Sund the acreage planted to all the
eipal crops last year, the yields,
total and per acre Of all import
(crops, and the value: also a COM
Nson Of all these details with the
1911. In a separate table will be
Sd the comparative value of the
lbs and a comparative table of the
stock owned in the county during
two years.
Crop Worth $3,6eo,140.
he acreage cultivated during 1912
Nled $3.50. or 2.60S less than the
before. The decrease is hard to
Vain, because there was also de-
Sc in the acreage of pasture. There
III also a decrease in the value of
total farm crops, due chiefly to the
ormous corn crop. and the falling of
price OF that cereal. The production
Il all small grains showed gains. with
livery few exceptions. but the total
Niue. based on prices quoted Dec. l,
C12, was 1885. 140, compared with s4,-
E,4S5 for the 1911 crop.
An Immense Corn Crop.
THE county produced an immense
I'm crop last year. 1t totaled 6,069,3s2
(Ehelss and was worth Dec. 1, 1912
3ps3.593. The average yield per acre.
b 5hz bushels, which is II bushels
Re than the average for the entire
lie. and All bushels more than the
rage yield for 1911. But the size, of
crop had it's drawback, for. because
vas so large, the 1912 crop was worth
$50 less than the 1911 crop was
Dec. I, 1911.
last;year's crop Of small grains. hay
seeds. with the exception of winter
bat, and clover. showed splendid
rs In yields per acre. altho in some
es the acreage was smaller than the
cage of 1911.
Oats Crop Immense.
NJ sseyery one knows the oats crop
~ I1hmense, but perhaps all do not
owSfhat the county produced 3.143.-
bushels, an increase Of 1,265,6S1
sheis. over 1911. The per acreage
BID Was 42.s bushels. or 11.72 bush
more for each acre than in 1911.
(Thef acreage Of winter wheat was
rger by 637 acres than in 1911, and
harvest was 13s.7s6 bushels. or
IS bushels more than the 1911 har-
st. The yield per acre of 20,3 bushels
is 1874 bushels less than the previous
ar. due perhaps to some of the grain
ing frozen out in the unusually Sc
ire winter of 1911-1e.
There was a big decrease both Of
tai acre and yield In the spring wheat
|op. a. shrinkage OF 23,272 bushels
hderi the 1911 harvest, but the yield
kr acre was larger by 2.07 bushels.
Hay Crop Large.
The hay crop was another of the big
tops-a yield Of 36,939 tons. and 1853
bns more than the year before. The
|rop was worth s517,146. but owing to
he 1911 drouth and the corresponding
liz price Of hay, the value of the crop
as s4s,59s less than the 1911 crop.
THE potatoe crop was 14S,3O1 BUSH
or 1928 bushels more than was
own in 1911. The average yield per
re was 74.2 bushels, and the crop
as worth $57.320, compared with
24.o3s for the 1911 crop.
Almost az many silos were built in
e county last year as during all the
eceding years. The number of silos
mped from SO to SO during the year.
A small increase is seen in the aver
g pay for farm labor, from $3.50 to
o.o4 a month for help during the
INNER.
All Live Stock Decrease.
Probably because Of the high price
all kinds Of feed and scant pastur-
&c que to drout., the preceding sum-
Ter and winter. there was falling OF
! numbers Of all kinds Of live stock
list year. Horses decreased in num-
Ter $50. mules 247. Hogs. based on
he county July 1. 1912, number. 1885,
IA. compared with 1865. the same
ime N 1911. The decrease was S.042.
,attlegof all kinds were fewer; 1881
,s compared with 1859, loss Of 4.072.
rhe sheep numbere 1896, compared
nth 1920, a decrease of 1884. Altho
he poultry increased by 1887. the pro-
motion of eggs decreased; by IA, 713