The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
IOWA CORN CROP
HAS BIG LEAD
OVER LAST YEAR
GOVT REPORT SHOWS YIELD OF
STATE AT sss, 100000 BUSH.
AND is WORTH 237,2sO,OOGYOO
Wheat Crop However is Around e.
100000 Bushels Short Of 1918.
Oats smaller but Price Is
Higher More Potatoes.

Washington, Nov. s10.-The import.
ant farm crops of the United States
this year are worth 5,06S, 742,0 900, or
S1O4, 000,0 900 more than the value OF
the same crops last year, notwith
standing a loss of $4lS,000,000 sus-
tanned by cotton planters on lint
alone as a result OF the European
wa.
Preliminary estimates of the i'm
portant farm crops announced by the
department of agriculture and sta
tistics of the average prices paid to
producers on Nov. /, indicate that
this years wheat and corn are the
most valuable ever grown in the
United States, that the wheat and
apple crop are record harvest, and
the potato crop is the second largest
ever raised
The huge wheat crop and the in
creased price of that cereal, the large
corn and apple crops and the increase
ed price OF oats, barley and rye more
than Offset the big loss In the value
of the cotton crop resulting from the
wa. .....
Production Of Corn in Iowa.
l914-389, 000,0 900 bushels. .-....
1913-338, 300, 900 bushels.
1912--432, 900 900 bushels. '.at . e..
Five year MISREPRESENTATION bu-
SHELF. f. .G.u.gy =,
According to the final report of
the government, the corn crop in Iowa
this year reached 389 100000 bushels.
This is an increase of 24000,00 bu-
shells over the estimate made on Oct.
/. ,~.....-.-..
Using the figures furnished by the
agricultural department of tn Q state
as basis, Iowa corn on Nov. /, was
worth 81 cents a bushel, making a to-
tai value on that date $237 ,29O, 900.
The total yield in 1913 was $685.
100000 bushels. On Nov. l last year
corn was worth 60 cents a bushel,
making the total value $202,9S0,O00.
These figures show that the crop
this year exceeds that of 1913 in val
ne by $34,210,O00.
Average Yield immense.
The average yield Of corn in Iowa
for the last five years is 352,236,00
While the 1914 crop is $4,000 900
bushels below that of 1912 it is 81.
100000 bushels above the average
! The total yield of corn in the
United States reached 2,7l0,G00, 900
bushels. The average price paid for
corn in the country on Nov. / was
69.7 cents. The total yield in the
country in 1913 was only 2,446 1888, 900
bushels
The Iowa wheat crop reached H..
814, 900 bushels this year. This Is a
decrease of approximately 100000
bushels as compared with last year.
The price of wheat on Nov. was
So cents bushel. A year ago wheat
brought only rs cents a bushel
Oats Crop Less Than 1918.
The government estimates the
total oats crop at 1862, 657 900
bushels for this year. In 1913 the oats
crop reached 168,36O,OO0 bushels
Oats are selling this fall at 80 cents
a bushel, while in 1913 the farmers
received only "a cents.
There is a decrease of approximate
ly 10000 bushels in the, barley crop.
The rye, crop is approximately 80 900
bushels larger and the price is cents
higher on the bushel.
The yield of potatoes this year Is
estimated at 100000 bushels,
which is an increase of more than
100000 bushels as compared with
last year. At this time last year,
potatoes were worth So cents
a bushel. The price now is only 81
; The apple crop of 1914 is 5,0OO,-
600 bushels below that of last year.