The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-10-22
sI,OOO,0OO,OOO IS
THE VALUE Of
IOWA 1914 CROP
CORN MILLIONS OF BUSHELS
AHEAD OF ILLINOIS.
ALL OTHER STATES OISTANCED
The Worlds Demands are Large and
the Hawkeye States Products will
Command the Highest Prices
w All Along the Line.

Des Moines, Oct. 20-Iowa's farm
crops this year are valued at more
than $1,000,OO0,OOO and the dairy pro,
ducts, poultry and eggs will yield
$100,000.000 additional, according to
statement issued by Howard N,
Whitney, of the Iowa department OF
agriculture.
This year, in spite of a serious
drought during the growing season,
lowa's leadership over other states
of the union as the greatest agricul.
tural commonwealth, Is more pro-
nounced than ever. Her corn crop is
7i,0O0,00O bushels greater than taat
of her nearest competitor for agricul.
tural honors--lllinois. Indiana ranks
third in the United States in the mum.
Der of bushels of corn produced this
year, yet Iowa's corn yield is two
and one'third times greater than that
OF Indiana.
Has Long Lead.
Iowa also has long lead over the
other grain-producing states in ner
oats crop, which is 227,000,00O bush.
els greater than that of Illinois, which
produced the second largest oats
crop" said Mr.. Whitney. This year
Iowa's wheat crop, both spring and
winter, did not equal that of last year
by about 100000 bushels, but prices
for wheat are running strong and
tnis years wheat crop will undoubted.
ly be of more money value than that
of last year. In 1913 the potato crop
was almost a failure, but this year
the crop totals over 100000 bush.
els, which Is about the average crop.
The hay crop, while short in south
ern Iowa, was good in other parts OF
the state and totals 3,S99,000 tons,
valued at SAC, 7S8,000. In fact, tnis
years field crops will be worth more
than 81 ,000000,000. The dairy prod
ucts and poultry and eggs will be
worth another $100,000,000. If to the
field crops and the dairy and poultry
products are added the value of live
stock on farms, the figures would to.
tai considerably more than $1,000, 000,,
900. """ @T
Worlds Food Supply.
This magnificent contribution to
the necessities of life from the fields
and herds of Iowa is considered espe-
tally fortunate this year, when for.
elgn countries are being devastated
by war. Iowa will undoubtedly be
called upon to furnish a large per
cent of the worlds food supply, and
will profit accordingly.
That Iowa should produce a corn
crop of 379 100000 bushels in this
last season OF unusual drought is sig
nificant of the fertility of the soil and
the skill of the Iowa farmer. Iowa's
corn crop for the last five years has
averaged around 100000, 900 bushels,
SO that this years crop is above the
average, in spite of the fact that corn
suffered seriously from the dry weatA'
or, especially in southern Iowa.
Good Prices for Grain.
All of the grain crops will bring
good prices this year. On Oct. l the
average farm price for corn through.
out the United States was s. cents.
which would make the Iowa corn
crop worth 1851 $4,000. The Iowa
oats cron totaled 163,000,000 bushels
and would be worth, according to Oct.
prices, over $60,00O,000. The wheat
crop, totaling 14,SO0,000 bushels,
would be worth at Oct. farm prices
$13,3S3,00 The barley crop, totaling
9,9S0,000 bushels, would be worth
$4,990,000, and the rye crop, totaling
1,121,0vO bushels, would be worth
$SS5,590. The potato crop, totaling
13,600,000 bushels, would be worth
$500, 900 and the hay crop of $685.
600 tons would be worth $46, 7SS,000.
Iowa alone produces more corn
than Nebraska, Kansas and 0klalo-
ma combined. she produces more
oats than the total of the three states
of North Dakota, South Dakota and
Missouri, In her poultry products
she is again far in the lead and is
gaining steadily on New York and
Wisconsin in their dairy output.
"ReDorts from over the state are
to the effect that lands are not chang
ing hands as generally as in the sea
sons past. and there is big demand
for farms to rent. Iowa farmers are
in position to hold their crops for
.e most advantageous prices, and
there is evidence that next springs
prices will be unusually high"