Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-24
CLAIM 70 BEING BILLION DOLLAR
STATE. I'M LIVE STOCK AND
AeRlcuLTuRE PROVED.
STATE DEPARTMENT Or
M AGRICULTURE FIGURES
Cold Weather Plays Havoc With 1915
Corn cropDirector Chapel Issued
Figures Covering Total Yield and
Value Of Grain Crops, Stock and
NJ Dairy Products. IL s5a. TN
to Times Republican.

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9Des lMoines, April 24.-Iowa's claim
to being billion dollar state in its
annual production Of field crops, dairy
and poultry productY and WOOL to-
gether with the, value of live stock on
farms, is again INDICATED by the Off
cial figures as compiled by the state
agricultural department for publica-
ton in the agricultural year book.
Il The department shows that the total
value of field crops in 1915 was $40s.-
166. 9oS; dairy products, $4,000; poul-
try and eggs, $4,000; WOOL $1,500,000.
This gives a total of $525, 666s9O3 as the
value of farm products produced in
1915. Nd. F. iss5s s
The total value of live stock on
farms Jan. l this year, as estimated by
the government, was $451.599,000. The
value of the various kinds of live stock
follows: Horses, s166.320.O00; mules,
Sc, 10000; mich cows, $81, 374 900; other
cattle, $1e4, 827,000; swine, sS4 900;
Sheep S.. 028,OO0., & st A.
The grand total for. farm crops pro-
duced last year and for live stock on
farms the first of January this year
figures s977,265,903
/ Critics of the claim that Iowa is a
billion dollar state say the inference
is given that the live stock counted in
was all produced in one year which OF
course is not true or rather that the
live stock increase for the year only
should be figured. No estimates as to
the increase in live stock per year have
ever been made. Furthermore it is not
claimed that Iowas agricultural pro-
duction annually amounts to close to
billion of dollars but that the farm
crops for the year taken with the total
value of the live stock on farms will
total practically a billion dollars.
Heavy Loss in Corn Crop.
Last December the Iowa weather
and crop service under the direction OF
DR.. George Chapel was unable to
make up the crop summary for the
year as is usually done because the
acreage figures. were not available.
These acreage, figures are obtained
thru estimates made from the reports
Of the county assessors as to the acre
age the previous year. Last year the
county assessors also took the census
and their agricultural figures havesonly
been available just recently. Hence
DR.. "Chappers crop estimate for 1915
has just been officially made UP.
II Concerning the corn crop he says:
Reports received on Junel81 showed
that there would be 3l0,043,60O acres Of
corn planted in the state, or rs pei
cent more than was planted in 1914, as
shown by the state census. Later re-
ports indicated that cold weather and
excessive rainfall had, resulted in a
loss Of 4S7,20O acres, which left an es-
timated acreage of 9,556,400 acres. The
average yield per acre. regardless OF
quality, was thirty bushels per acre,
making total yield OF .2S5, $4,000
bushels. = OF this amount only 35 pei
cent, or 99,901, $50 bushels was mature,
sound corn. Cold, wet weather dur
ing the summer prevented normal
growth and the heavy killing frost and
freezing temperatures over the north
eastern counties on Aug. 80 caught
much of the crop in those sections in
the milk stage, and the general and
severe freeze on Oct. 9 seriously dam
aged much of the remainder Of the
CROP Only corn that was planted IN
April, before the cold wet weather be-
gan and some that was planted in dry
upland soil in early May reached ma
turity AS result the crop as a
whole was inferior in quality to any
crop ever produced in the state. The
prices ranged from SO per ton; to Is
cents per bushel, the average being As
cents per bushel, making the total val
ue $129,444.S50." VS. b55|a
Total Yield and Value.
DR.. chappeIs figures on total yield
and total value OF crops follow: s.