Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-17
PRODUCING AND CONSERVING AS
NEVER BEFORE IN FOOD
CRISIS.
UNEoUAEtEp CROP
PRODUCTION SEEN
Years Products Of Iowa Soil Expected
to Aggregate $s77, 100000 or Increase
in Value Of sso,ooo,ooo Over Last
Year-Thousands Enlist in lowas
Volunteer Food Army.
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Special to Times Republican.
Ames, July 17.-Iowa is on the Job
in the present food crisis and is pro-
ducing and Conserving as never before,
So affirm men who are in close touch
with the food production situation in
Iowa
G. NJ. Chapel, state crop reporter,
and the field men of the AGRICULTURAL
extension department al Iowa State
College, say that Iowa's crops this year
Will show large increase over any
thing she has ever produced if favor
able weather conditions prevail from
now until crops have matured. Figur-
ing prices conservatiyeIy the same as
last year. Iowa promises to produce
crops worth s677.500,000 this year. or
an increase OF $4,000, 600 over last
year and OF 1904. 232, 900 over the av-
ersge for the last ten years. This
takes no account of the value Of the
live stock, dairy, poultry and honey
production of the state.
Add to this some 10000. 900 quarts
of canned stuff worth 100000 as the
bit donated by Iowa housewives which
is really a war food contribution. since
1t releases other food for export and
this gives a fair idea Of Iowas food
production activity.
Mammoth Corn Crop Forecast.
Iowa's largest increases this year
will come in corn, oats, potatoes and
garden crops. Under favorable weather
conditions we should produce 400, 900.
600 bushels Of corn or an increase OF
"a 900 900 bushels over last year. 200, =
100000 bushels o. oats and 10, 0oo, 900
bushels OF potatoes. There will be a
decrease in winter wheat hay and al
falfa crops.
The acreage Of corn planted this
year 10 1o,24a,0oo, or 1-04s,0VC mora
than last year. The condition Of the
crop ts per cent better than at July
/ last year. So with favorable weather
conditions a 100000, 900 -hushel crop is
assured.
Conditions and prospects are favor
able for 4 bumper crop Of oats. Rust
IS practically ahsen. this year. say
Annes authorities, and at present the
oat crop stands per cent above that
OF hast year. With an increased acre
age Of l6S, 600 acres this means at least
a 100000 oOo-oushel oat crop, or an in
crease OF 100000 bushels over last
year.
Great fncreese in Potatoes.
Probably one OF the largest increases
will come in the potato and garden
crops. Reports give the potato crop a
9 per cent margin and an 1900 acre
increase over last years crop. A TO-
900, 900 -bushei crop, then, is almost as
sured or a 100000 bushel increase
over last year.
Reports received at Iowa State Col
lege indicate 800 per cent incceas Sc
In garden acreage IN Iowa this year.
Forty thousand persons in the three
groups OF volunteer food producers,
boys and girls clubs and high schools
have planted gardens this year. This
represents but small fraction Of the
gardens planted in the state. Of the
total, 1000 are enrolled in the boys
and girls clubs, 1900 as volunteer
food producers and 1900 represent
gardeners from about half the high
schools in the state. The positive in
dication Of a 900 per cent garden in
crease lies IN the fact that 5000 Of the
1900 boys and girls club members
are planting a. garden for the first
time; practically every one of the H.
600 food volunteers are garden begin
nerss and $4,000 or the $4,000 high
school students have never had gar
den before
Iowa Leads In Gardening.
Iowa Is literally spr!nkled with top
notch gardens this year" says r. K
Bliss, head ot the agriculture! extern
sion department at Ames, who has re-
Gently made made many trips in and
out of the state. Tn no state have
seen gardens 10 compare IN number
and quality as 1 have in Iowa" ne
says.
Des Moines authorities estimate that
here is a 400 per cent increase IN the
garden acreage Of that city alone, In
Fort Dodge 500 gardens are being cul-
!ivated by school children.
With 5000 new silos erected this