The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
EIGHT Hundred Millions and More Rep
resents Total Wealth Of Grow
ing Fields Of Hawkeye
state.
CORN CROP GOES BIG
This is Almost as Valuable as the
1912 Yield Which Established
Record for All
Time.

DIES MONIES. Iowa, Dec. 81
Jowa,s soil products for 1917 reach
the enormous total value of $S22,O59,-
coo as shown by the official crop re-
mort by DR.. George M. Chapel.
director of the Iowa weather and
crop service, made public today. DR..
Chapel read a summary OF his re-
mort before the annual meeting OF the
state agricultural board at the state
house.
war prices of course make the
crops unusually valuable but the
Weld of many of the principal crops
was away ahead of normal, me
total value of the crops exceeds that
Of 1916 by 1924 ,894,026, and prices
were high last year
The total yield of corn is given as
400 .667 900 bushels valued at ninety
seven cents bushel or total value
Of s397 .376,990. This takes into con-
sideration that 81 percent is reported
to be soft. Only 81 percent had been
husked up to December. Corn alone
this year exceeds in value the total
value of all farm crops of 1915 which
amounted to $375. 620,464.
The banner year for corn produc-
tion was 1912 when the total crop
for the state was 421 100000 bushels
and it was OF fine quality, but the
value that year, figured at December
prices. was $151, 100000. The total
value of all crops that year was
1892, 100000.
The oats crop this year was 239,-
416,200 bushels. valued at sl46'o4a,
$50. Last year the oats crop was
1s6 600, 900 bushels, in 1915 it was
$4,000 and in 1914 it was 10000.
The Iowa wheat crop this year was
small, there being but 3,199.82O
bushels of spring wheat and 2,397.56O
bushels Of winter wheat, whereas,
the normal yield of both spring and
winter wheat combined is around
12.o0o,08o to 15,0o0,000 bushels.
The potato crop, however. this
wear was a bumper totaling 10.793,60O
4 bushels as against 100000 bushels
in 1916. However, both the years OF
1 1914 and 1915 exceeded this year in
total yield of potatoes in Iowa for
the crop totaled 100000 bushels.
Bank Deposits increase.
In spite of the fact that Iowa farm
ers as a. class are borrowing money
literally this fall and winter to feed
cattle. the total bank deposits as
shown by the statement Of the 909
savings banks. 351 state banks and
twenty-five trust companies OF the
state up to the close of business NO
vember 20, show an increase over
! year ago of s71,172.239.44. AS com
pared to the September statement
this year however the bank deposits
show decrease or $5,541.51131.
The banks are borrowing consider
able money as shown by the item,
due banks and others, in the state
ment just issued. There has been
an increase in the amount due banks
and others of $8,204,340. as compared
to a year ago of S12,024,175.62 as
compared to September II statement
this year.
There has been an increase OF
overdrafts as compared to the Sep
tember call this year of $1,000 Ol
and In comparison with the state
ment of a year ago of s1.122, 71456.
The total deposits in these banks
under state control amounts to s455.
655,S44.20 The total sum due banks
and others is $14,984,273. The total
overdrafts amounts to S3052,509.
State Bank Commissioner George
Messenger considers the showing VI.
usually good, especially in view OF
the large subscriptions the people are
making to various war activities ano
in consideration of the big amount
banks are loaning to feeders.