Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-12-19
VALUE
IOWA CROPS in 1917
Corn, Despite Much of it Being Soft
is Valued at Almost Four Hum
dred Million.
TOTAL YIELD OF CORN Is
GIVEN AS 4O9, 1867, 900 BUSHELS
The Potato Crop This Year Was a
Bumper One, Totaling 1O,793,-
600 Bushels.

soil products for 1917 reach the enor-
nous total value of 9,699. as
shown by the official crop report by
DR.. George M. Chapel, director of
the Iowa Weather and Crop service
made public today. DR.. Chapel read
a summary of his report before the
annual meeting of the state agricul-
tural board at the state house.
War prices of course make the
crops unusually valuable but the
yield Of many of the principal crops
was away ahead of normal. The to-
tai value of the crops exceeds that OF
1916 by $224,S94,026, and prices
were high last year.
The total yield of corn is given as
400, 667 900 bushels valued at nine
ty-seven cents a bushel or a total val
ne of 1897, 376,990. This takes into
consideration that 81 per cent is re-
ported to be soft Only 81 per cent
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 1915, $780,
464.
The banner year for corn produc-
ton was 1912 when the total crop for
the state was 421,000,00O bushels
and it was of fine quality but the val
lie that year, figured at December l
prices, was $751; 100000. The total
value of all crops that year was
$392,420, 900.
The oats crop this year was $780,.
416,200 bushels, valued at STAG, 0fo
$50. Last year the oats crop was 1885,
900, 900 bushels, in 1915 it was 1884,
900 and in 1914 it was 10000.
The Iowa wheat crop this year was
small, there being but 3,199,S2O
bushels Of spring wheat and 1891
$50 bushels Of winter wheat, where.
as the normal yield of both spring
and winter wheat combined is around
II, 100000 to 100000 bushels.
The potato crop, however, this
year was a bumper totaling 1878,
600 bushels as against 4,S30,0O(
bushels in 1916. However, both the
years in total yield of potatoes IL
Iowa for the crop totaled 100000
| bushels.
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 a
year ago of $71,172,239.44. AS com
pared to the September statement
this year however the bank deposits
show decrease of $5,541,511.31.
The banks are borrowing consid'
cradle 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 $S,2O4,340, as compared
to a year ago of $12,024,175.62 as
compared to September II statement
this year.
There has been an increase of ov
erdrafts as compared to the Septem
Der call this year of $1,030,041, and
in comparison with the statement Of
a year ago of $1,122,714.56.
The total deposits in these banks
under state control amounts to $3.50,
655, S44.20. The total sum due bank:
and others is $14,9S4,273. The to
tai overdrafts amount to $1,000, 500
State Bank Commissioner George
Messenger considers the showing un
usually good, especially in view o
the large subscriptions the people
are making to various war actiyitie:
and in consideration of the big
amount banks are loaning to feeders
You will find practical gifts here
for the family or for each individual