Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-11
THIS YEAR SURPRISES ITS FOR.
MER ACHIEVEMENTS IN
~ PRODUCTION.
NELps Fan ExcEEo
rwEn%v.TMo WEAR AVERAGE
Corn Production Slightly Less Than
That Of fast Year Gut ! Quality 10
Mach Dsttsr-Another Notable
Record In Oats and Spring Wheat
produetion-o Other Cereals Increased

Special to rimes-Republfcan.
Des Mdnes. Oct. 11.-In the face Of
. farm labor sbortasa and despite a
Arouth in the south central and south
western part q the state Iowa has this
year surpassed its former achieve
ments in crop production. It's contri-
button to the world food supply \
recognized ~ Q heroic achievement IN
! n year when food production has been
vital to the, SUCCESS Of tAe- a1lses In the
war.
The estimated yields announced by
Frank s. Pinney, Iowa field agent OF
the bureau Of crop estimates, United
states department Of agriculture. show
that the total production tslis year II
far in excess Of the average for the
past twenty-five years.
The total yield OF corn, this year is
estimated at 402. III, 900 bushels. Bar
ring last year. when total yield OF
arountl 10000, 900 tushels was recorded
hut which was of poor quality because
of It's immaturity. no other year except
1912 for the past twenty-five years had
as large total yield Previous to 1895
the record Is not at hand
An ideal crop year in 1S4e was re-
eponsible for total yield Of corn OF
-421 .3SS 400 bushels But the average
yield for the period from 1895 up to
and including 1915 as recorded by the
STATE department Of agriculture from
the Iowa weather and crop bureau
figures was s1o,o55. 4s1. Except last
year. when the crop was not mafured
INT the yield heavy, no other year but
1912 shows record comparable to that
of this year The shortage in the
drought stricken regions Of the state
! this wear was more than made up by
hig acreage and unusually heavy
yields in other sections Of the state.
particularly thernorth central portion
Other cersaIs.
IN oats and in spring wheat produc-
It'on the state has made another
rn.able record. The winter wheat pro-
Tnction is not estimated in the gov
rrments October figures for Iowa
Oats production has reached new
Y e.andards In Iowa in the past few
years. Even before the war the de-
r,ands OF the oat meal mills added to
jts feeding value on the farm and the
General high price Of all grains
stimulated the planting Of a. greater
acreage Of this easily grown grain.
Only four times since 1895 has the
oats yield in Iowa reached ~. 900. 900
svrhels. In 1911lthe oatsscrqp totaled
ayS,s4s. 100 bushels, in 1915 ~. 446, 400
Fnshels. in 1917, the total yield was
e,s.75000Q .bushels-and this years
yield Is Estimated at 22o,oss,ooo
u IN
The average yield of oats in the past
twenty-one years in Iowa has been
13s.3s3,17s
The total spring wheat crop in this
! state this season is almost as much as
the average yield of both winter and
spring wheat in the past twenty lone
years The governments figures esti-
rate the spring wheat yield as 11.IQ0.-
eco bushels. compared with $4,000
bushels last year and ten year aver
age Of $4,000 bushels. The average
Yield fors both winter and spring
wheat over period of twenty-one
years as shown by the Iowa crop bu-
Teaus figures has been 12,697.9So
bushels. Until a few years ago the
spring wheat yield in Iowa was far IN
eyeess Of the winter wheat production.
Since 1918 however the winter wheat
yield has surpassed 1t.
Both buckwheat and barley show an
Increased production this year over
last year and over the ten year aver
age. The potato crop Is about three
million bushels less than a year ago
and million bushels less than the ten
year average. The nations crop OF
potatoes ~ short Of last year but In
excess OF the ten year average.