Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-11
Iowa Field Agent Makes
Public Finals on Crop
Percentages.
CROP IS GOOD
Potatoes Averaged u Bush
els Acre.-Other
Yields.

The Iowa field agent at Council
Bluffs, for the bureau of crop esti.
ma ties, United States department OF
agriculture, issues the following pre-
liminary estimate of the average yield
land quality of corn for the state OF
Iowa and the United States, also yield.
quality and average prices Of some
important crops.
Corn: The preliminary estimate of
the average yield per acre for the state
Of Iowa is SO bushels and indicates a
production of 3S7,612,OOO bushels, com
posed with no. 100000 bushels last
year. and a ten year average OF 365.'
O13G0O bushels. The quality Of the
Iowa corn crop this year is & per cent.
Approximately 30 per cent Of the 1917
corn crop was on farms inIowa Nov
cmber 1. An average yield per acre
of 24.2 bushels for the United States
indicates a production of 2.754.SO7,OOO
bushels, compared with 3,159,494,OOO
bushels last year. and a ten year aver
age of 2,761, 252, 600 bushels. The
quality is estimated at 500 per cent.
About 81 per cent of the 1917 corn
crop was OH farms in the United States
on November 1. Northwestern Iowa
produced about an average yield OF ~
bushels per acre this year.. north cen.
trail Iowa 81 bushels, northeastern
Iowa AZ bushels, west central Iowa
LIS bushels, central Iowa IS bushels
east central Iowa AS bushels, south
western Iowa IS bushels. south central
Iowa "A bushels and southeastern
Iowa 43 bushels. Drought accounts
for the low yield in west central
southwestern and south central Iowa
Practically all corn in Iowa is tit to
crib.
Irish potatoes: With m average
Weld per acre of II bushels Iowa will
harvest approximately 9,G4S,OOO bu'
shells, quality 50 per cent, compared
with 13,11O,0OO bushels last year; ten
year average 11.24s,OOO bushels. Stat
istics indicate that 20 per cent of the
Iowa potato crop this year was grown
for market. Northwestern Iowa pro-
duced about 9G bushels per acre this
year. north central 9G, northeastern
100, west central 40, central GU, east
Icentral TO-, southwestern 30, south
central 80 and southeastern 20. Pro
lOnged drought for the low yield OF
potatoes in southwestern ard south
central Iowa. Some storage rot is re-
ported. The average yield per acre for
the United States is estimated at 9i.S
bushels, which indicates a production
of, approximately 3S9,912.OOO bushels
quality $50 per cent, compared with
Az, $500 0 bushels last year, and a
ten year average of 361. $4,000 bushels
Apples: Only that portion Ct the
Iowa apple crop which actually enters
into commercial channels is considered
Same is true for the United States.
Therefore. a production of 10 per cent
for Iowa is equivalent to about S3'6oo
barrels of commercial apples Ihe
quality is 65 per cent. The 1917 com
mercial apple production for the state
was about 100000 barrels. a freeze
during the time apple tres were III
blossom and a heavy hailstorm the
latter part Of May practically ruined
the apple crop in southwestern Iowa,
the heavy apple district OF the. state
A production of 54.2 per cent for the
United States this ycar is equivalent
to 24,5S5.OGO barrels. Quality OF TINS
years crop for the United States is
sos per cent.
Yield. quality and production. for
Iowa: Sweet potatoes 93 bushels per
acre, quality SO per cent; tiaxseed III
bushels, quality 80 per cent; clover
seed 1.IO bushels. production 30 per
cent; pears-production % per cent
quality so per cent; grapes-produc'
ton 80 per cent. quality IS per cent
sugar beets-conditioi % per cent
sorghum-SO gallons per acre.
Prices: The first figure is the aver
age on November 1, 1918; the second
the average on November 1. 1917; ana
the third the ten-year average.
Iowa Wheat 1877. 196, So. Corn
i115, 1876. IS. Oats 81, u, 81. Potatoes
1T, us. 60. Hay $40. $3.50, $1O'lS'
Eggs II. 81, ~.
Emitted States: Wheat BOG. 200. ~.
Germ no, JAG. 6S.4. Oats 6S.2, Gil,
$50. Potatoes 127.2, 127.S. 60. Hay
S19.27, S15.16. $11.6i. Eggs H. 39.4,
25.a.