The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14
IOWA COOPERATIVE CROP
IN 10 REPORT

DIES MONIES, July 9--According tc
the preliminary report OF the fgwa Co
operative Crop Reporting Service ri
Des Moines, Iowa farmers planted 10,
900 acres of corn this year, com
pared with 10,000,000 acres harvested
last year. A growing condition Of SO
per cent July / forecasts possible av
erage yield Of 37.S bushels per acre, OF
a total production Of 1856 ,OO0 bush
4 els,r compared with 416,OO0.000 bushels
last year. The average growing con
edition of Iowa corn crop the past five
Years on July was Il little better than
s84tper cent of normal. The two back
4 ward years of 1915-1917 are within this
! five year average.
gts Oats with condition Of S3 per cent
= July ] promised production Of 191,
;750, 900 bushels, compared with 1876, lS2,
900 bushels harvested last year. The nv
serage condition of oats July 1 the past
five years is about .93 per cent of nor
NAL. Thousands of acres of oats went
into a muddy seed bed. Hot weather
during the period June 7-16 inclusive
= forced early oats to head too rapidly
Many fields are short in straw, espe
cially in some localities in the southern
portion of the state. It Is likely some
fields canot be cut with a binder.
AbOut AS per cent Of last years
wheat crop remained on farms July l.
winter wheat apparently suffered lit
tile during the hot days Of June 7-16
\ because the crop was not far advanced
mot being fully headed. Likely Sigh,
damage occurred June 27 and 20 when
the temperature was 81 and % degrees
: The weather was cool June II to Is
and was very beneficial to the crop. The
condition July l was sc per cent OF
normal, forecasting a total production
OF, 9,OS1 900 bushels, compared with 49,,
$50 900 bushels harvested last year
There is much smaller acreage this
year.
Spring wheat with a growing condi
ton Of S. per cent July l gave promise
of 100000 bushels, against 7,145OOU
II bushels harvested last year. There was
alarger acreage last year, but scab and
other plant diseases reduced the yield
to about 9.5 bushels per acre. The av'
serage yield per acre 1918 was Is bush
els and in 1917, 21.5 bushels. The acre
age seeded to spring wheat this year IN
Iowa Is about So per cent Of the acreage
harvested last year.
The growing condition Of barley July
n was So per cent of normal. forecast
ing a total production of 1872 900 bush
els against S,032.000 bushels harvested
last year. The preliminary acreage es
innate this year is 2S4,000 acres, com
pared with $4,000 acres harvested last
year. ,-,
7, The acreage; Of white potatoes uIis,l
( is less than last year, being. only ios,
\ 600 ACRES. compared with ile'ooo acres
harvested last year Scarcity ana hlsn
price of good seed potatoes undoubtedly l!,
had some influence III ei1ectlng ae
{ creased acreage. a eondltlon july VI
{ 80 per cent forecasts total pr9dt!ct aon
/ of $4,000 bushels, against 4,V9o,uVo
bushels harvested last year. Inc aver
/; age yield of potatoes IN Iowa last year
was only 43 bushels, Whlle, the forec "a !
! average yield for this year IS oo.'
bushels.
The condition of hay (alD July was
l88 per cent. a.
| The condition OF rye July was w
per cent
The timothy acreage of the state TINS
season is I03 per cent compared WIN
last year; condition SO per cent
The condition of clover for hay July
1 was 90 per cent of normal.
The condition Of alfalfa July ! was
81 per cent, and millet 80 per cent.