Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-12
MORE I L: ACRES0|F !
corn THIS YEAR
Prospective Yield, However,
is Less Than Last Year,
Say Statistic
ians.
80 PER CENT JULY !
Dat Crop Also Shows Esti-
mated Falling off This
Year.

According to the preliminary report
of the Iowa cooperative crop reporting
service at Des MOincs, Iowa farmers
planted 1O,2OO,O00 acres of con this
year, compared with 1OOOO,OOG tcrrs
harvested last year \ growing condi-
ton of 90 per cent 5Hly ! forecasts Il
possible average yield OF 37.S bushels
per acre, or a total production of 3So,-
100000 bushels, compared with 49,
100000 bushels last year. The ave.
age growing condition of 1Owa's corn
crop the past five years on July was
little better than 81 per cent Of normal.
The two backward years of 19lo-101'
are within this 5-year average.
Oats with condition of SO per cent
July 1 promised IA production OF 19l,-
100000 bushels, compared with 1885,
$4,000 bushels harvested last year.
The average condition of oats July l
tie past 5 years is about 93 per cent
of normal Thousands Of acres of oats
went into a muddy seed bed. Hot
weather during the period June ZIG
inclusive forced early oats to head too
rapidly. Many fields are short in
straw, especially in some localities in
the southern portion of the state. 1t
is likely some fields can not be cut with
binder.
About 40 per cent Of last years
wheat crop remained on farms July 1.
Winter Wheat.
Winter wheat apparently suffered
little during the hot days Of June Z
16, because the crop was not far adj
vanced, not being fully headed. Likely
slight damage occurred June % and
2S when the temperature was % and
9S degrees. The weather was cool
June II to % and was very beneficial to
the crop. The condition July / was Sc
per cent of normal, forecasting total
production of 9,OS1,OO bushels, com
pared with 16.53O,OOO bushels harvested
last year. There is much smaller
acreage this year.
Spring wheat with growing cOndi
ton of Sd Per cent July gave promise
of 6,304 900 bushels, against 7,145,OOO
bushels harvested last year. There was
larger acreage last year, but scab
and other plant diseases reduced the
yield to about 90 bushels per acre
The average yield per acre 1913 was is
bushels and in 1917, 21.5 bushels. The
acreage seeded to spring wheat this
year in Iowa is about 50 per cent Of the
acreage harvested last year
The growing condition of barley
July was So percent of normal, fore
casting total production of 1872
600 bushels, against S,032.OOO bushels
harvested last year. The preliminary
acreage estimate this year is 2S4,OOO
acres, compared with 31j,OOO acres
harvested last year.
Potatoes, Etc.
The acreage of white potatoes
(Irish) is less than last year, being
only 100000 acres, compared with 49,
600 acres harvested last Year. Scarcity
and high price OF good seed potatoes
undoubtedly had some influence in eff
fecting decreased acreage. A cOndi-
ton July l Of 30 per cent forecasts II
total production of 9,319,OO0 bushels.
against 4.9l5,OOO bushels harvested last
year. The average yield of potatoes in
Iowa last year was only 43 bushels,
while the forecast average yield for
this year is $50 bushels.
The condition of hay (alD July /
was SO per cent.
The condition of rye July l was 30
per cent.
The timothy acreage of the state
this season is 1O3 per cent compared
with last year; condition IS per cent
The condition of clover for hay July
was 30 per cent of normal.
The condition of alfalfa July l was
~ per cent, and millet 30 per cent.
Pasture condition July l in Iowa
was excellent, being 9G per cent of
normal
The average weight per fleece for
wool was ~ pounds.
The condition of other crops was as
follows Apples, q per cent; sweet po-
tatOes, 92 per cent: peaches. 80 per
cent; pears. 20 per cent; grapes, 30
per cent; blackberrics and raspberries,
30 per cent: watermcl0ns. SS per cent
ana cantalOupeS, 50 per
cent; cabbages. 80 per cent onions. %
per cent: tomatoes, 81 per cent; kafir,
~ per cent: beans, 81 per cent:
sorghum tfor Sirup) is . per cent
greater acreage than last year, and
condition July l, 81 per cent: sugar
beets, 50 per cent; flax. 10 per cent.
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