VOL. 1  NO. 1

THE IOWA FARMSTEAD

1920
Go to: Home, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
 

FARM CROP STATISTICS

1900

1905

1910

1915

1920
WHEAT
TOTAL ACRES

1,492,630

420,068

546179

735,055

595,911
AVERAGE
BUSHELS
PER ACRE

14

15

19

18

18
VALUE PER
BUSHEL		 $.61 $.72 $.86 $.85 $1.40
BARLEY
TOTAL ACRES 501,740 505,700 324,571 280,520 433,736
AVERAGE BUSHELS
PER ACRE		 25 27 26 31 26
VALUE PER
BUSHEL		 $.33 $.33 $.56 $.51 $.61
POTATOES          
TOTAL ACRES 149,680 111,335 132,640 85,140 65,560
AVERAGE
BUSHELS
PER ACRE		 78 84 75 82 112
VALUE PER
BUSHEL		 $.40 $.50 $.48 $.53 $1.22
HAY AND FORAGE          
TOTAL ACRES 3,597,137 4,692,925 4,267,725 3,831,387 3,356,292
TOTAL TONS 4,762,060 7,790,610 4,684,124 5,262,573 4,749,281
VALUE
PER TON		 $5.75 $5.00 $9.75 $8.16 $14.46
Home

Explorations in Iowa History Project
 Malcolm Price Laboratory School
University Of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa
©COPYRIGHT 2003 University of Northern Iowa
Lynn.Nielsen@uni.edu
Duplication for Instructional purposes only.
Credits: Logo and site design by ITS CET
Documents courtesy of the State Historical Society of Iowa
16