fe Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://archive.org/details/agriculturallime27vosk State of Illinois Henry Horner, Governor Department of Registration and Education John J. Hallihan, Director Division of the STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY M. M. Leighton, Chief Urbana, Illinois No. 27 CIRCULAR April 19, 1938 AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE DISTRIBUTION IN 1937* Preliminary Report By W. H. Voskuil and G. N. Oliver - o - Preliminary returns from, producers of agricultural limestone in Illinois and adjoining states show that Illinois farmers applied approximately 1, 121, 857 tons to the soil in 1937. The figures given in Table 1 show the consumption of limestone by the farmers in this State since 1930. The revival of this market since 1932 is also apparent. Table 1. - Agricultural Limestone Consumed in Illinois, 1930-1937 Year Tons 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 811,000 266,836 132,995 190,963 346,141 523,256 1,022,916 1,121,857 i,,, , — i — — ' — ~~^ "• * In cooperation with Mid-West Agricultural Limestone Institute 2 - The sale of agricultural' limestone has become more by-product business for many of the producers, and for represents a definite and major sales outlet for than many plants it their product, years when the 'vibb lion . This, was realized by many during . the. depr agricultural limestone, market, although decreas gi continued ■ somewhat more . stable . than the outlets in the ssocia.ted markets which were severely depressed. building and a Agricultural "limestone off era -ar recurring -business. The expansion of the present market will depend; upon the appre- ciation of the farmer of the prof itableness- of applying lime- stone to the soil. There are certain; large arejas in this State where the consumption is yet. f-ar below the *neeqs of the soil, due to the carbonates original deficiency and to the; annual removal of ' by erosion, leaching, ; and by /the crops themselves. Detailed statistics were rebelved from Illinois producers and from producers in I ndi aha, Kentucky, 'Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin who ship agricultural limestone into Illinois. Information was also received, from ciertain ■' -fa'rm ad- visers in Illinois, supplying data for the ^rriany small local producers in those counties whose production figures were not available. I '' : j K A preliminary report ■'■on thq total toiinage of agri- cultural limestone marketed In ^each county . *ih Illinois during 1936 and 1937 is given in Table 2. The ;&ppro xima to number ;bf pounds of limestone used per aero of .arable- land in : each county durinr 1937 is given in Table 3. . This is calculated on the betS is of the acreage of arable land in each .county as reported by the United States Census of 'Agriculture, •1935 . The- counties in this table are grouped into --areas ; as /defined on the -index map at the end of the report. \ -■■';-.'''-. ; Revised figures based upon -more ; . complete returns will be published in the annual /statistical 'report of the State Geological Survey. It Is not anticipated %hat i substantial • changes from the preliminary f igures ; will occur. Table 2. - Agricultural Limestone Used in Illinois During 1936 and 1937 (Preliminary figures in tons) County Alexander Bond Boone Brown Bureau Calhoun (a) Carroll (a) Cass Champaign Christian Clark Clay Clinton Coles Cook Crawford Cumberland DeKalb DeWitt Douglas DuPage Edgar Edwards Effingham Fayette Ford Franklin Fulton Gallatin Greene Grundy Hamilton Hancock Hardin Henderson (a Henry Iroquois Jackson Jasper Jefferson Jersey 1936 1937 7,666 302 7,900 6,000 1,000 12,198 1,593 19,000 2,171 16,919 10,971 28,798 2,217 27,625 6,982 6,730 8,204 18,753 8,000 8,598 7,849 1,736 2,707 10,576 21,527 9,907 10,553 4,024 '5,946 10,000 14,897 2,138 2,045 6,874 548 4,300 15,382 23,459 6,885 7,128 7,834 6,789 Produced in Illinois Produced in other states 12,105 41 4,709 201 782 12,478 910 20,800 14,011 8,989 2,033 98,523 3,235 12,199 3,990 4,923 6,330 12,156 5,452 7,424 3,061 8,909 10,939 9,569 17,688 9,875 6,065 2,142 8,897 5,746 6,060 ,396 2,091 12,241 31,767 10,089 7,876 8,762 7,523 57 150 124 189 2,217 513 174 176 ,034 250 873 44 1,812 313 639 10,960 123 222 Total used 12,162 191 4,709 201 782 12,602 910 20,800 14,200 11,206 2,033 98,523 3,803 12,199 4,164 5,099 6,330 12,156 5,452 7,424 5,095 9,159 11,812 9,613 17,688 9,875 7,877 2,142 8,897 5,746 6,373 4,035 2,091 23,201 31,767 10,212 7,876 8,984 7,523 4 - Table 2. - Agricultural Limestone Used in Illinoi During 1956 and 1937 - continued ~7 County Jo Daviess Johnson Kane Kankakee Kendall Knox Lake LaSalle Lawrence Lee Livingston Logan McDonough Mc Henry McLean Macon Macoupin Madison Marion Marshall Mason Massac Menard Mercer Monroe Montgomery Morgan Moultrie Ogle Peoria Perry Piatt Pike pope Pulaski Putnam Randolph Richland . Rock Island St, Clair , Saline Sangamon Schuyler Scott Shelby 10,000 2,711 3,609 14,30 r ' ,957 6,169 .762 12,745 3,779 20,752 52,616 13,211 4,053 3,806 47,595 14,346 12,991 20,077 7,706 5,855 10,240 934 5,745 2,457 11,831 11,216 2,720 3,320. 4,000 15,570 9,561 6,533 20,233 7,741 820 2,735 24,187 5,478 6,954 55,825.. 5,319 9,230 2,643 2,200 15,567 1937 produced in Illinois I other states 1936 ! Produced in "7 8 1,357 9,709 15,643 7,114 10,406 2,462 23,557 2,158 10,726 44,659 2,580 2,960 5,374 40,154 10,855 4,745 28,579 14,028 11,265 6,625 827 1,229 1,698 27,653 16,453 1,939 3,576 62 16,629 5,783 9,402 1,141 3,831 287 4,548 2;0,249 .9,811 16,447 49,889 4,745 8,026 823 . 3,-400 14,55.4 11,012 1,307 54 1,252 3,250 9,431 548 113 3,859 199 292 581 5,435 4,591 Total used 3 1,557 9,709 15,645 7,114 P.l ,413 io 9. .A 427 4.62 8*537 5,465 10,780 44,659 2,580 4,212 . 5,874 40,154 10,855 " ' 4, 745 28,579 17,278 11,265 6,625 827 1,229 11,129 27,655 16,455 2,437 5,689 62 20,463 5,932 9,694 1,722 5,831 237 4,543 25,754 9,811 20,858 49,839 4,745 8,026 825 3,40.0 14,931. .- 5 - Table 2. - Agricultural Limestone Used in Illinois During 1936 and 1937 - concluded 1936 1937 County Produced in Produced in Total used • Illinois other states Stark 3,377 '3,571 4,629 8,200 Stephenson ' (a) 18,000 - - - Tazewell ' 10,143 8,984 mm 8,984 Union 3,596 8,608 - 8,608 Vermilion 8,174 10,530 279 10,809 Wabash 4,614 6,341 5,826 12,167 Warren 7,427 10,292 1,132 11,424 Washington 10,935 10,549 3,8J3 14,352 Wayne 2,807 5,046 210 5,256 White - 8,161 ' 10,595 10,092 20,687 Whiteside 5,507 4,407 452 4,859 Will 4,519 . 19,050 - 19,050 Williamson 2,491 2,198 - 2,198 Winnebago (a) 30,000 - -' - Woodford' 19,263 21,953 - 21,953 Trucked (county unknown ) 4,507 25,015 - 25,013 Total • ■-— -~ , ,>~^-,^^ lp22,916 1,034,318 87,479 1,121,857 (a) -None reported Table 3» - Consumption of Limestone on Crop Land*- ( Pounds per acre) County Farm land in crops (1934) 1 Limestone used |i County _i (1937) Group 1 Cook DuPage Ford Grundy Iroquois Kane Kankakee Kendall Lake Livingston McHenry Will 178,385 106,526 247,539 200,769 554,440 223,860 309,935 155,459 115,301 540,819 218, '840 370,187 Averag e used per acre Farm land in crops (1934) Limestone used (1937) *- Calculate county, d on the ba U. S. Cens'u Group 2 Boone Bureau Carroll DeKalb ■ . Henry Jo Daviess LaSalle Lee Mercer Ogle Rock Is Land! Stephenson j Whiteside Winnebago Average'- used per acre^ acreage o.f .arable land in e. 115,737 4 359,529 70 153,278 - 307,266 41 334,421 80 145,556 a/ I' 519,354 UTJ 320,207 67 I 182, 750: 122 319,048 ■ a/ I 133,212 • ,3lS 414,42:9; . | 282,383 34 i- 182,962.. . 57.6 ch s "of Agriculture, 1935-. - 6 Table 3. - Consumption of Limestone on Crop Land - concluded County Farm,, land in crops (1934) Limestone used (1937) •' Group 3 Adam3 Brown Cass Champaign Christian Clark- Coles Cumberland DeWitt Douglas Edgar Fulton Hancock Henderson Knox Logan I.!acon Marshall Mason McDonough McLean Menard Morgan ^ultrie Peoria Piatt Pike' Putnam Sangamon Scott Schuyler Shelby Stark Tazewell Vermilion Warren Woodford 256,222 78,104 144,961 510,585 338,156 151,845 21,4,023 119,122 182,562 2Q7,392 27,3,073 29,0,102 274,919 130,350 254,902 300,583 278,949 155,738 220,996 227,081 581,994 130,123 222,219 162,.653. I 218,763 220,133 237,252 59,399 704,299 : 164,424. 240,865 524,942. 232,288: 284,653' 399,851 215,866 233,462 Average used per acre 184 20 13 32 84 15- 36: ■ • 36 133 53 38 54 29 168 16 77 145 60 37 138 19 22 " 4b 187 ' 88 :■ • 12 ■■' 153 ! 23 - 41 ' ( '\ 7 t.67 - , a/ . 63 • ■ ••54- r 106 188 77.3 County .Farm, land in crops (1934) , Limestone used (1937) Group 4 Calhoun 68,901 Greene 178,198 Jersey 115,901 Macoupin 292,187 Madison 267,693 . Monroe 125,696 Randolph 204,931 St. Clair 427,863 Average Group 5 Alexander Bond Clay Clinton Crawford Edwards Effingham Fayette Franklin Gallatin Hamilton Hardin Jackson Jasper Jefferson Johnson „ Lawrence" ; Marion J ; J Massac - , Montgomery perry Pope Pulaski*. ; Ri chlahd ;■ ■■ Saline Union ■Wabash' ' j Washington Wayne White Williamson 48,999 132,099 151,435 192,686 124,307 85,356 163,598 228,559 113,057 104,998 134,746 29,.189 172,337 176,936 177,501 72,636 117,274' 17i;537 • ;:v 55,530 : -257,105 -138,507 66,401 66,790 i 133,173 183,122 108,386 92 > 213 216,960 203,166 190,239 105,094 100 130 33 214 440 231 233 used. per. acre 157.9 8 71 27 992 67 215 144 84 174 41 95 143 119 39 102 37 '"' 59 201 30 123 36 115 9 147 50 159 264 132 50 217 42 Average used per acre 148.9 a/ Less than one pound per acre. 7 - Shipments of agricultural limestone into Illinois from neighboring' states "increased during 1957, as did those shipments of stdne produced in Illinois and marketed in other states.; Tables 4 and 5 give these tabulations from 1931 to 1937. • Table 4. - Agricultural Limestone Produced in Other States and Marketed in Illinois, 1931-1937, in tons Year Consumed Per cent \ from outside of total ', producers consumption 1931 . . . . . 31,161 1.1.6 1932 15,231 11.5 1933 12,845 6.7 1934 56,095 16.2 1935 ; 54, 303 10.5 1936 '77,264 7.5 t 1937 •67,479 7.9 •Table 5 - Agricultural Limestone Produced in Illinois and Marketed in Other States, 1931-1937, in tons _ T Year I Wise. 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 650 85 67 56 281 la.; Mo. Ky 62 65 1 40 8 37 263 80 2,232 130 587 845 500 41 : 32 4,129 : :i2 Ind. Mich. Tenn 9,570 3,311 5,299 9,093 10,10% 23,97'6 53,375 4,764 850 421 1 ,.546 4*135 4,590 7,522 1,450 633 730 238 1,095 6,020 2,703 Total 16*971 5,107 6,633 13,259 15,562 44,393 64,746 1 i — 4 Index map of Illinois to accompany Table 3, showing location of districts according to which consump- tion of limestone is given* SCHER'S IiBkARY BINDERS. 807 S. Goodwin Urbana.UL WW ■ K&li m^F ""•:• Kl i ttlHHl 'Hi! Jl