14 GS: ^^ SmfWt^ CIR '33 STATE OF ILLINOIS DWIGHT H. GREEN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION FRANK G. THOMPSON, Director DIVISION OF THE STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY M. M. LEIGHTON, Chief URBANA CIRCULAR NO. 132 AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS IN 1946 Walter H. Voskuil, Douglas F. Stevens, and Ethel M. King PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS 1947 AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS IN 1946 Walter H. Voskuil, Douglas F. Stevens, and Ethel M. King Reports of producers to the Illinois State Geological Survey show that the amount of agstone (ground limestone, dolomite, and marl) used for soil improvement in Illinois during 1946 amounted to more than 5,350,000 tons (table 1). This was 1,068,000 tons more than that used in 1945 and establishes again a new all-time high record. With this large production of agstone, exceeding by 25 percent the record made in 1945, Illinois continued to rank first among all the states in the amount of liming materials used for soil treatment. Table 1. — Agstone used in Illinois, 1945 and 1946 a 1945* 1946 Tons Value Tons Value Produced in Illinois 2,322,240 1,966,821 7,527 $2,639,769 2,009,636 7,400 2,895,627 2,218,337 5,460 $3,401,694 2,394,916 7,135 Dolomite Marl Total produced in Illinois Less marketed ii» 4,296,588 190,280 4,656,805 197,500 5,119,424 154,648 5,803,745 167,531 Produced and used in Illinois. . . Produced in other states and 4,106,308 181,260 4,459,305 168,400 4,964,776 390,879 5,636,214 Total agstone used in Illinois. . . 4,287,568 $4,627,705 5,355,655 $5,983,396 Revised figures. Summary of canvass made by Illinois Geological Survey in cooperation with Illinois Agricultural Association and Midwest Agricultural Limestone Institute. AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS -Agstone used in minois Annually, The value q£ agstone for 1927-1946 . i-i'j. improving soil fertility is so firmly established that the de- mand for this product has caused the Illinois stone industry to produce an enormous tonnage of this material. The progressive increase in the use of agstone on Illinois farms during the years for which figures are available is shown in Table 2. During 1946, agstone was produced in 47 of the 102 coun- ties of the State. Of the total used during the year, 92.7 per- cent was produced in Illinois. Table 3 gives the use of agstone by counties in Illinois during 1946, showing the amount produced in Illinois and in other states. It also shows the arable land and plowable pasture in each county and the average quantity of agstone used, in pounds per acre of such land in each county. These data are from producers who reported sales of agstone in specific counties, or are estimates by county farm advisers. Production not accounted for in the county totals is given at the bottom of the table marked "counties not specified." The total amount used in Illinois is the actual total of deliveries in Illinois re- ported by producers. Year Tons Value Av. 1927 647,155 $579,639 $0.90 1928 565,001 511,005 .91 1929 947,798 843,693 .89 1930 868,426 740,785 .86 1931 268,874 241,376 .90 1932 164,933 140,969 .86 1933 227,466 165,667 .73 1934 491,644 319,604 .65 1935 379,555 268,139 .71 1936 1,114,466 871,862 .78 1937 1,310,513 1,279,981 .97 1938 1,251,263 1,247,150 1.00 1939 1,497,458 1,318,173 .88 1940 2,365,663 1,999,850 .84 1941 3,084,855 2,873,536 .93 1942 3,866,568 3,600,313 .93 1943 *3,236,477 ♦3,175,108 .98 1944 4,214,600 4,388,886 1.04 1945 ♦4,287,568 ♦4,627,705 1.08 1946 5,355,655 5,983,396 1.12 Revised figures. U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1927-29; canvass by Illinois Agricultural Association, 1930; canvass by Illinois Geological Survey, 1931-46. AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS Table 3.— Agstone Used in Illinois, by Counties, 1945 and 1946* Total Total Acres of Average No. used used Produced Produced arable land pounds County in in in in other and plowable per acre" 1945 (Tons) 1946 (Tons) Illinois states pasture (1940 census) 1945 1946 Adams 50,000 65,000 58,905 6,095 328,009 305 399 Alexander 3,200 12,250 12,250 - 58,779 108 417 Bond 35,000 35,000 30,603 4,397 168,876 414 414 Boone 16,900 46,164 46,164 - 139,691 241 661 Brown 12,000 13,600 13,600 ~ 119,648 200 227 Bureau 100,000 120,000 117,118 2,882 440,808 454 544 Calhoun 18,000 16,500 16,500 - 70,886 507 466 Carroll 36,000 49,000 49,000 - 200,264 360 489 Cass 30,000 45,873 44,097 1,776 157,002 382 580 Champaign 80,000 100,000 100,000 " 560,583 285 357 Christian 75,000 110,973 106,236 4,737 373,342 402 594 Clark 58,500 74,875 74,875 - 217,376 539 689 Clay 24,600 32,426 28,079 4,347 201,735 243 321 Clinton 37,400 48,833 43,282 5,551 210,349 356 464 Coles 40,000 45,000 45,000 " 254,255 315 354 Cook 25,000 25,000 25,000 _ 199,206 251 251 Crawford 30,000 25,375 24,663 712 193,868 309 262 Cumberland 25,000 34,000 33,622 378 157,832 316 431 DeKalb 75,000 70,000 70,000 - 349,131 429 401 DeWitt 13,200 21,500 21,500 ~ 211,909 124 203 Douglas 20,000 25,633 25,633 _ 231,817 172 221 DuPage 46,600 33,800 33,800 - 116,731 796 579 Edgar 30,000 40,000 40,000 - 307,538 195 260 Edwards 13,400 21,576 11,735 9,841 108,888 247 396 Effingham 38,000 49,827 47,044 2,783 213,369 309 467 Fayette 27,200 40,024 38,513 1,511 275,732 *198 290 Ford 25,000 28,000 27,996 4 280,058 178 200 Franklin 29,100 36,906 34,276 2,630 146,843 395 503 Fulton 40,000 50,000 38,762 11,238 338,466 236 295 Gallatin 20,000 25,000 23,849 1,151 127,951 312 390 Greene 17,700 32,000 31,802 198 226,052 157 283 Grundy 20,000 34,670 34,670 - 218,241 183 318 Hamilton 14,700 25,200 14,655 10,545 179,698 135 280 Hancock 21,800 74,000 73,404 596 340,637 128 434 Hardin 13,600 10,000 10,000 ~ 50,649 533 395 Henderson 41,400 25,000 23,380 1,620 156,071 531 320 Henry 90,000 66,000 54,778 11,222 423,236 425 312 Iroquois 65,000 82,177 54,964 27,213 611,482 213 269 Jackson 16.300 38,000 38,000 - 188,088 173 404 Jasper 37,800 40,000 35,431 4,569 240,290 315 333 AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS Table 3.--Agstone Used in Illinois, by Counties, 1945 and 1946 a (continued) Total Total Acres of Average No. used used Produced Produced arable land pounds County in in in in other and plowable per acre** 1945 1946 Illinois pasture (1940 census) (Tons) (Tons) 1945 1946 Jefferson 46,000 50,000 29,046 20,954 242,802 379 412 Jersey 35,000 25,273 25,273 - 134,766 518 375 Jo Daviess 25,000 35,000 34,500 500 225,208 223 311 Johnson 14,000 22,000 22,000 - 112,452 250 391 Kane 60,100 86,814 86,814 ~ 255,882 469 678 Kankakee 77,000 76,000 76,000 . 348,647 441 436 Kendall 25,000 39,780 39,780 - 168,326 298 473 Knox 65,500 87,289 51,850 35,439 317,827 412 549 Lake 12,000 14,000 14,000 - 140,960 170 192 LaSalle 128,000 135,000 135,000 " 585,735 437 461 Lawrence 10,500 23,000 21,054 1,946 165,983 126 217 Lee 130,700 180,795 180,795 - 385,196 680 939 Livingston 196,900 134,466 134,466 - 595,765 661 451 Logan 46,300 78,974 75,342 3,632 346,615 267 456 McDonough 25,000 67,345 55,457 11,888 270,917 185 497 McHenry 39,900 24,251 24,251 _ 262,434 305 184 McLean 110,000 112,000 112,000 - 656,782 *320 326 Macon 27,000 45,369 44,678 691 305,531 176 297 Macoupin 29,600 45,000 36,938 8,062 342,781 172 263 Madison 39,000 64,948 62,811 2,137 307,651 253 422 Marion 36,900 50,000 43,069 6,931 239,131 309 418 Marshall 36,700 21,307 21,307 - 189,489 384 225 Mason 38,800 55,000 53,142 1,858 248,797 312 442 Massac 12,100 19,150 19,150 - 89,357 272 429 Menard 20,000 27,000 26,859 141 154,392 259 349 Mercer 20,000 30,000 28,245 1,755 251,449 159 239 Monroe 40,000 60,000 60,000 - 155,971 513 769 Montgomery 70,700 112,000 102,148 9,852 322,306 437 695 Morgan 35,200 55,000 53,867 1,133 261,346 266 421 Moultrie 24,000 30,000 30,000 - 178,794 268 335 Ogle 73,700 100,000 100,000 _ 383,404 385 522 Peoria 75,000 100,000 99,696 304 243,380 616 822 Perry 22,900 35,000 24,741 10,259 156,265 293 448 Piatt 45,000 50,000 50,000 - 246,223 366 403 Pike 40,000 40,000 40,000 " 341,756 235 235 Pope 5,000 10,000 10,000 _ 92,321 108 216 Pulaski 5,100 12,277 12,277 - 68,920 148 356 Putnam 20,100 21,386 21,386 66,867 600 639 Randolph 55,000 75,000 71,066 3,934 227,475 484 659 Richland 20,000 28,675 19,541 9,134 186,383 215 308 AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS Table 3. — Agstone Used in Illinois, by Comities, 1945 and 1946 a (concluded) Total Total Acres of Average No. used used Produced Produced arable land pounds County in in in in other and plowable per acre" 1945 (Tons) 1946 (Tons) Illinois states pasture (1940 census) 1945 1946 Rock Island 40,000 60,000 59,927 73 156,111 512 769 St. Clair 75,000 88,913 87,238 1,675 258,552 579 688 Saline 19,300 38,200 30,924 7,276 145,818 264 524 Sangamon 65,000 76,660 70,536 6,124 425,644 305 360 Schuyler 7,400 12,000 11,713 287 144,306 103 166 Scott 21,000 20,152 20,152 _ 103,624 404 389 Shelby 46,100 63,856 59,201 4,655 374,712 246 341 Stark 28,900 24,000 21,188 2,812 148,213 391 324 Stephenson 75,400 90,000 90,000 - 283,408 533 635 Tazewell 40,000 45,000 44,880 120 304,959 262 295 Union 20,800 35,854 35,854 _ 123,799 335 579 Vermilion 70,000 80,000 79,559 441 451,146 310 355 Wabash 16,600 23,095 - 23,095 103,459 322 446 Warren 60,000 77,204 77,010 194 271,171 442 569 Washington 20,200 33,000 23,474 9,526 242,105 166 273 Wayne 44,300 60,000 21,933 38,067 330,724 267 363 White 55,000 62,650 31,300 31,350 240,726 458 521 Whiteside 100,000 127,000 126,640 360 350,544 569 724 Will 47,500 100,000 100,000 - 396,213 239 505 Williamson 15,300 26,732 19,104 7,628 128,514 237 417 Winnebago 30,000 40,412 40,412 - 219,494 274 368 Woodford 29,400 32,666 32,666 - 258,560 227 253 County not specified *109,268 89,980 79,330 10,650 " " - Total *4,287,568 5,355,655 4,964,776 390,879 25,133,474 *341 (Av.) 426 (Av.) * Revised figures. a Compiled from canvass made by Illinois Geological Survey, in cooperation with Illinois Agricultural Association and Midwest Agricultural Limestone Institute, b Calculated from columns 5 and 6. AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS Table 4. — Agstone Produced in Other States and Used in Illinois, 1941-1946 a Tons Percent of Year sold in total Illinois Illinois consumption 1941 95,226 3.2 1942 171,035 4.5 1943 166,518 5.3 1944 314,800 7.5 1945 181,200 4.3 1946 390,879 7.3 From canvass made by Illinois Geological Survey. Table 4 gives the total amount of agstone produced in other states but marketed in Illinois. Table 5 gives the total amount produced in Illinois which was marketed in other states. The map shows the average amount of agstone used in each county in pounds per acre of arable land and plowable pasture. Table 5.— Agstone Produced in Illinois and Marketed in Other States, 1941-1946 a (In Tons) Year Wisconsin Iowa Missouri Kentucky Indiana Other states Total 1941 — 100 867 940 1,800 1,125 4,832 1942 450 — 203 9,700 28,811 19,853 59,017 1943 — 11,000 1.192 1,000 34,579 28,200 75,971 1944 — 7,683 8 8,900 46,302 110,318 173,211 1945 — — 2,700 23,600 46,000 117,900 190,200 1946 5,140 5 208 ~ 46,495 102,800 154,648 From canvass made by Illinois Geological Survey. Marketed outside Illinois, destination seldom specified. AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS IN 1946 County averages in pounds per acre of arable land and plowable pasture Illinois State Geological Survey Urbana, Illinois Circular 132 1947