( s 14. GS: CIR I4(a c. a C^ejcM S^cftu uu\ 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. 146 AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS IN 1947 Walter H. Voskuil and Ethel M. King PRINTKI) BY AUTHORITY OF THK STATE OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS 1948 ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAi SURVEY LIBRARY SEP 21 1948 3 3051 00004 6247 ST* kite r^i. AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS IN 1947 Walter H. Voskuil and Ethel M. King Reports of producers to the Illinois Geological Survey show that the amount of agstone (ground limestone and dolomite) used for soil improvement in Illinois during 1947 amounted to more than 5,180,000 tons (table 1). This was 7.4 per- cent less than that used in 1946, but there was an increase of 11 cents per ton, or approximately 11 percent in value over 1946. Even with this decrease in tonnage, Illinois continued to rank first among all the states in the amount of liming material used for soil treatment. i Illinois, 1946 and 1947 a 1946* 1947 Tons Value Tons Value Produced in Illinois Limestone Dolomite Marl 3,070,813 2,283,195 5,460 $3,604,121 2,471,340 7,135 2,863,785 1,916,590 $3,799,900 2,216,515 Total produced in Illinois Less marketed in other 5,359,468 154,648 6,082,596 167,531 4,780,375 91,663 6,016,415 Produced and used in Illinois. .... Produced in other states and 5,204,820 390,879 5,915,065 347,182 4,688,712 494,357 5,904,067 488,620 Total agstone used in Illinois. . . . 5,595,699 $6,262,247 5,183,069 $6,392,687 * Revised figures. a Summary of canvass made by Illinois Geological Survey in cooperation with Illii Agricultural Association and Midwest Agricultural Limestone Institute. AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS Av. Year Tons Value price per ton 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 *5,595,699 *6, 262, 247 1.12 1947 5,183,069 6,392,687 1.23 The value of agstone for improv- ing soil fertility is now a well estab- lished fact. During 1947 the demand for this mineral material continued and far exceeded the supply. Many producers reported acute labor short- age, and this, together with increased wages and higher costs of supplies and equipment, curtailed production. In other instances unfavorable weather conditions and floods hindered both production and sales. Of the 187 plants reporting on 1947 operations, 9 percent had discontinued operations, 2 percent changed owner- ship, and 19 percent were idle. Table 2 shows the use of agstone on Illinois farms during the years for which fig- ures are available. During 1947 agstone was produced in 47 of the 102 counties of the State. Of the total agstone used during the year, 90.5 percent was produced in Illinois. ' Revised figures. 1 U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1927-29; canvass by Illinois Agriculture Association, 1930; canvass by Illinois Geological Survey, 1931-1947. Table 3 gives the use of agstone by districts and by counties comprising each district, showing the amount pro- duced in Illinois and in other states. These data are from producers who reported sales of agstone in specific coun- ties. Production not accounted for in the county totals is given at the bottom of the table marked "counties not specified." Several counties, particularly Rock Island and Vermilion, show abnormally low tonnage. This is because some producers in these and other counties did not report their agstone production as distributed by counties, and therefore the proper allocation could not be made. The total production figures of these producers are included in "counties not specified." The total amount of agstone used in Illinois is the actual total of deliveries in Illinois reported by producers. AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS Table 3.--Agstone Used i ; by Distric (In tons) 1946 and 1947 a Total used 1947 Districts Distribution to counties as Produced in Acres of arable land and reported by producers" district, but and plowable Counties 1946 county destination pasture Total From From not reported (1940 census) used Illinois other states by producer District 1 County Cook 25,000 24,844 19,407 5,437 199,206 Du Page 33,800 28,169 28,169 - 116,731 Ford 28,000 19,489 19,489 - 280,058 Grundy 34,670 32,119 32,119 - 218,241 Iroquois 82,177 101,085 49,625 51,460 611,482 Kane 86,814 60,007 60,007 _ 255,882 Kankakee 76,000 55,437 55,382 55 348,647 Kendall 39,780 19,814 19,814 - 168,326 Lake 14,000 6,374 6,374 - 140,960 Livingston 134,466 138,019 138,019 - 595,765 McHenry 24,251 35,354 35,354 _ 262,43 4 Will 100,000 61,086 61,086 " 396,213 Total agstone District 1 678,958 581,797 524,845 56,952 520,788 3,593,945 District 2 County Boone 46,164 49,764 49,764 - 139,691 Bureau 120,000 85,989 85,624 365 440,808 Carroll C 49,000 8,000 8,000 - 200,264 DeKalb 70,000 55,698 55,698 - 349,131 Henry 66,000 12,570 10,700 1,870 423,236 Jo Daviess 35,000 16,970 16,470 500 225,208 La Salle 135,000 72,412 72,412 - 585,735 Lee 180,795 40,686 40,686 - 385,196 Mercer 30,000 3,887 2,000 1,887 251,449 Ogle 100,000 68,619 68,619 " 383,404 Rock Island 60,000 201 _ 201 156,111 Stephenson 90,000 48,497 48,497 - 283,408 Whiteside 127,000 89,417 89,297 120 350,544 Winnebago 40,412 50,665 50,665 " 219,494 Total agstone District 2 1,149,371 603,375 598,432 4,943 252,570 4,393,679 AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS Table 3.--Agsto: s Used in Illinois by Districts and by Counties, 1946 and 1947 a (continued) (In tons) 1947 Districts Total used in Distr ibution to c ounties as Produced in Acres of arable land and Counties repc rted by producers district but county destination and plowable 1946 pasture Total From From not reported (1940 census) used Illinois other states by producer District 3 County Adams 65,000 77,059 76,151 908 328,009 Brown C 13,600 1,538 1,538 - 119,648 Cass 45,873 38,505 37,816 689 157,002 Champaign 100,000 22,785 22,785 - 560,583 Christian 110,973 64,315 63,199 1,116 373,342 Clark 74,875 91,166 91,166 _ 217,376 Coles 45,000 1,729 1,263 466 254,255 Cumberland 34,000 16,174 16,174 _ 157,832 DeWitt 21,500 17,798 17,798 - 211,909 Douglas 25,633 2,081 1,421 660 231,817 Edgar 40,000 6,172 6,172 _ 307,538 Fulton 50,000 51,777 42,118 9,659 338,466 Hancock 74,000 87,097 84,940 2,157 340,637 Henderson 25,000 18,000 18,000 - 156,071 Knox 87,289 76,856 40,429 36,427 317,827 Logan 78,974 87,270 85,921 1,349 346,615 McDonough 67,345 53,791 39,275 14,516 270,917 McLean 112,000 39,945 39,765 180 656,782 Macon 45,369 37,671 36,243 1,428 305,531 Marshall 21,307 23,490 23,490 " 189,489 Mason 55,000 51,001 50,820 181 248,797 Menard 27,000 39,029 36,828 2,201 154,392 Morgan 55,000 31,203 22,029 9,174 261,346 Moultrie 30,000 11,772 11,772 - 178,794 Peoria 100,000 45,662 45,542 120 243,380 Piatt 50,000 47,737 47,737 _ 246,223 Pike 40,000 17,109 17,109 - 341,756 Putnam 21,386 12,956 12,956 - 66,867 Sangamon 76,660 105,222 93,625 11,597 425,644 Schuyler 12,000 30,496 14,414 16,082 144,306 Scott 20,152 32,925 31,106 1,819 103,624 Shelby 63,856 48,415 48,415 - 374,712 Stark 24,000 26,428 26,428 - 148,213 Tazewell 45,000 19,962 19,962 - 304,959 Vermilion 80,000 3,332 516 2,816 451,146 Warren 77,204 40,564 40,000 564 271,171 Woodford 32,666 23,472 23,472 " 258,560 Total agstone District 3 1,947,662 1,402,504 1,288,395 114,109 345,462 10,065,536 AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS ; 3.--Agstone Used in Illinois by Districts and by Counties, 1946 and 1947 a (continued) (In tons) Total used in 1947 Districts Distribution to counties^as Produced in Acres of arable land and Counties reported by pr sducers district, but county destination and plowable 1946 pasture Total From From not reported (1940 census) used Illinois other states by producer District 4 County Alexander 12,250 12,030 11,830 200 58,779 Bond 35,000 16,462 8,519 7,943 168,876 Calhoun 16,500 6,260 6,260 - 70,886 Clay 32,426 25,407 15,519 9,888 201,735 Clinton 48,833 67,952 62,415 5,537 210,349 Crawford 25,375 20,663 17,155 3,508 193,868 Edwards 21,576 33,904 23,218 10,686 108,888 Effingham 49,827 56,377 39,695 16,682 213,369 Fayette 40,024 37,428 36,682 746 275,732 Franklin 36,906 39,388 32,815 6,573 146,843 Gallatin 25,000 43,411 42,841 570 127,951 Greene 32,000 31,746 31,694 52 226,052 Hamilton 25,200 30,129 10,672 19,457 179,698 Hardin 10,000 13,000 13,000 - 50,649 Jackson 38,000 37,471 37,471 " 188,088 Jasper 40,000 37,722 37,177 545 240,290 Jefferson 50,000 53,326 8,828 44,498 242,802 Jersey 25,273 22,000 22,000 - 134,766 Johnson 22,000 9,918 9,918 - 112,452 Lawrence 23,000 5,107 1,543 3,564 165,983 Macoupin 45,000 30,613 24,752 5,861 342,781 Madison 64,948 43,881 41,287 2,594 307,651 Marion 50,000 36,244 22,328 13,916 239 131 Massac 19,150 17,016 17,016 - 89,357 Monroe 60,000 110,184 110,184 - 155,971 Montgomery 112,000 97,717 76,543 2 1 , 1 74 322,306 Perry 35,000 26,086 18,074 8,012 156,265 Pope 10,000 18,372 18,372 - 92,321 Pulaski 12,277 23,903 23,903 - 68,920 Randolph 75,000 51,606 48,078 3,528 227,475 Richland 28,675 35,125 17,136 17,989 186,383 St. Clair 88,913 55,177 54,648 529 258,552 Saline 38,200 23,300 16,024 7,276 145,818 Union 35,854 37,122 37,122 - 123,799 Wabash 23.C95 26,970 1,247 25,723 103,459 AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS Table 3. — Agstone Used in Illinois by Districts and by Counties, 1946 and 1947 a (concluded) (In tons) Total used in 1946 1947 Districts Counties Distribution to counties as reported by producers Produced in district, but county destination not reported by producer Acres of arable land and plowable Total used From Illinois From other states pasture (1940 census) District 4 County (cont.) Washington Wayne White Williamson 33,000 60,000 62,650 26,732 27,681 48,407 61,700 20,077 13,765 12,034 35,107 17,868 13,916 36,373 26,593 2,209 242,105 330,724 240,726 128,514 Total agstone District 4 1,489,684 1,390,882 1,074,740 316,142 83,480 7,080,314 Total agstone distributed County not specified 5,265,675 *330,024 3,978,558 1,204,511 3,486,412 1,202,300 492,146 2,211 1,204,511 Total *5, 595, 699 5,183,069 4,688,712 494,357 25,133,474 * Revised figures. 'i a Compiled from canvass made by Illinois Geological Survey, in cooperation with Illinois Agricultural Association and Midwest Agricultural Limestone Institute. This represents only the tonnage of producers who gave 'county distribution. Production figures for which county distribution was not given are listed in column 6. c This county shows abnormally low tonnage because some producers did not report dis- tribution by counties. AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS Table 4.--Agstone Produced in Other States and Used in Illinois, 1941-1947 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 *7.0 1947 494,357 9.5 Revised figures Survey ade by Illinois Geological The total quantity of agstone produced in other states but marketed in Illi- nois is shown in table 4. This amounted to 9.5 percent of the total used in Ill- inois. Table 5 gives the total quantity of agstone produced in Illinois which was marketed in other states. This amounted to 1.9 percent of the total amount produced in Illinois. The map on page 10 shows the four limestone distribution districts into which the State is divided, and the counties comprising each district (table 3). Table 5. --Agstone Produced in Illinois and Marketed in Other States, 1941-1947 a (In tons) Year Indiana Iowa Kentucky Missouri Wisconsin Other state s b Total 1941 1,800 100 940 867 _ 1,125 4,832 1942 28,811 - 9,700 203 450 19,853 59,017 1943 34,579 11,000 1,000 1,192 - 28,200 75,971 1944 46,302 7,683 8,900 8 - 110,318 173,211 1945 46,000 " 23,600 2,700 - 117,900 190,200 1946 46,495 5 _ 208 5,140 102,800 154,648 1947 61,129 10,000 4,504 1,133 783 14,114 91,663 From canvass made by Illinois Geological Survey. Marketed outside Illinois, destination seldom specified. AGSTONE USED IN ILLINOIS _0 10 20 30 40 50 1 LIMESTONE DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS Illinois State Geological Survey Urbana, Illinois Circular 146 1948