Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17
MONTHLY BULLETIN
OF THE
Missouri State Board Of Agriculture
FOR NOVEMBER s, 3
FOR NOVEMBER s
LEVI cHUBBUCk, Secretary
lnoia, Mo.
CROP CONDITIONS


Corn The late dry fall permitted late planted corn to
mashae well and the carefully estimated yield falls but two
Q tne yield per acre for an average year. The quality of corr.
Ss "a, . q q : 49, So gatherrd, is not so good as that of last year, some
oahage oelng done by the corn worm.
Potatoes.-The patches of Irish potatoes which the
very wet spring rendered it necessary to cultivate. did not
yield well except in a very few counties and are. generally, of
raw 91aisy: although, some very fine potatoes have been
ports, the worst possible failure" from some counties and
"n1 To I,op ever Talsed' from others. Quality very good.
co for the State, was reduced by returns from the section
other localities the yield idtfi ABOUT a eqaafed a as a "a eears storm; in
,.- ,ha; q In Doth quality and average yield falls a little be-
Buekwheat.-I fully an average.
SoeIon.-hetnIn are very meagre and, so far as report
lat year, The total indicated product is very considerably
less snan last year owing to both reduced acreage and yield.
quality from some counties, but the average for the State was
either from excessive moisture or other cause and and the ve eae in
gallons of product light. 'NN III
Fruits.--The greatest possible care has been taken to
correctly estimate the product of grapes, apples and pears. as
:: m saw th with via : full crop "a and while the figures given seem
Owing to unreasonable climatic conditions from early
e esnRg tin ans and p correct efdp ar reposss 1 nave d been more Of than than usually
Pastures The late dry fail, which was absolutely
mental to pasture which is very short, in many counties feeding
having already commenced. In these counties water has been
Fall wheat. = Wheat sowing retarded by the
drsu1a and is not yet complete. The outlook at this date
Is not encouraging for, while some counties report the
prospect fine growth of early sown heavy enough to pas
is the exception. Many fields of the early sown has been in.
jured by grassshoppers, the damage confined to the edges of
the fields so far as reported, and much of the late sown seed
has failed to terminate and the fields are %"spotedn
The late rains may, however, greatly improve the prospect.
Flax second special fax circular was sent out and re-
turns received from Adair, Audrain, Barton, Bates, Benton,
Cass, Cedar, Dade, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Lawrence, Mont
gomery, Pike. Polk, st. Clair and Vernon. Only seventeen
counties report the crop grown and in every one the acreage is
reduced, the average acreage for the state being little more
than 80 per cent of that ofiast season.
The average yield per acre, six bushels, is a little heavier
than last year but the total product but 60 per cent of 1891.
Less attention is being given to the crop because it is con-
sidered hard on the land and the uncertain yield and low price
makes it improbable.
The threshed straw is almost all used for stock food and
for covering sheds. Four per cent of the straw is reported sold
to fax mills at four dollars per ton. There is a flax mill in
Montgomery county and one in Cars county and it was sug-
gested by a correspondent from Bates county that if a Mill
could be established in that county it would stimulate the cul-
dvation of fax.
Flax straw saved properly and fed judiciously combined
with other stock food is considered valuable but as usually fed
amounts to very little.