The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-07-24
MISSOURI CROPS.
Masa Il Needed In Southeastern C0untses
mat ~ Hetards Thrrshiax In North
era Coantiea.

Columbia, NO., July i7.--The United
Etaics department Of agriculture. eli
mate and crop bulletin OF the wealth
er bureau, Missouri section, for the
week ending July -, says:
In the northern sections of the
state. the past week averaged s'me-
what cooler than usual. but IN the
central and southern sections, the
mean temperature was very near She
normal. There was about the average
amount " sunshine In the central
and northern sections. The prcci u.
tation ~ the week exceeded ! inch
over the northwest section. the north.
ern portions ~ the central and south
west sections the western portion I
the northeast section. and portions
Of the northwest section receiving
from 2 20 over Z inches. but over the
eastern and southern counties Il was
generally light, and In portions Of the
southeast section there was none. IN
a number of the extreme sou;hcaN-
ern counties rain II needed.
Tho principal farm work " the
week has been the stacking and
ihreshinR II wheat and the cutting
Of oats aud hay. and In a ma iority ~
the northern and western counties II
has been retarded TO a greater or less
extent by showers, and some further
damage has been done to grain In
shock aud Also 10 that yet standing
In the fields. The damage has not
been great. however, except In a few
localities. In few Of the cxtrcms
northwestern counties considerable
wheat stlll remains uncut, n having
been impossible 20 get into the fields
with machines. OHt harvest has
progressed ~ rapidly a. the weather
would permit. and while there has
been considerable loss in some locali-
ties, the bulk Of the crop has been
put In shock in fair condition. Much
damage by rest is reported Ia a few
counties. In the southeastern and
extreme southern counties the wealth
er has been very favorable and work
has progressed rapidly. Thrcshiug
returns continue "a show heavy yields
~ wheat. but in many places the
quality has been impaired to some ex,
tent by the wet weather.
Owing To the frequent rains In the
northern and western sections. con
siderable portion ~ the corn crop
has not received the cultivation "a
should have had ard many fields ore
very wecdy; but nevertheless the crop
is making excellent progress and Is
caring well. In the extreme southern
counties some ~ the earliest fields
are now In the roasting ear stage. In
few Of the extreme northwestern
counties some corn has been seriously
damaged by excessive rains and the
flooding of lowlands. while In n mum
her 81 the southeastern and extreme
southern counties the crop Is needing
rain, reports of firing being received
from Pcmiscnt county. Cotton Is also
suffering for rain In Pcmiscot county
and ~ shedding, hut In New Madrid
county u h doing finely. Flax. In the
southwestern counties, Is riprning.
and some has been cut. Kaflir corn.
sorghum COW peas. millct and tohnc-
CO are doing we'll. Pastures continue
In good condition. hut In some locali-
ties In the southeast section stock
water IL becoming scarce. Early po-
tatocs are ripeniug. and In the north
eva and western counties there is
some complaint that they are rotting
Apples are not dropping as badly ms
they were, and reports Indicate that
what are left will be of good quality
a. y. HACKETT.
section Director.