Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
MISSOURI CROPS.
Good Rains Have Fallen. But More au
Needed Corn Cultivation
Vigorously Pushed.

Columbia, Mo-, June 25.-The Unit
ed States department of agriculture
weather bureau, Missouri section, for
the week ending June %, says:
The temperature during the past
week averaged higher than during
the week preceding. but was some
what below the normal, although
there was a high percentage of sun
shine. Moderately heavy showers fel
in some localities on the 18th anG
10th. but as a rule the precipitation.
up to the goth, was very light, and
many correspondents report that rain
is badly needed for corn, oats, pota'
Toes and gardens, and to soften the
surface of the ground, which has be-
come badly crusted. The conditions
were favorable for showers during
Sunday, however, and late reports In
dictate that good rains have fallen III
portions of the central and northern
sections at least.
The week has been very favorable
for farm work, and the cultivation OF
corn has been vigorously pushed. The
bulk of the crop is. now clean, some
having been cultivated the third time,
and generally has a good color. but
is not making as rapid a growth as it
should, owing to the cool nights. In a
few counties, particularly in the east
ern sections, the crop is quite un'
promising. Planting and r~eplanting
have progressed rapidly, but are not
yet completed. In the northwestern
counties much of the overtiowed LAND
has been replanted during the week
In the southeastern counties some
corn has been laid by. The crop, as
a whole, is backward and uneven, and
in some districts the acreage will be
much smaller than usual. The cool
nights have been u~nfavorable for cot
ton, and in portions of New Madrid
county it is becoming very lousy, but
the crop is generally well cultivated
and making fair progress.
Wheat harvest is about completed
in the extreme southeastern counties,
is beginning in the central section
and will become general this week
| Wheat is generally filing well in the
northern sections, and in a considera'
| bic number of the northern counties
promises an average, or nearly an
average, yield, but in many of the
central and nearly all of the south
ern counties only one-fourth to one
half a crop is expected. In some OF
the southern counties a considerable
portion of the crop is not worth cut
ting. Rye generally promises well.
Oats continue in good condition in
most of the northern counties, but
are rusting to a considerable extent
in the central and southern sections,
and the outlook for the crop in those
sections is much less promising than
at the preceding week. Damage by
the oat louise is reported in a num-
Der of counties.
Meadows continue to promise a
heavy yield, except in a few oun
ties.
Much clover has been cut during
the week and secured in good condi'
ton.
Cow peas, where sown, look well.
Melons promise a fair crop in por'
tions of Dunklin county.
Flax is improving in Vernon coun.
ty.
Early potatoes were seriously in
iured in some localities by the wet
weather during the fore part of the
month, but generally promise a good
yield, and gardens are doing well, as
n rule.
Apples promise from a half to three
fourths of a crop in some of the cen
trail and northern counties, and also
in a few localities in the southern
sections, but generally throughout
the southern counties there will be
less than one-fourth of a crop. They
are still dropping to a considerable
extent. and in some districts very few
remain on the trees.
A IT, HACKETT.