The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-02

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Columbia Mo. July 1.-The Missouri State
Board of Agriculture to-day issued It's
monthly crop report. based on very com
plcte and careful statements and estimates
from every county in the State. The report
bears out The Republics crop report of last
Sunday in every particular. showing that
the wheat crop will be only 2i.oo0ooo bushels
this year. rs against 6l,OOO.oO last year. and
that the corn crop is considerably below
the ten-year average in both acreage and
present condition. Oats are poor, hay good,
apples. grapes and melons poor
The report in full is as follows:
"a very full report received ~ the EGard
of Agriculture from nearly every county III
the State shows a general crop condition
below the average for the leading cereal
crops and yet not so bad as indicated by
many reports that have been published Ii
should be remembered that when the news
papers are publishing accounts of losses IN
certain communities they may not take into
consideration the excellent condition OF
crops in adjoining fields of adjacent COM
munities.
THE floods the first part of June. wero
very destructive to crops along the Missouri
and Mississippi and many of the smaller
rivers. especially those in the northwestern
part Of the State. While the loss has been
npHNN 10 INDIVIDUALS. ItldUy Vi llle
along the rivers losing everything, yet the
losses when compared with the whole of the
State Is not great as might be expected.
THE great area of our river bottoms Is
cultivated in corn and wheat, largely corn.
We had in the whole State last year $4,000
acres of corn and 3, l66 600 acres of wheat. or
10, $50 coo in both crops. A conservative esti-
mate iS that less than 100000 acres OF these
two crops have been lost from overflow.
which is about 81. per cent Of the whole
area for last year of these two crops in
the State. Possibly one-half of this area
will be repanted in late corn or forage
crops, and with favorable season will pro-
duce considerable food.
WHEAT.
The acreage sown i'll wheat last fall was
10 per cent below the large acreage Of the
previous year, but WAS, however above an
average acreage. In the early spring the
crop was very promising but each monthly
report has shown considerable decline.
The loss was caused by the Hessian fly,
plant lice, excessive moisture. rust, blight
and overflow, each of which caused con-
siderable damage.
Harvesting is now well under way in all
sections and has been completed in a num-
Der of counties. and a very close estimate
Of the final yield can be made.
'On June a. the dale our reports were
mailed. 10 per cent of a whole crop had
been harvested and few had begun
thrashing. The quality of the grain is from
poor to medium, only n few report good. the
general average being ~ per cent compared
with 100 representing high standard No. :.
"On account of the overflow and the raw
ages of insects and rust considerable area
will not be harvested reducing the area IL
per cent below what was sown. and leav-
Yo bn al harvested = 434
The average estimated yield per acre for
the northeast section is thirteen bushels:
northwest section, sixteen bushels: central
section. ten bushels; southwest section. nine
bushels: southeast section, eight bushels.
This is a general average for the state of a
little ever ten bushels. only little more
than one-haf the average last year, or a
total product of 2i.76j,SJ0 bu., compared
with 6l,Oi5,O9O produced in the harvest of
1907
CORN.
The season taken az whole has been
very unfavorable for good crop of corn,
too much rain for good cultivation and TOO
cold for normal growth. The unfavorable
conditions have caused a considerable de-
crease in acreage compared with the acre
age planted last year. The acreage planted
in 1902 was: In northeast section. 1,5s,oco'
! northwest section. 2S63.OO0; central section.
LII. coo; southwest section. 173l,0O; south
east section. $4,000. Total for State, 7,693,O1o
The estimated acreage for this crop Is g.
COCO acres. a decrease from last year of IA
per cent. The decrease in the northeast
section. IA: northwest section. IA: central
| II; southwest, II; southeast. 3.
THE crop is in all stages of the extreme
| conditions from very poor to good. the aver
age condition having improved points dur
| ing the month of June. and Is now "a, COM
pared with 80 at the same time last year
| and Compared with IS, the five-year aver
| age. The condition on July l, 1901. the