The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28

. 10000 acres only for this year, this a,
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| Hay - Largest crop ever known in til
| county.
| Apples-very near a failure
! Peaches-Plenty of seedlings but no bud
! 6ed fruit.
! Raspberries and blackberries-An abundan
yield.
Potatoes-Prospects not good.
DOUGLAS COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Ava, Mo-, June %. - Corn is very late
and the acreage is about 5000. Harvest O
wheat is about over; the acreage is large
but the yield is ligh,-about seven bushels
Oats are fine. but the acreage is light. Mead
ows are good. The fruit crop is very light
DUNKLIN COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Maiden, Mo. June 27.-Cotton. the princi
pal crop of Dunklin County, is backward
and the normal yield will be diminished
fully one-fourth. Corn is in the same con
dition. Watermelons are two weeks lars
and not up to the average. Wheat Is sorry
yielding from five to ten bushels per acre
and In many instances not worth harvest
ing. Clover and grasses look well. Wet
weather has retarded farm work and seri
ously damaged crops in the lowlands. Or
indicate more than two-thirds crop.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. Mo-, June 27-The present
condition OF the growing crop is very poor.
about half Of a crop Of wheat. while the
acreage was about an average. The corn in
the lowlands was drowned out, and on the
highlands it is very uneven. The oats and
hay crop is good. Late fruits look well. but
there are no peaches and very few grapes.
The berry crop is splendid.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Pacific, Mo-, June 27.-The wheat crop in
Franklin County will not be half of last
years crop. Harvesting is nearly completed.
There never was better weather for harvest
ing. The grain will be in good condition If
the present rain does not continue too long.
The acreage OF corn is less than last
year, but is in good tillage and doing well
in spite of the cool nights. promising a
good yield. Meadows and oat fields are CIV
ing big crops.
In the Missouri bottoms all crops are
wiped out
Fruit crops are limited to a few cherries,
apples and grapes on highest elevations. The
berry crop is light. save wild blackberries.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Union. Mo-, June T.-Farmers report the
acreage of corn this year at about 80 per
cent of what it was last year, and the crop
is somewhat later than last year and in
much poorer condition, owing to the wet
weather. which prevented proper etillage.
Farmers are not yet through planting in
some bottom fields that were flooded.
The acreage of wheat is somewhat in ex-
cess of last season. but the crop Is not
more than 80 per cent Of the last years
crop.
Oats prospects variable; some neighbor-
hoods report poor crop, some medium and
q few fields of good oats are reported.
GENTRY COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Albany, Mo-, June T.-ConsIderable part
of the farming land of Gentry being what
is known as bottom lands" there was
material damage done to early planting by
the prevailing floods.
Conditions now are improved beyond ex-
pectation The acreage is estimated
trifle less than last year for corn. A per-
feet season for cultivating and maturing
will be necessary to make corn yield 80 per
cent Of full crop. Unusually late fall
necessary for late-plarted corn. Wheat
will make average crop. Rather small
acreage of oats. but good condition. Tim
othy. clover and bluegrass in prime con-
dition.
GRUMPY COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
4itIitOHr JUiic -1.-lHc ldSOEdulC
weather of the last two weeks enabled the
farmers to relieve to good advantage the
slight damage wrought by overflows.
Grundy County will have a good half
crop of corn, at least a half crop Of wheat
and full crops of hay, oats and fruits. APP
pies are extra fine.
GREENE COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Springfield, Mo-. June 1.-THE condition
of crops in Greene County is not very en-
coursging. The wheat harvest is about COM
pleted. The cutting of the crop commenced
last week, and tonight saw about all of the
wheat cut. The yield is very poor, averaging
about eight bushels to the acre. Last year
it was twenty bushels to the acre. A great
deal of wheat was planted. but after the
heavy rains this spring much Of it was
plowed under.
The corn-crop outlook is very poor. Much
of the corn was ruined by the early rains.
and what there is will make a very poor
quality. The oats crop is very fine and
large yield is promised. The apple crop
promises TO be poorer than for many years.
. HENRY COUNTY.
SPECIAL.
Clinton. Mo-. June 2.-Excessive rains
during the middle spring left the ground in
bad condition. but this has been overcome.
The anomalous condition is witnessed Of
wheat laid by and corn Just coming up in
the same localities. Both early and late
corn are looking well. and farmers antioi-
pate a large crop, though acreage is Is per
cent less than last year
Wheat and oats are spotty and uneven,
with some rust.
Recent sunshine days have greatly i'm
proved the hay crop.
HOWELL COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
West Plains, Mo-, June 21-Howell Coun-
ty farmers are now harvesting their wheat
crop. The acreage is larger than usual. but
the yield will be less. There will Nbe half a
crop. as the freeze last winter and the
long wet spell in the spring did considerable
damage. Twelve bushels to the acre will be
the yield. The quality Of grain is good.
oats are almost a total failure, while
rye is extra good.
Corn never looked better at this time Of
year The planting was late and the con-
tinual rains gave weeds good start. When
1t became dry enough to plow the farmers
We're compelled to pillow deep and close to
the growing corn. Two weeks of dry
weather caused the corn to suffer and grow
yellow. but the heavy downpour of Thurs
day night and Friday will make a good
crop
Apples will yield half a crop and there
Will be a few peaches.
HOWARD COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Glasgow, Mo-, June 27-wheat harvest Is
now IN progress: the average yield Is esti-
mated at fifteen bushels per acre. Corn Is
looking we'll but is backward In growth,