The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
MISSOURI CROPS ARE LATE.
Average Condition for Corn in
the State Is Seventy-Five.
REPUBLIC sPECIAL.

Columbia. Mo, July 1.-THE following
statement of the condition of crops July i
was made public to-day by George +.
Ellis. secretary of the Board of Agricul-
ture:
The information upon which the following re-
port is based was received from all the coun-
correspondents report an excessive rainfall. and
me nights have been cool. thereby retard,ns
the growth OF vegetation. and all cultivated
crops are from two to three weeks later than
In a normal season.
improved two points during the month. The
pTssen. condition Is Il p pSS,is +, below Q the ,oo ay E
lies corn Is reported tee in a fair to % a good cond,.
part Of the State, as, far south as Barton
County and as far north as Clinton County. a
of water standing in the fields. and unless the
weather improves so the corn can be cultivated
soon a great deal of the corn in that section
will be ruined.
The corn along the Usage River and its tribu.
having been planted the third or fourth time,
and it is now too late to replant. and the farm
ers in that section cannot hope to produce a
crop OF anything except late forage crops. The
average sond;t'O n f. for ,n 'h the s san;na Is q s.otI Tns
and the lowest 20. in the northwest and central
sections.
crop one year ago the average condition for tho
State is one point better tbnsaInadi i, ., was at that
favorable late season last, year. and the final
Weld was about thirty bushels per acre for the
State.
show considerable variation. The group OF
counties in the Ozark region. including Maries.
Phelps. Pulaski. Dent, Texas. Shannon. Wright
and some of the adjoining counties. report a
great deal Of damage. to wheat from rust. and
in that section the yield will be very low. but
in most 81 the large wheat-producing counties
the wheat is in fairly good condition., and our
correspondents report a sa satisfactory yield.
Rain has greatly delayed harvesting, and in
many counties the wheat Is dead ripe. but can
not be cut because the ground is too soft to
r,n the binders. Some have been cutting with
the cradle. 1t is estimated that on June 80
Al per cent Of the entire crop Of the State was
harvested. In the southeast section so per cent
Of the crop was harvested. while in the north
west section only s per cent OF the crop was In
The quality Of the grain has been damaged
considerably by rain, and Ia below the average.
The Weld. however, will be much better than
for last year, The estimated average yield
sections. is as follows: Northeast. "A bushels:
northwest. Is bushels: central. IL bushels: south
west, l3 bushels: southeast, IL bushels. The
estimate IL three bushels per acre more than
the estimate made of the yield Of wheat at the
same time last year.
Oats have suffered from the same conditions
that caused the loss of the wheat. but the oats
crop shows an Improvement of 3 points dur
ing the month. ami. IL the weather continues
to Improve so the crop can be harvested. there
will. be a much better crop saved than was
ENTHUSIASTICALLY meadows show a decline
OF 9 points during the month. while clover
meadows show an improvement Of 2 points,
leaving the general average condition Of the
month ago. except that much Of the clover has
been harvested. and some of 1t damaged after
It was cut. II the weather improves 20 the