The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-05
MISSOURI CROP CONDITION.
Corn Satisfactory. and Wheat
vii! Yield Eleven bushels.


Columbia. Mo. sept. 4-The following
statement concerning crop conditions was
given ou; to-day by George u. ElI!s. sec
retary Of the State Board OF Agriculture:
During tho nl-; haIr % tbs month o: August
Dr. Weather prevailed generally tlr.H Hzhalt the
S'at-. ,su-ing Considerable damage 6. st'I.-
hut % aa4 after ~. .s'G eopi4Gs saia- f-ll
uhicE l11ss-t ah0g; a ysry msfA-l ir4prov--
ment IN AL crossing er"E.- Fs-t-s-s ar "a s2-
c.lleat condition. live stock 10 E.H,faily k-aItny
Eat the outlook. taken aitoseth-g. .s much let
tee than 8; .lnth ago.
ThfasairE email grain hss been a1sG: com
pist.l. s.ow!EE :gr wHsst 10 E.u=fA!y vel.
sdya.cei- 4, stated IN previous f-ysrts. con-
sl.srabl. ars~ag- & com that his planted IN
TIE spfins Was entirety -bAfi9iled b'.4l-- %
.nd further permanent inlary va eau--d b.
The Erea'e-t damage has teen IN nc central
sni n.-,-rn PARTS % tie STATE. "St@i-!.nF from.
Barton county and - Jar noTth a. C-idveI
1funty. although n EgtEe f-w other counties
Tho highest oondiIign which hs. preyail-d
Throughout the season. and where u silll con
80 -. - - 80. = ,5s-,..-s 80. :,
Llt.!- - Fort Scott A F.isfa5!s part ? this
,in'!i s-F.ar" ~ corn several q ~. 'lnt.--
al! tH- rs-Tntlg dra1n'f swamp lands ef bat
s-st..n whefe !arEe scf.1se q e.Tn :. DIV
grown. show TIE best average toll4tl.fi u an
s-ctioa "a fH- state Tl- pre- ef.t condition a.
sru~n by AL U1TTesr1Ed.nts for tn sat. -
= :. which - ga !uprJvsfn"st q - pc!nt- for
the rflHltr, and The GEsThs~ condition = nov
st.iy IL points below tas f.--yslT ay-rss-. the
crop - c.usi4eEatIy later tfau normal. AMI y
viii require several w~.s. yct for The Who'll.
crop & mature Saf-iy from froz--
our -urr~sipnd@nf~ --tirna's mat - per cent
O. %. .1;Ir" crop q th. state had not rachel
tho roasting ear stag August 81 T. VIII b@
remembered tlat tG. rTup NJ this state last
year y.ry late. Hlt sa the same date ls,l
year "n!y = p"r cent u the en;iT- crop hsd
not reached the rU-fsfts;s-snr stage on Angus;
- ~ Will Therefore. tak" a lftl- better than
the normal ssasln fnr E=t Nts from now On o
hanI an early killing fTOs; would cause very
heavy damage
ThrashIng has tcen practically completed snd
approximately Ru accurate estimate can now
mate Of o.. C1rTaEI Urlelts. The s-tlulate on
N. Ist OF July. while tie harvest sas IN
pToST-s'. vas - az aF"r5s- % ~ On. az
srT~ FOR the entire STATE Tt- average yield.
nos. estimated - the correspondents. J. n
fraction lees than u hu. Tn~ quality of he
grain varies greatly. even IN the SAM nei2f
With rust - O: god quality. but nluch %
the crop damaged ~ rgst AMI raiL. and
q IL estimated that only - per cent u the
entire crop viii grade as sood as No
this state etc.pt IN a very few localities. re
acrezga for the STATE having gradually de-
clin"i Tor the last s~E~Tal years The estimated
sy'ras- ylsIf Der acre this year = = bu. q.
which Is only oue-haY bu. per acre less than
the crop cf i-l1. and uis0n this estimate the
safe Ni!i produce. ~ round nuubers. i...fo 100
the average on acount % damage frOn rain
rs.,on has been making satisfactory growth
ami the condition j cpus.dsT1tly better than
waS - the same time isst -~ar. Indicating a
full average crop over tire STATE