The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
MISSOURI CROP
REPORT FOR AUGUST.

90 Agriculture, Geo, Is. Ellis, to.
day made the following announce.
nrnt of crop conditions in this
stats;
Corn Ih" prospects for Germ com
tinu" very hatt"rin- While some
what w""dy, the corn has been re.
ceiyug enough moisture t. make
very heavy growth. The condition
Is - per cent a. compared with ST
| Tor last month, aud e for the ten
year avcrag" on tn" first Of August.
| The percentage Of loss by overflow
has been very great in the north.
east and northwest sections, where
many Of the largest streams ARE ln.
Gated. There has also been con.
siderable loss near the smaller
streams all over the State. Owing
I" tho latcn"ss OF tn" season very
little of this uyerfowed land will be
replanted. The per cent of loss is
80 as compared with loss of AL
last year. As the percentage of
acreage this year was I per cent
larger than the normal, the present
acreage is just about normal. The
growth Of the corn this year has
been very luXuriant. Only little
OF it has begun to fire. A few coun. |
ties in the extreme southwestern |
part Of the State are troubled some. |
what with dry weather, but other
parts Of the State have been having |
an abundance of moisture. With |
good rains from now on the pros
poets are very nattcriug for big
corn crop.
Wheat-Thc quality of wheat Is of
III" best, being US as compared
with - at the same time last year
and 80 per cent two years ago. A
large per cent uf the wheat will
grade No. .. There has been Is
per cent damag" in the shock, and
about : per cent has been lost by
overflow. The yield per acre, how.
ever, is above the estimate of last
month. Very few of our CORE
'pondents failed to report at least
~ high yield as was estimated
asst month, and large per cent Of
hem report better yield. Thresh-
ng has progressed very satisfac-
.orily, and Al per cent of the crop
$ now threshed as compared with
II per cent AT the same time last
year, and = per cent two years ago.
Oats-As a rule, oats are making
| very satisfactory yield. and our
inal reports taken in the fall will
probably show the largest crop for
several years.
Hay-The yield of timothy hay is
somewhat smaller this year than
asst, being estimated at ! - tons per
'cre as compared with 40 tons last
'ear. The quality is SS per cent as
compared with 30 for last year.
Quite n little of the hay was allowed
u get Over-ripe bfore being cut. Clo-
'er also is showing somewhat lighter
'r0p than last year, being | 30 per
'cre AS compared with l.jO last
ear. The acreage is 3j.4 per cent
II that harvested last year. Alfalfa
made very satisfactory yield for
he first crop, but excessive rains
'aused small decrease in the sec
md crop.
Cotton-CottOn has shown much
over last month, the
Ter cent Of condition being % as
compared with So for July LIST.
Melons-Melons show an average
condition OF Si.S.
Tobacco has shown an improve
nent over last month, the condition
being $50 per cent as compared with
70. While the acreage estimated
asst month was shown as per cent
ncreaee over last year, n heavy in
'rease in few counties along the
Missouri River will make the total
acreage OF the State very much lar
'er than for any previous year. /
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT has been
making very satisfactory growth ,
in the southwestern part
II the State, where the condition Is !
z per cent. The per cent for the \
ntire State is "a. a