University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-07-03
Hard to Realize Such I'M
provement Is Possible
Reports Say.
HOT, DRY WEATHER GOOD
Afforded an Opportunity to
Clean Out Corn-Oats
Crop Bumper.

The general outlook for Missouri
farmers is far more favorable than II
was thirty days ago. according to the
crop report issued today from the OF
flee of T. c. Wilson, secretary of the
Missouri State Board of Agriculture.
Reports show a decided Improvement
! in almost all kinds Of crops. Many
correspondents state that it is hard
10 realize that it is possible for as
great ar Improvement to have been
made in crop conditions as was shown
during the latter half of June. Hot,
| dry weather for two weeks. with the
maximum temperature near ninety n
part of the time, afforded an oppOrtun-
ity to clean out corn fields and in
most localities where planting had
been delayed to finish the work. In
this period small grains did remark
ably well while corn made a growth re-
sembling that of teh tabled bean stalk.
During the last week in June good
SlioNSio NCi' SCiI'ia oN'i tiS otp'''
yet from Il few sections comes reports
to the effect that no rain had fallen
for two weeks and that crops are be
ginning to suffer somewhat. But lit
tie damage to growing crops has been
done by storms, and the lOWlandS have
been remarkably free from oyerflows
4 ., i, 20,
mention unusually heavy losses of live
stock by lightning. Only one or two
refer to damage to growing crops by
hail
A summary to the reports on the
principal crops shows the following:
COrn-The condition of corn, for the
entire state is placed at 10, as com
pared with 61.2 one month ago, S6.4
one year ago and S2.5 as the ten-year
average. The crop is generally clean.
and the correspondent who writes,
Since the warm weather you can al
most see the corn grow" makes a
statement which many would doubtless
endorse.
Wheat-Owing to the latneSs of the
harvest-only 232 per cent of the
crop having been cut-no estimate is
made this month as to. the probable
yield per acre. However. it will be
considerable larger than was indicated
thirty days ago. While the straw is
thin on the ground, the grains are. as
a rule, fine and plump, with heads
pretty well filled Wheat shows an i'm
provement in condition of IL per cent.
having advanced to 16.1 in the four
weeks Immediately proceeding har-
vest.
Oats-During June the oat crop
made steady and marked advance. the
condition going from So at the first
of June to 9S.1 at harvest time A
number of correspondents report the
condition at from 10 to 125, and these
are generally in the best Oat produc-
ing counties, the estimated yield for
the state, to be reported next month,
will. with favorable harvest weather.
doubtless show the crop to have been
a bumper" the best, in fact, for many
years.
Meadows and Pastures-Reports diff
fer widely as to the condition of tim
othy and clover. Some correspondents
report timothy excellent, with heads
of unusual length, while others see a
poor prospect for big hay harvest. |
The timothy condition for the state
is placed at 10; that for clover. so; al
falfa. S5.4 Pastures, where not graz
ed too close. have come out very much. |
the present condition being placed at
S4.3.