The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-08-10
Missouri Crop Report.

The following report, showing
Missouri crop conditions on August
LIST, was issued August jtn from tHr
office Of r. {. Wilson, secretary ~
the State Board OF Agriculture:
Rainfall Is reported throughout
almost all parts OF Missouri during
the last few days of July and "A gen.
cral note of optimism Is noticeable
in the most complete returns ever
made To the State Board of Agrrul-
turr, each one Of the ia counties Of
the state being well represented.
Will" more rain IL needed IN II ma
iurity uf TIA" counties Of the state,
except some in the southeast and
southwest sections, conditions have
greatly improved. There l. no fear
Of failure, The preacher Of pesSi-
uism has been driven from his pull
pit, while the people OF Missouri, a
state that has never had IA complete"
crop failure, rejoice in hop" that
has never failed to b" justified 10y a
harvest
July was deficient in rainfall, yet
Other crops was due largely To th"
rNtr"ru" heat oi the first week Of the
month. \ maximum of l0l degrees
was recorded at Columbia July 1tI.
st. Louis had her hottest weather
July 3d and ith, wncu th" murrurE
mounted To l0l degrees IN" last
half of the month was generally
pleasant, aud in st. Louis uu tn"
18th ~ degrees was recorded. At
Columbia the mean temperature for
the month was . I of degree above
normal; at st Louis ON" degree
above: at Kansas City, two degrees
above. Rainfall torthe month was.
COLUMBIA, BOB inches, or ~ of an
inch below normal, Kansas city,
/ "A inches, as compared with aver.
age of / 90 inches; ST Louis - Of
an inch. July, 1910, 81. houl, had
G.Ol inches of rain.
Curu-t Continued shallow, level
cultivation is, according To reports
ut several hundred correspondents,
largely responsible for the showing
made by Missouri corn, dcsplt" the
extreme heat and shortage Of ram
fall for approximately three months.
Missouri corn man, and others has
been followed with excellent results
by thousands Of farmers Whcr-
over rain has fallen during th" last
few days the value of tn" fight to
conserve moisture has been shown.
ON" correspondent writes, "Sinc"
the rain it's more like IA rrsurTec-
tiun than revival, with the corn 80
Instead of AN average condition of
u for tn" state, as was the cas-"
August !, 1901, the present COudi-
tion is now Gl.g -uOrthrast, -.
~; central, ~, south |
west is; southeast, o. The lO.year
list average for the stat" Is .
$50 Condition one month ago was |
$50; one year ago, ~ >. Correspond /
'nts estimate 10 per cent of u nor |
NAL crop possible with at improve
ncnt In weather conditions, and is |
per cent with plenty of rain aud Il |
'ayOrablc season to follow. II is |
estimated that II per cent of last !
years corn crop IL now on farms |
Prospects are that IA very large per !
'ent Of the present crop Of corn will !
ne cut.
ng il finished in many places, il be- |
ny estimated TINT 70 per cent of the
work has been completed. Indica- |
ions are that the final yield will be |
lhout lj2 bushcl, or fOur-tenthS bet
cr than the preliminary estimate of
As bushels. The straw il clean
md bright aud - per cent has been
n will be balod OF the ~ per cent
# the cat acreage cut with binder 30
,er cent has been thTeshrd, making
IN estimated yield of l76 bushels.
Most Of the Oat crop WAS stacked
or hay or baled.
Meadows and Pastures - NJ eadOws
md pastures have made poor show.
ny, but since recent rains pastures
ire showing up in fine shape aud
he outlook for fun gazing is good.
plentiful in Missouri, is
ar from "A failure. Except in the
ew districts where there Is marsh
ray, the hay crop Is short, Returns
how: Timothy, yield per acre, }
Ons, and acreage harvested com
Jared with last year, G3 per cent;
lover, o. tons, and - per cent
acreage; alfalfa ttOO early To report
n fun , tons, and ~ per cent acre
age; pasture condition, ~.
Live Stock-Shipment of poorly
tilted animals or Of breeding stock
o market has practically ceased
ince the Improvement In weather
1t il estimated, how
yer, that ~ per cent OF live stock
# all kinds, including ~ per cent of
he stock cattle of the state, went to
market before the run was checked,
{ is also estimated that the number
# sows that would otherwise have
'een kept To farrow fall litters has
'een reduced "A per cent. Catch
rops, such as millet, sorghum, cow
,eas, rye, etc. will 90 far toward
any feed shortage, the acre
gebaing far the largest ever known
II the State.