The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-08-10
Missouri Crop Report.

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Wilson, secretary of the State Boar
of Agriculture:
Rainfall is reported throughout a
most all parts of Missouri during tn
last few days of July and genera
note of optimism is noticeable in tn
most complete returns ever made t
the State Board of Agriculture, eac
one of the ia counties of the stat
being we'll represented. While NOR
rain is needed in majority OF tn
counties of the state, except some il
the southeast and southwest sections
conditions have greatly improved
There isno fear of failure. The preach
err of pessimism has been driven from
his pulpit, while the people OF Mis-
souri,, state that has never had
complete crop failure, rejoice in &
hope that has never failed to be JUST
fled by harvest.
July was deficient in rainfall, YET
such damage as was done corn and
other crops was due largely to the ex-
IRENE heat of the first week OF the
month. A maximum of 105 degrees
was recorded at Columbia July 5.
ST. Louis had her hottest weather
July 3 and 4, when the mercury
mounted to 1Ol degrees. The last
half of the month was generally
pleasant, and in St. Louis on the 18th
Sc degrees was recorded. AT Column
bia the mean temperature for the
month was o. of a degree above
normal; at St. Louis, one degree
above; at Kansas City, two degrees
above. Rainfall for the month was:
Columbia, 3.O3 inches, or go of an
inch below normal; Kansas City, LA
inches, as compared with average OF
4.99 inches; st. Louis, IA of an inch.
July, 1910, St. Louis had 6.Ol inches
of rain.
CORN-Continued shallow, level
cultivation is, according to reports of
several hundred correspondents,
largely responsible for the showing
made by Missouri corn, despite the
extreme heat and shortage of rainfall
for approximately three months. The
teaching of Sam Jordan, the Missouri
corn man, and others has been fol-
lowed with excellent results by
thousands offarmers. Wherever rain
has fallen during the last few days
the value of the fight to conserve
moisture has been shown. One cor
respondent writes, "Since the rain it's
more like a resurrection than re-
vival, with the corn Instead of an
average condition OF 81 for the state,
as was the case August l, 1901, the
present condition is now 61.2-north-
east, 81; northwest, 62; central, 52
southwest, So; southeast, 81. The TO-
year August average for the state is
1919. Condition one month ago was
S3.6; one year ago, 1922. Correspond
ents estimate so per cent of a normal
crop possible without improvements
weather conditions, and SO per cent
with plenty OF rain and favorable
season to follow. 1t is estimated that
IA per cent of last years corn crop is
now on farms. Prospects are that
very large per cent of the present
crop of corn will be cut.
WHEAT and OATS-Wheat thresh-
ing is finished in many places, it be-
ing estimated that rs per cent of the
work has been completed. Indica-
tons are that the final yield will be
about 1872 bushel, or four-tenths bet
ter than the preliminary estimate of
14.8 bushels. The straw is clean and
bright and IS per cent has been or
will be baled. Of the 40 per cent of
the oat acreage cut with binder so per
cent has been threshed, making an
estimated yield of l7.6 bushels. Most
of the oat crop was stacked for hay or
baled.
e MEADOWS and PASTURES
Meadows and pastures have made a
poor showing, but since recent rains
pastures are showing up in fine shape
and the outlook for fall grazing is
good. Bluegrass, plentiful in Mis-
souri,, is far from a failure. Except
in the few districts where there is
marsh hay, the hay crop is snort.
Returns show: Timothy, yield per
acre, s. tons, and acreage harvested
compared with last year, So per cent;
clover, OF tons, and 70 per cent
acreage; alfalfa (too early to report in
fulD 2 tons, and "a per cent acreage;