Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-08-17

The ro1cr1s Of each g and the
essay mast &c suhHltiea before oc-
tober IL. 1919 blanks loI keeping
records. dEestisns for fstng and
aal furiher infyr1naii q snaed VIII
be rur-shcd IS G. II EckIss. Dairy
Department. Columbia. 10
0ne Of tie rev eoursss Oh study
offered ty tie Missyur. College Of
Agriculture is a four ,eirY course
tog women. leading to 10 degree Of
Bacbelr o. se.enoe il fIrieultare-
This course sssenaed give to
women moi ons q k~aoEiedge OF
Ficae Economics. bnt a thorough
trailing in thoso farm practices in
which women ore particularly inter
eatAd me en1rze ,neirpss Farm
Crops AMI Soils, D4lrytng. Botany,
Gardening, Care o. Towering Plants
and Fruit Culture, tesidss the usual
studies that base heretofore been In
cluged In she .tgular Home Eco
Monies eoarse.
Washlag.cn. D. G., aug. 70.
Tie NaLenal crop report has
been Issued for the United States.
Il sh0zs a .oes in the wheat per
eeatage and the estimated yield per
acre all t. below that OF last
year ana tie five year average. Pc
tatoes SHOW little Improvement be-
cause u the drouth and are not a
z0od a. a short time ago.
&c report, as regards general crop.
con1itlors, Is the worst in ten years.
Juiy weather caused the decline
which indicates a loss Of 3Ss, 900. 900
from the estimated total Of the pre-
yiuas total In Missouri winter wheat
Is estimated with a yield Of 15.7, pro
suction s4,fe2. 600. quality, %.
- 1911, Missouri corn vas 81 but
n 1910 1t was 80. The ten year ay-
erage is rs
Coin.-Condiuon $50 Per cent Of
= normal. compared with sol per
cent on July /, 1913 per cent. on
Aug. l. 1910 and s12 per cent, the
average for the past ten years on
lha, date: Indicated yield per acre,
% 6 bushels, compared with "a bup
tie 1910 final yield. and I'll bu,
Tie average for the last fiya years
All wheat-Indicated yield per
acre. 12.s bu.. compared with al bu.
in 1910 and 14.7 bu, the five year av
eraee.
Oats.-Condition 65.7 per cent OF
a normal. compared with 6S.s per
cent on July !, SIS per cent in 1910
and s2.2 per cent five year average.
Potatoes Condition 62.3 per cent
Of a normal. compared with 7e per
cent on July /. 75.8 per cent in 1910
ana S48 per cent the ten-year aver
age.
Hay.-Condition SIS per cent Of
a normal, compared gith 64.9 per
cent on July 1 and 81 percent the
ien-year average Indicated yield per
ia tons. compared with 1873
in 1910 and Ia tons the five
average.
Missouri farmers are building ST.
os this summe as a result Of the
Try weather, and this is the reason
or two bulletins that are going out
n the mails this week from the Col
eye Of Agriculture at the University
# Missouri. One of these bulletins
S on the reinforced concrete sllo,
nd the other is about how to build
plaster center o. Gurler silo with
framework. !
The reinforced concrete silo,
fhich is by far the better and more
urable Of the two, is to be built at
cost Of from $3.50 to SO per ton [
The silo was formerly used almost T
zclusiyely by the dairymen, but Of ]
te yeaus It has been used by beef
rodueers with equal SUCCESS
The silo Is filled with the corn, i
ak and all, and the sllo preserves
SO that parts OF the corn plant .
AT would not otherwise be palata- =
retain their ~suceulency and are
igerly eaten by stock and dairy cat
.
The feed preserved by the silo is
It green fed in a strict sense, but
compared with other feeds avail
lie at the time the silage is fed
/, the silage lie entitled 10 that II
stinchoa, as 1t is juicy and succu
At, although it has lost most of its