The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-08
The court ordered that the old
vault in rear of court house yard
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slightly and unsanitary.
Missouri Crop Report.
Colmhia Ma. Ang. 3. 191

of the Missouri State Board of
agriculture.
Crop conditions differ so
greatly throughout the state,
even in parts of the same county,
that it is practically impossible to
issue an intelligent report at TINS
time. With only scattering
showers or local downpours dur
ing July, the great need of at
least three-fourths of the state is
a general rain. To do the most
good, this must come at once.
Each days delay mean deterio-
ration. Only 16 per cent of
our correspondents report suf-
ficient rainfall during July, and
of these one half are in the
Northwest or no%rth-central parts
of the state. At Columbia the
rainfall for July was 1888 inches,
a deficiency of OPT inches. Here
the highest temperature was 100
On the 29tth and the lowest SO
on the 22nd, with SOL as the
average temperature for the
month.
CORN-The condition of corn
throughout the state is 7O.8;
one month ago, Sc; one year
ago, $40. By sections, corn
condition shows: Northeast, 70
instead of SO one month ago;
Northwest, "a now and 90 then /;
Central, 60 now and SIS then
Southwest Sc now and 81 then ;
Southeast, IS now and 81 then.
in some of the counties condl-
tions are still such as to indicate
a big corn crop, as the following
figures, taken from some Of the
most favored counties, show I:
Saline, 80; Clinton, 100; Dekalb,
SO; Gentry, So, On the other
hand, due to lack Of rainfall,
or extreme heat, and in a few in
stances to chinch bugs, we have
such reports as these as to con-
dition of corn: Hickory, Al;
Cedar, 80; johnson, 50; st. Clair
81. Reports from some Of the
other counties in the same
sections are similar, while a few
have been much more favored.
Even in different neighborhOods
, the same county conditions
sometimes differ as much as 80
Ter cent. Taking the state as a
whole, the hope of a bumper
yield is gone, but with sufficient
rsinfall from now on, Missouri
may yet harvest a good crop.
WHEAT--The Missouri wheat
crop has not only surpassed all
early expectations but the story
that the thresher tells is one that
brings smiles and "simoleOns' to
the farmer. With estimates
showing GO per cent of the crop
threshed, indications r for an
average state yield of 17.2 bush
els per acre or IL bushels in eX-
cess of the preliminary estimate.
4 number of correspondents re-
port Yields of 40 bushels or bet
ter. Practically everywhere there
are more sacks of wheat than
were expected, and freight is
generally showing a gain over
machine measure. Quality is
the best. At this time reports o
correspondents indicate a total
wheat yield Of about 37,OOO,OOC
bushels. This is more than 15,-
100000 bushels better than the
1912 crop. Estimates show {
per cent of the ground plOwed
for new crop.
OATS - Correspondents re.
port 60 per cent of cat CROP
Gu with binders, 80 per cent
cut for hay, and 20 per cent pas.
tured. Estimates as to yielc
per acre Of part threshed show
Northeast, % bushels; Northwest
81 Central, 16; Southwest, %
Southeast, 10. State average, 2:
bushels. In the Northwest sec
ton nine-tenths of the crop wa
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