The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-08-07
Missouri Crop Report

, Missouri Crop Report
Columbia. NO., August z 1913
:. The following report. showing Mis-
souri, crop conditions ON August /
was issued today from the office o.
,, T. C. Wilson, secretary of the Mis-
souri, State Board of Agriculture:
Crop conditions differ 50 greatly
throughout the state, even in parts Of
the same county. that it is practically
impossible to issue an intelligent re.
port at this time. With only scatter.
ing showers or local downpours dur
! ing July, the great need of at least
three-fourths of the state IS general
rain. To do the most GOOD. this must
come at once. Each days delay
means deterioration. Only 16 per
cent of our correspondents report suf-
ficient rainfall during July, and of
these one-half are in the northwest or
northcentral parts of the state. At
Columbia the rainfall for July was
3. 80 inches, a deficiency of "a inches.
Here the highest temperature was
100 on the 18th and the lowest So on
the 22d, with SOL as the average
temperature for the month.
CORN-The condition of corn
throughout the state is N8; one
month ago, So; one year ago, SAG.
BY sections, corn condition shows:
Northeast, 70 instead of IS one month
ago; Northwest, "a now and 81 then;
Central, SO now and IS then; South
west, Sc now and 81 then; Southeast,
rs now and 80 then. In some of the
counties conditions are still such as to
indicate big corn crop. as the fol-
lowing figures, taken from some of
the most favored counties, show:
Saline, 80; Clinton, 100; DeKalb, SO;
Gentry, SO. On the other hand. due
to lack of rainfall, or extreme heat,
and in few instances to chinch bugs,
we have such reports as these as to
condition of corn: Hickory, Al; Bates,
Al; Cedar, 3S; Johnson, 50; St Clair,
81. Reports from some of the other
counties in the same sections are SIM
liar, while a few have been much
more favored. Even in different
in the same county
conditions sometimes differ as much
as so per cent. Taking the state as
whole, the hope Of bumper" yield
is gone, but with sufficient rainfall
from now on, Missouri may yet har-
vest good crop.
WHEAT-The Missouri wheat crop
has not only surpassed all early ex-
pectations but the story that the
thresher tells is one that brings smiles
and 'simoleons" to the farmer. With
estimates showing 63 per cent of the
crop threshed, indications are for an
average state yield of l7.2 bushels per
acre or IL bushels in excess of the l
preliminary estimate. A number of !
correspondents report yields of 40 a
bushels or better. Practically every
where there are more sacks of wheat Q
han were expected, and weight is i
showing gain over ma q
hine measure. Quality is the best.
1t this time reports of correspondents
Indicate total wheat yield of about
Z, 900, 600 bushels. This is more f,
han Is, 900, 600 bushels better than f,
he 1912 crop. Estimates show 6 per
ent of the ground plowed for new v
rop. 3
OATS-Correspondents report 60 n
er cent of oat crop cut with binders,
O per cent cut for hay. and 20 per d
ent pastured. Estimates as to yield d
er acre of part threshed show: a
northeast, % bushels; Northwest, 81; il
central, Is; Southwest, q; South
asst, 10. State average, % bushels. =
n the northwest section nine-tenthS
# the crop was cut with binder. and
lere some fields yielded from so to
10 bushels. Wherever oats were cut
or hay they were saved in excellent
shape and will afford the best offeed.
PASTURES-Pastures are very
Door, being brown and bare in many
counties, with condition for state at
10. Where dry weather has been
most severe a few farmers have COM
nenced to feed mich cows and other
stock.
OTHER CROPS-Yield of timothy
nay is placed at 4 tons per acre;
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