The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-10
MISSOURI CROP REPORT.

was issued today from the Office %
r. {. Wilson, Secretary Of the Mis-
souri, state Board of Agriculture:
Following a winter marked by II,
extremely cold weather, yet COO
enough to have been conductive t,
favorable crop conditions for tn,
, season upon which we are now en-
tering, the Missouri farmer IL filled
with good cheer. The outlook in al
most every line Is favorable. Their,
is no scarcity Of feed such as has
existed at some other times auC
live stock wiptered well. For tn,
month Of March, the average tenn
perature was 40 or degrees warmer
than March 1872. The highest tenn
perature was Is degrees on the 3Oth
and the lowest, = degrees on the 2nd
The total precipitation for the month
was % inches as compared with
G.2 inches for March, 1912, and "a
Inches for March 1911. The normal
precipitation for the month of March
is 1903 inches.
Wheat-Many correspondents re-
port the prospect for wheat the best
they have ever known. There was
practically no winter killing and but
little damage from the Hessian fly,
such as there was being confined to
a few counties in the eastern half
OF the state. The plant has made a
vigorous growth and in many fields
will now "hide IA rabbit" The con.
dition for the state is 96.6, this being
higher than indicated by any other
records now on file In this office.
BY sections condition shows: North.
east, "a; Northwest, 30; Central, g6;
Southwest, D6; Southeast, 90. All
| this in happy contrast with one year
ago, when the condition of wheat
for the state was IS, while In addi.
ton, practically one-fourth of the
acreage had been winter killed.
Oats-Early estimates are to the
effect that the Oat crop, the seeding
OF which has been somewhat de-
iayed by unfavOrable weather dur.
| Ing the last two weeks, will be about
~ per cent In acreage as compared
with the 1912 crop grown on 94O,3l4
acres. Only the southwest section
reports n probability of a larger
acreage than that of last year. 1t
is estimated that, taking the state
as u whole, but - per cent of the
crop has been sown. BY sections
the seeding shows: Northeast, 8
per cent; Northwest, per cent;
Central, Is per cent; Southwest, ~
per cent Southeast, As per cent. On
April of last year, practically no
oats had been sOwn, correspondents
estimating that less than | per cent
OF the crop was in at that time.
Corn-lt is estimated that of the
1872 crop of corn, amounting TO
1000, 900 bushels, 81 per cent il
still on the farms. An open fall and
winter favored fall blowing for corn
SO that ~ per cent of the ground for
the new crop is plowed, as compared
with III per cent one year ago.
Other Crops-The condition of
clover Is placed at ~; acreage of
new crop, as compared with that of
1912, %. Condition of timothy IL
Oh; acreage, l0l. Condition of rye
is %; barley, 81; alfalfa, %.
Fruit-The outlook for fruit is one
OF the best in the history of the
state. This seems to hold true of
practically all fruit except for some
Of the commercial varieties of
apples. The condition Of the fruit
crop generally is estimated at 81,
while that for peaches is given as
92.
Live StOck-The shortage of nil
classes Of live stock continues and
In some cases is greater than that
OF one year ago. The number of
hoSs on iced, as compared with |
April |, 1872, is estimated at 70 per
cent, Cattle on feed, "A per cent as |
compared with one year ago. Num-
Der Of brood sows On farms as com
pared with one year ago, s. per
cent; number of pigs, 81 per cent.
Reports are to the effect that many
sows due to farrow this spring have
o. their pigs, and that there has
been an unusually heavy loss OF
young pigs. The hog cholera situa.
ton throughout the state shows i'm
provement over one year ago, it be-
ng estimated that there is but 70
Der cent as much cholera now as
hen. In a few counties however,
here has been no decrease I'm