The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-04-10
Missouri Crop Report.

Columbia, NO., April 5, 1873
The following report showing crop
conditions in Missouri on April |,
was issued today from the office OF
T. C. Wilson, Secretary of the Mis-
souri, State Board Of Agriculture:
Following winter marked by no
extremely cold weather, yet cool
enough to have been conducive to
favorable crop conditions for the
season upon which we are now en-
tering, the Missouri farmer is filled
with good cheer. The outlook in al
most every line is favorable. There
is no scarcity of feed such as has ex-
listed at some other times and live
stock wintered we'll. For the month
of March, the average temperature
was 40, or 7 degrees warmer than
March 1912. The highest temporal
ture was rs degrees on the 30th, and
the !owest,2 degrees on the End. The
total precipitation for the month was
4.65 inches as compared with 6.23
inches for March, 1912, and 1.54 in
ches for March 1911. The normal
precipitation for the month of March
is 3.O3 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 few counties in the eastern half
of the state. The plant has made a
vigorous growth and in many fields
will now "hide 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: Northeast
81; Northwest, SO; Central, 96; South
west, So; Southeast, SO. All this in
happy contrast with one year ago,
when the condition ofthe wheat for
the state was 70, while in addition,
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 delayed
by unfavorable weather during the
last two weeks, will be about SO per
cent in acreage as compared with the
1912 crop grown on 940,3l4 acres.
Only the southwest section reports a
probability of larger acreage than
that of last year. 1t is estimated that
taking the state as a whole, but %
per cent of the crop has been sown.
By sections the seeding shows:
per cent; Northwest, s.
per cent; Central Is per cent; South
west, 43 per cent; Southeast, As per
cent. On April of last year, prac-
tically no oats had been sown, CORE
spondents estimating that less than
per cent of the crop was in at that
lime.
Corn---It is estimated that of the
1912 crop of corn, amounting to 243,-
10000 bushels, 80 per cent is still
IN the farms. An open fall and win
er favored fall blowing for corn so
hat % per cent of the ground for the
lew crop is plowed, as compared
With 10 per cent one year ago.
Other Crops-The condition of Glow
er is placed at 80; acreage of new
crop, as compared with that of 1912,
Is. Condition of timothy is SO; acre
,ge, 10l. Condition of rye is IS;
barley 81; alfalfa So.
Fruit-The outlook for fruit is one
If the best in the history OF the state
This seems to hold true of practically
Ill fruit except for some of the COM
nercial varieties of apples. The con-
lition of the fruit crop generally is
estimated at IS, while that for peaches
S given as 80.
Live Stock-The shortage of all
classes of live stock continues and in
ome cases is greater than that of
me year ago. The number of hogs
N feed, as compared with April /,
912, is estimated at Is per cent.
cattle on feed, "a per cent as COM
jared with one year ago. Number
# brood sows on farms as compared
With one year ago, IS per cent; num-
'er of pigs, so per cent. Reports are
0 the effect that many sows due to
orrou thic cDrinu have lOSt their