The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-18
GREAT HARVEST
OF WHEAT ON IN
SOUTHEAST MO.
Yield This Year to be En0r-
nous, Except in But a
Few Fields.
~ MISSISSIPPI MEN
BUY AUTOS ON GRAIN
Corn Crop Expected to Be Best
Ever Garnered-Many Fields
Laid by.

Southeast Missouri has begun to
harvest the largest wheat crop of the
past ten years, according to farmers.
While the yield IN some parts of Cape
Girardeau county will be somewhat re-
duced owing to the hessian fly and the
early freezes of last winter, the output
will greatly exceed last years crop.
Scott County has raised the best
crop of wheat in ten years, of which
ninety per cent is now in the shock.
Harvesting will be over in Scott COun-
ty before the end of the coming week,
when threshing will begin.
The wheat harvest began in the
vicinity of Allenville last Monday and
continued~all week. The dry Weather
made it ideal for cutting wheat and
hay. Alfalfa, timothy and clover are
good except in spots over the county,
where The yield has not been as good
as previously expected.
The wheat crop on Charles Blatt-
ner's farm IS not as good as his yield
last year, owing to the fact that the
hill stand was visited BY fly. The out
look for corn on the Biattner farm is
the best in many years.
Judge John F. Martin Of the Probate
court of Mississippi county, who was
in the Cape during the latter part of
the week, stated that crops in Miss
issippi county we're the best in de-
cade. This IS q great wheat county,
but the yield this season IS probably
the largest in the history of the coun-
ty.
John F. Vogelsanger. the wellknown
hardware man, sold some threshing
machinery to Il farmer in Mississippi
county more than a week ago. He told
Mr.. Nogelsangcr that ne had 600 acres
IN wheat and he expected it to make
from so to 40 bushels to the acre.
Smith Meyers, a travelling man for
Swift, who returned from Mississippi
county a few days ago, informed a
representative of The Tribune that
forty-two farmers living in the vicini-
ty OF Charleston had purchased auto
mobiles on the success of their wheat
crop. mississippi County never saw
such u crop of grain" said Mr.. Meyers.
While there are a few spOt here and
there that were damaged by the high
water, on the whole it has never been
surpassed.
The weather has been perfect for
harvesting, and when the threshing
IS over, l look for an immediate i'm
pro3amcnt in conditions. The outlook
for corn in Southeast Missouri is the
best ever. The rain has been Just what
the corn wanted. ] know Z number of
farmers who we're unable to pillow their
corn more than three times. It simply
grew without being cultivated. There
are many hurdreds Of acres in the low
err counties that hare 3een laidby."
Al Jaynes, the river captain, has a
field Of 200 acres IN corn Just across
the river The corn is now above his
head and another good rain will ma
ture it.
". j. Rick, the Frisco official, who
returned from G trip through the south
eastern part IF the state 2 few weeks
ago, says he did not find 3 crop fail
ure throughout the territory. 4 never
saw such crops" he said Wheat is as
high as the fcnces-and the heads are
large and full of grain. Corn could
not be better. The farmers are laying
it by in all of the lower counties. The
rains have been Just right to make
corn, the arrival of the hot weather
will make it mature quickly. l believe
there is going to be the largest crop of
corn in this history of the lower coun-
ties. The wheat is exceptionally good,
but l do not believe it will compare
with the corn crop"