The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-12
Missouri Crop Report.

cate that the Missouri whea
crop for 1915 will fall sey
eral millions of bushels short o
the 1914 crop and will also b
under the preliminary estimat
: of one month ago. The month";.
crop report as issued toda.
from the office of the Secretar,
of the Missouri State Board O
Agriculture is as follows:
Crop conditions throughout
the state differ very materially
However, taking the state as {
whole, it may be said, as one cor
respondent expressesit, EARN
ers will have plenty to live or
and some to spare and will not
have much to buy Southeast
Missouri has been especially fav.
"red, ',Crop conditions this
year." says one report, "have
been as near ideal as our farm
ers could wish and our prospects
are the best ever known. In
the western part of the south
east section-in the upland reg
ion-there is need of rain, al
though crops have not greatly
suffered. Floods and continued
rains have caused heavy losses
in the Northwest section. One
correspondent writes, 81 have
lived in this section since 1868
and have farmed every year.
Have had wet seasons but moth
ing to compare with this season.
We have always managed to
save large per cent Of our
small grain hut this season. was
too much. "
WHEAT-Taking the state as
a whole. % per cent of the wheat
crop is reported threshed. Esti-
mated yield for part threshed is
1876 bushels per acre as COM
pared with the preliminary esti-
mate of 1872 bushels made one
month ago, or III as the prelim-
mary estimate for the 1914 crop.
The estimated yields are: North
east. 1917: Northwest, 1874; Cen
trail, l1:3: Southwest, 9.6; South
east, II. The total yield for the
state will be further reduced,
owing to the fact that much
wheat in the northern counties
could not be harvested. Wheat
Is generally poor in quality and
some of it will be fed to the
hogs. There is considerable COM
'laint of wheat sprouting in the
shock. The northeast Missouri
counties along the Mississippi
liver generally report satisfac-
.ory yields. The same is true of
he counties in the extreme
Southeastern section. The yield
Il fertilizer wheat is holding up
'etter than the average. 1t is ,
stimated that about one-third
f the wheat in the state has {
'een or will he stacked. With !
he exception of a few South
astern counties practically no !
lowing has been done for the ;
ew wheat crop. :
. CORN-Owing to continued .
aims and overflows in the heavy s
orn counties of north Missouri, 9
orn condition for the state is
ut 1916, or slightly below one :
lonth ago when it was 76. One .
ear ago it was GO and the TO- q
ear August average is 80. By .
,ctions, present conditions q
low: Northeast, 81; Northwest,
): Central. II; Southwest, p; r
outheast, 81. In some Of the y
orthwest counties there are n
elds of corn that have never NJ
zen plowed and many fields q,
lat have been plowed but once
; twice. Bottom farmers have
ade a game fight, planting
'er their fields as they could,
1t in many instances they have
st. Upland fields are general g
in good condition, but, TAX o.
g the state as a whole, the corn y
OPP is uneven. However, the O
aspect. with favorable wealth q
from this time on, is far bet q \
r than year ago. ~
OATS-The preliminary esti- n
ate on the oat yield for Mis- o.
uri is % bushels per acre as !,
impaired with % bushels last tn
ar and 23.9 as the ten-year av- g
aee. But for floods and s.
,rms Northern Missouri would =
We made the greatest oat crop ot
her history. As the matter
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