The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-11
Condition Of Crops in Missouri

loIumbia, Mo-, June For the first
y." in two years every section of
3D. souri, has sufficient moisture for
D.. needs of growing crops. There is
as in the entire State one drouth-
~.-k ken spot. This, says the report is
. today from the office of the sec
rsary of the State Board of Agricul-
..r', is in pleasing contrast with con-
r.,-. rs one year ago when almost the
....'e State was in need of moisture
.. when insect pests were attacking
ticalIy every growing crop. The
:.n.rt, which is one Of optimism and
-ga cheer reflecting as it does the
Eel ng on Missouri earns, is as fol-
to..
he last dozen days of May brought
.t IissouFi all needed moisture. In
..,e sections, especially in the North
and West-Central parts of the
the rainfall was excessive, caus-
reams TO leave their banks and
u.g thousands Of acres of growing
....g under water. Cultivated fields
na Hing uplands are badly eroded.
Ats iumbia The rainfall for the month
vas 30 inches as compared with 1.37
inches for May, 1914, while some re-
mar -ajnfall OF 10 to II inches. While
con- ierable damage has been done,
III, cnefit will offset this MANIFOLD.
Vie floods have prevailed the wa
.ar ire receding in time for planting.
TN aims have materially checked the
ac' ity of chinch bugs and other in
seq pests. With warm weather fol-
b.. ng, all plant growth will be rapid
= reed forward.
:. heat-Wheat condition, for the
STR is COS This is a gain of prac-
a. It's ,1.S, since the special
.- ii .' e.. 20. However, there is
. q. so ly more than 20 points
bc -.r. of May The slight in
-. Sc r. .,a. ton since the rains will
i. abau. b. pffset by flood loss and
rassd aer age from other causes.
e.. rally s3ga king, the heaviest wheat
3. len~ ,.1. ties in a 10-ycar aver
are nov among those reporting
.t condition. This may reduce some
the a1~lted yield for the State.
NJ in ements are mainly in
me- ate wheat Indications of rust are
using some anxiety. Furthermore,
hca-y rains during the Towering pc
riod were not most desirable for heavy
,.a.H. Condition of wheat one year
ago waE S2.6; ten-year June l average,
So. Or June l, 1910, the condition
Of wheat was practically the same as
II present and the average State yield
Vas 1872 bushels. BY crop division
sec ions, wheat condition is now esti-
mated as follows: Northeast, so;
Northwest, II; Central, 66; Southwest,
SO; Southeast, -. Harvest in the ex-
IRENE southern part of the State will
cBen by the middle of the month. For
the State as a whole, wheat will ripen
from one to two weeks later than last
year.
Corn-Correspondents reports nine
tanths-9O6 per cent-of the Missouri
com crop planted. This is 4 per cent
in alvance of the 10-year average. But
for The heavy rains of the latter part
If lay planting would have been COM
n.clsd. The stand is excellent except
IA overflowed or badly washed fields.
Soil condition is IS. Condition of grow
ing plant is S5.4 for State, as compar-
cG With 800 as the 10-year June av-
crane. By sections it is: Northeast,
s. Northwest, Il; Central, 81; South
west, 81; Southeast, 90. Much of the
Northwest section was in the worst
flooded area. Planting progress, by