The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-07-07
MISSOURI CROP REPORT

~ all crops maue marked improve
ment during the latter part Of June,
according to the monthly crop report
issued today from the office of the
Missouri State Board of Agriculture.
The report follows:
The end of the month Of June found
everybody busy and everybody hope
full on Missouri farms, where there's
no talk Of turning the clocks up in
order to get another hour of daylight
Right now, with late corn planting
scarcely completed, with early corn
to clay by, and with wheat, oats and
hay harvests all on hand, the length
of the farmers day is limited only by
human endurance Yet there Is heard
no complaint. The Missouri farmer
is happy as he hustles. No devastat-
ing drouth has demanded its discount
The big Muddy" and the smaller
streams have kept within their banks.
There is no complaint of chinch bugs,
the army worm or other insect pests
of field crops.
COrn-The Missouri corn crop is
one of contrasts. While many fields
have been given the last blowing,
there are others in which planting is
just now being completed. This is
due to excessive rains earlier in the
season. While some corn is in urgent
need of cultivation, most fields are
comparatively clean. The latter part
of June was exceedingly favorable
for field activities. 1t is important,
though, that the ground be stirred
right now as the soil in many fields,
plowed too wet, is showing tendency
to "bake." Corn is generally of good
color and is making a fine growth
since the coming of warmer weather.
In some sections showers would be
beneficial. For the State as a whole,
correspondents report corn conditions
at 79.4, as compared with rs one year
ago, and with a 10-year average of
800. By sections, condition shows:
Northeast rs, Northwest "a, Central
81, Southwest 80, Southeast SO. Pres
ent estimate as to acreage shows
loss of 2.8 per cent as compared with
>7,218.500 acres last year. The princi-
pal decrease is in the Northeast sec
ton, the next heaviest in the South
east.
Wheat-Harvest conditions are all
that could be desired and the wheat
crop is going into shock in good shape.
The yield, though. will be the lowest
for many years. Final figures on con-
dition Of part not harvested show
57e, or practically the same as one
month ago when the report showed
57.2. Present figures would be lower
but for the abandoned acreage. not
now counted in condition, and repre-
senting clear loss of 17.6 per cent.
A little more than one-third-
of the wheat is now in shock, as com
pared with the five-year July / har-
vest rrogress Of 796 Two ye,rs ao.o
less than one per cent of the cron re-.
NAMED to be cut after Julv 1, Pres
ent harvesting bysections shows.
Northeast II per cent Northwest
Central 43, Southwest AZ Southeast
SIS. Threshing is inst starting in tbe
most southern counties. SO that If is
too early to forecast The vield with
any degree of certainty rroI;,,,"
mary estimate bv corresn3rdente
gives the State weld as 90 bnsbaIs
or by sections, as follows; Northeast
9.5, Northwest 1873, Central 8.5.
Southwest 81, Southeast SO. The
yield will vary greatly-from three to
thirty bushels. and in a few instances
practically nothing. In some of tbe
counties in the East. Central and
Southeast sections where the wheat
yield is generally good tba cron thiS
year will not exceed five bushels nar
acre. This is dua mainly "a uos,i;n,,
fly. Based upon present estimates
the total Weld from 1914 3S0 acres
the part remaining after dedncting
the abandoned acreage. will ~enra7
sent approximately 10000 600 bpeb.
els.
Oats-The oat crop il fine Con.
dition for the State is SO. as comnared
with a Swear average of 76. Rv SOC.
lions, conditions figures show: North /
east SO, Northwest 81. Central %
Southwest 88, Southeast 80. Taking
the State as a whole. only about IA /