The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-12-28
Missouri Crop RapOTt for 1916.

this year valued at $751; ,S88,95l, ac
crding to the annual crop report OF
the Missouri State Board Of Agriculture
which was made public last week BY
W. L. Nelson, assistant secretary.
Gratifying as are these returns,
which shows values twelve and one
half million dollrs in excess Of the
1915 figures" said Mr.. Nelson, there
is in them but little satisfaction for the
for the farmer. In the main, the
figures represent paper profits only,
it, in fact, there is any profits. With
a corn crop almost 70,000,000 bushels
short Of the l0-year average and with
wheat but little more than halt nor
NAL harvest, there is scant surplus for
sale.
While prices for farm products are
high it is also true that the cost Of
production--due to decreased acre
yields and to the high cost Of living,
which hits the farmer just as it does
everybody else-was never before so
great. Were it not for the somewhat
higher prices now prevailing prices
which in most instances do not cover
the increased cost Of production
every pound OF beef or pork, every
pound o! butter, every quart Of milk
and even every dozen Of eggs sold
would represent a loss, In view Of
the proposed boycoue on many food
products-to dissatisfaction due to
lack OF understanding or to conditions
for which the farmer is in no way re-
sponsible and over which he has no
controll-there is grave danger lest
farmers, fearing for the future, dispose
oI much Of their breeding stock and
curtai operations generally, This they
may do instead Of engaging more ex
tensively in live stock farming, dairy
ing, poultry raising and kindred ac
tivities. These are facts worthy Of
the most thoughtful consideration.
In arriving at the result, as publish
ed in the Missouri Board Of Agricul'
ture report, figures from each Of the
ia counties Of the state are carefully
considered. Prices are Tor December
/. 1t should be born in mind that
1881, ,8S8,95l does not represent the
total value Of all Missouri agricultural
products, but only such field and
garden crops as are enumerated. Orch
ard, dairy, poultry, apiary and timber
products are all omitted. Nor is the
value Of Missouri live stock included
in this report.
CORN-The Missouri corn yield for
1916, as estimated by correspondents
totals l39, ,909,735 bushels. The av
erage yield OF corn Tor the last ten
years has been approximately 208,0OO,
900 bushels. The 1915, yield was
220,235 l9l bushels. The 1916 corn
crop was grown on 1884 acres,
the average yield per acre being 19
bushels. The value Of this crop, al
the estimated state price Of Sol cents
per bushel, is Gl2l,2o4,s28-con
siderabiy more than one million dol.
lars 10 the country. The 1915 crop
averaged 30,5 bushels per acre.
In the Northeast section lha yield
from l,32l,095 acres was 25,O23,
9ll bushels, an average Of 81
bushels as compared with The 1915
acre yield Of $28. bushels. At 81 4
cents per bushel this represents value
ofs25.654,9lS. St. Charles county,
with an acre yield Of "a bushels, leads
in average production. Audrain, with
3,3l5, 900 bushels, is rist in total pro.
duction for this section.
The Northwest section leads in totaI
corn yield and in 'verage yield pei
acre. This section, with 2,OOl,03
acres in corn. grew 43,569,90l bush
els an average Of 24.2 bushels pel
acre. The value OF the corn grown il
this ssccion is placed at S2.9 cent'
per bushel, a total Of $40, 63,952
In 1915 this group Of counties pro
duccd 63,79l.285 bushels Of con-
valued a, s36,4o2,324. She acrt
vioiJ r-,s "a b,,-Le 81. - - --