The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-08-10
Missouri Crop Report


in urgent need Of rain, according to
the monthly croD report Of the Ms
souri State / oard Of Agriculture This
report, based upon August ! condi'
tions and todav, is as follows:
The month Of July in Missouri was
marked by much intense heat and
very limited rainfall. At Columbia
the precipitation was but O.67 inches
as compared with 8 IS inches as nor
mai for July. In many counties the
rainfall would have been sufficient for
the immediate needs o! growing crops,
except for the high temperature.
However, the heat OF July aud exces'
sive rains earlier in the SEASON, com
biued to produce most unsatisfactory
conditions.
Corn-While corn has not suff red
as much from hot winds as did the
crop Of 1911, the condition, due to
the unIavorable distribution Of moisture
and to the impossibilty OF proper cuiti-
vatiun, is now points lower than for
tina, year. Taking the state as whole,
correspondents place corn at 57.2.
On August | 1911 it was 6l.2. On
Angus, /, 1901, the low record Of 81
was recorded. The 10 year August l
condition is TT. During the month
just ended corn sufi red a loss CT
22,2 points. Present condition Of
corn, by crop division sections, is:
Northeast, 81; Northwest, 90; Central,
So; Southwest 43; Southeast, Sc.
Owing to the wider distribution Of the
1916 planting season as compared
with that Of 1911 and TO the greater
spread" in the growth and maturity
Of corn, it is not improbable that with
ample rainfall during August, the pres
ent crop may equal that Of five years
ago, but with continued dry hoi wealth
er lit will fall far short. The 1911
crop averaged 25.3 bushels per acre,
a total yield Of l91, $4,000 bushels.
Wheat-With So per cent Of the
1916 wheat crop threshed, indications
are that the final yield will not exceed
8.5 bushels per acre, as compared
with the earlier estimate of9.9 bushels.
Many fields are failures and yields Of
from 8 to 6 bushels are not uncommon.
When all threshing returns are in, in.
dications are that the Board Of Agri-
cultures preliminary forecast Of 49,
100000 bushels for the state will stand.
A large per cent Of the crop has been
stacked. Average selling price Of new
wheat on August ! was Sl.l0. Prac'
tically no plowing has been done for
wheat. Correspondents report ground
so dry and hard that but is per cent
has been plowed. This is the lowest
August ! blowing recorded in this
Office and indicates a very limited
acreage OF wheat to be seeded this fall.
Oats Correspondents report As
per cent Of the Missouri oat crop
threshed. The yield is placed at "a 7
bushels. 1t was at first thought that
the crop would average 80 bushels,
but the threshing returns have not
been up to expectations. The state
yield is now figured at about 25,000,-
900 bushels.
Missouri has this year pro-
duced one Of the best hay crops in her
history-and the hay crop Of 1915 was
valued at almost $4,000, 900, or more
than wheat and oats combined. The
1916 hay crop has been saved in fine
shape, and with an abundance Of feed
in stacks, ricks and mows, any shortage
in corn cribs will not be serious.
Yield in timothy hay is estimated at
i.3 tons; mixed timothy and clover,
IA tons, with an acreage OF ITO as
compared with last year. Prairie hay
indicates a yield oi little more than
one ton per acre. Considerable timo
thy has been harvested for seed, and
the clover seed crop promises well.
Alfalfa Is proving its worth as a dronth-
resistant crop.
Pastures, and Stock-Pastures espe-
cially where over stocked earlier in the
season, have failed rapidly. On the
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