The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-12-22
Missouri Crop Report for 1916

The contents of the Santa Claus
stocking of the Missouri farmer are
this year valued at 1921 1888, 951, ac-
cording to the annual crop report of
the Missouri State Board Of Agricul-
ture and which was today made pub
lie by w. L. Nelson, assistant secre-
tary.
Gratifying as are these returns,
which show values twelve and half
million dollars in excess of the 1915
| figures" said Mr.. Nelson, "there is
in them but little satisfaction for the
farmer. In the main the figures rep
resent paper profit only, if, in fact,
there is any profit. With a corn crop
almost 100000 bushels short of the
10-year average and with wheat but
little more than half normal har~
vest, there is scant surplus for sale.
"While prices for farm produce 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 COW
err the increased cost of production
every pound of beef or pork, every
pound of butter, every quart of milk
and every dozen of eggs sold would
represent loss. In view of the pro-
posed boycotts on many food pro-
ducts-to dissatisfaction due to lack
of understanding or to conditions for
which the farmer is in no way respon-
sible and over which he has no con-
trol-there is grave danger lest farm
ers, fearing for the future, dispose OF
much of their breeding stock and cur
tail operations generally. This they
may do instead of engaging more eX-
tensively in live stock farming, dairy
, ing, poultry raising and kindred &C
tivities. These are facts worthy OF
J the most thoughtful consideration"
, In arriving at the results, as pub
lished in the Missouri Board of Ag-
: riculture report, figures from each OF
. the ia counties of the State are care
fully considered. Prices are for De
cember /. 1t should be borne in mint
= that 1921, 889,951 does not represent
4, the total value of all Missouri agri
= cultural products, but only such fielt
J and garden crops as are enumerated
: Orchard, dairy, poultry, apiary anC
9 timber products are all omitted. Mo-
S is the value of Missouri live stock in
: cluded in this report.
CORN-The Missouri corn yielC
n for 1916, as estimated by correspond
: ents, totals 139,909,735 bushels. Thu
t average yield of corn for the last tel
e years has been approximately 208,
t 100000 bushels. The 1915 yield wa
d 220,235,19 bushels. The 1916 corr
r crop was grown on 7,368,334 acres, tn
d average yield per acre being 10 bush
els. The value of this crop, at tn
n estimated State price of 86.7 cents pc
d bushel, is 1921 ,294, 528-considerabl.
more than one million dollars to tn
county. The 1915 crop averaged 30.
bushels per acre.
In the Northeast section the yiel
j. from 1,321,09 acres was 28,023,91
: bushels, an average of 21.2 bushel
v as compared with the 1915 acre yiel
f of 28.1 bushels. At 84.4 cents pc
+ bushel this represents value o
$23,654,912. st. Charles county, wit
Il an acre yield of "a bushels, leads il
f average production. Audrain, wit
:. 3,315,960 bushels, is first in total pro
| duction for this section.
J. The Northwest section leads in to
s tai corn yield and in average yield pc
; acre. The value of the corn grown il
f this section is placed at 1923 cents pc
d bushel, total of $40, 163,952. In 1911
l. this group of counties produced 63,
e 1925 bushels of corn valued a
J. S36, 462,324. The acre yield was 49,.
s bushels and the average price 5
n cents. For the present year tw
!. counties in this section each produc
r ed more than four million bushels o
: corn-Atchison 4,794, 141; Nodaway
# 4,169,854. This exceeds by more tina
= one million bushels the combined cor
n production, for 1915, of eleven States
# In the Central section the yield fror
q 1,258,317 acres was 23,795,473 bushel
i or an average of 1879 bushels pc
acre. At the estimated price of go.
J. cents per bushel the value of the cor
l. in this section is $21, 523,648. In 191
l. the Central section produced 42,111
l. 708 bushels, an average of BAL bush
l. els per acre. In this section Salin
N county is first with an average, yiel
1t of % bushels per acre and total pre-
re duction of 3,770,564 bushels.
$, The Southwest division of the Stat
j. was hard hit by the very unfavorabl
" season which made impossible pre-
Te per planting and cultivation. In TIL
d, crop section the yield of corn is re
IS ported at but 9.4 bushels per acr'
y The crop was grown on 1.693,018 acre
lie and the total yield is 16,037, 129. Til
rs at 1913 per bushel, represents valu
e.