The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-12
RAINS DECREASE MISSOURI
WHEAT CONDITION . PER

\ NAXNS A0kD1S8 AkSSOO1k
WHEAT CONDITION . PER !,
CENT
State Stin Ranks Second With u
:. Average g . Per Cent.
Jefferson City. Mo, juno ia-Th'
condition of Missouri wheat droppe,
to % per cent daring. May, owing Z
the many nnfasos1Ase weather con
ditions, according b 4 JOINT repor
issued today by e. A. Logan and
Jewell Mayes 81 the Federal Rureal
of Crop Estimates and the State
Board Of Agriculture The State
still ranks second among the wheat
producing States
The condition on Jane I Indicated
an average yield of u bushels per
acre, or total Of 7i.1Sn00O bushels,
The reduction OF 8 points during May
was caused by the heavy rains. re-
sulting in the loss of 6a=,ooo, bushels,
valued at $l,ao7z70
The report. continuing. said:
The early prospect for the finest
wheat crop ever grown has been
damaged by Continued raisis, wash
ing away bloom and resulting very
rank plants and lodging, The most
common complaint is the rampant
growth and danger of not filling
Smut. blasted heads and
red rust are common Chinch bugs
are in few countries ON the west
and southwest. and HeS>ian fly is
sufficient to produce seed" Tor next
year. Harvest begins along the
southern border about Jane Is. Tee
Grand and Charlton raers have tax
IN heavy. toll. Favorable weather
will improve the crop, arw valued at
'l5S,647. 900.
Spring wheat increased N per cent
'ver last year to et.ooo acres cond,-
ion OF 90 per cent Indicates .slt,ooa
bushels. Barley acreage Us per cent
II 1918 and 90 per cent condition, in /!
icating a3O,SSo bushels Rye con-
ition Is 90. per cent against 70 per |
ent last month. indicating Sm.SSc !,
ushels. /
Oats condition is - per cent, or
bout the same as last two years.
.arly seeding much better than later.
rop Stunted i'm the southwest by
pril drouth. Plants affected by ,
list and land badly washed. Green
Jugs did damage III few places.
creage I.4I7.seO. slightly less than
1917, and 90 per cent III ,olS, be-
ause of the large whoa, area, Con-
ton indicates ll.1tSasa bushels
sainst 4S.4OO.oOo last issmc.
Corn condition IS IS per-c cent
sainst IS per cent las, June, Acre
,e reduced. with heaviest cut in the
est third OF the State. Corn is IS
n cent planted and % per cent OF ,
stand. Planting is 10 to 30 days I
te i'll all sections. retarded most in /
'rth central. east and southeast. 4
1t worms are bad. Cultivation has a
en slow. but moss corn has been
owed once or twice, Many fields t
{ weedy and grassy ami some clod- 8
and hard. No replanstns has been
cessary on account OF nai seed. t
lie crop will be planted late in the t
,er bottoms of the north, 5
Hay condition 50 per cent sndica,- l.
g yield OF LIZ ton per acre, Rains t
ring May helped hay, Meadows u
c weedy. Alfalfa % per cent and Il
ira heavy. First eating damaged a
heavy rains. Acreage increasing J.
,adi!y. Clover acreage s.a,,so
res, or % per cent OF ,o,S. Condi-
III So per cent against ~ s.er cent
It year.
Pasturage is becoming extra good
owing splendid improvement, Con, h
ION 90 per cent against s. per cen; I
May. Water abundant and live d
'ck thriving. Blue grass is As fine i
ever seen and growing heavy seed. "
Fruit. prospects fair, Farm apples S
per cent and commercial crop 5, ii
cent. Drop extra heavy, farm {
aches S. per cen, and commercial S
trict SIS per cent. Grapes hurt by I,
ril frosts. Pears % per cent. \
lckberries and raSphsrr,es a. per $,
1t, with best prospects in years,
rdens need sunshine, Reans IS III
cent, cabbage 81 per cent. onions e,
per cent, potatoes fairly good. Ia
ltermelons and cantalonpes are at
;. Acreage doubled in Dunklin ia
unity. Tomatoes late. with cam IL
g acreage same as in f0lS
he Missouri agricultural outlook ar
above the average. The loss in br
eat will be largely made up by in F,
ase in hay and pasture, Thrash nj
prices not fully established. but liy
tative State averages are I-2
IS per bushel for wheat and ~
IS for oats for machine only. n
h crew, wheat ranges from "a to
:ents and oats from , to Il cents.