The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-17

and a ten-year average of 81 per cent
indicating 27.7 bushels per acre. Full
ly so per cent is mature and safe from
frost. Cribbing can begin earlier
than usual. Up to time of issuing
this report no frost damage has oc-
CURED to the late corn and another
week will see practically all the crop
matured except in the southeast and
scattering fields in other sections.
Farmers estimate 1t will take IA days
from October LIST to mature the late
corn with southeast Missouri requir-
ing about IS. Yields run 80 to IS
bushels in the northern third, "a to
81 in the middle and southeast sec
ton and IA in the southwest where
there is near failure in many local
tiles, and 20 in the south central.
Corn cutting and silo filling are near
ly finished. Late corn of the north
third ripened fast early in September
at the expense of yield.
Oats yield 27 bushels per acre, to-
tai 36,259,000 bushels against 1885,
900 bushels last year. Quality IS per
cent agrees with ten-year average.
Spring wheat yielded SIX bushels per
acre with the low quality of &c per
cent; barley 80 bushels and 80 quail
ity; buckwheat II per cent condition.
Flax seed pielded 9R bushels per
acre and better than recent years.
Wheat seeding for 1919 is later than
in recent years because of the drouth
in August preventing blowing .Thresh-
ing very slow and some labor defcien-
cies prevented blowing until after the
late rains. Only about % per cent
of the expected acreage of wheat was
sown on October LIST, with the largest
amount in northeast and central Sec
tons and a much smaller in the south
ern third. Indications now are for
seeding of 80 per cent of last year, or
3,349,00O acres, against 4,243,000
acres of 1918 with final returns pos
sibly a million less. The uncertainty
seeding of rye will be about 90 per
cent that of last year. Chinch bugs
of conditions and farm labor together
with desire to return to former crop
ping systems causes farmers to seed
less or cut out the crop altogether.
are plentiful in Lewis, Pike, Henry,
st. Clair, Phelps, Jefferson, st. Char
les, Mcdonald and Cape Girardeau
and with some Hessian fly in Web
ster. Early sown coming up to good
stand.
Forage crops improved during mon
tn. Grain sorghums indicate 80 per
cent, field peas 76 per cent, soy
beans IA per cent, millet rs per cent
with rs per cent cut for seed, clover
seed IS per cent. Much newly seed
ed clover will go over to next year.
Alfalfa seed 2 bushels per acre, the
same as last year.
Fruit and garden crops nearly all
garnered. Apples 81 per cent, some
commercial orchards going at high
prices. Pears &c per cent, grapes rs
per cent, tomatoes 70 per cent yield,
cabbages 3 tons per acre, onions SO
bushels, potatoes rs bushels against
80 last year. Sweet potatoes 70 per
cent, tobacco SO per cent, peanuts 80
per cent, sorghum cane for strip 70
per cent.
Pastures rs per cent against IS
last month and "a per cent average.
Rapidly improving in nearly all sec
tons, with seasonable weather dur
ing the next month, fall and winter
grazing will be sufficient. Water for
live stock is now plentiful.
General conditions are more favor
able than in September. Farm work
now active, soil in good condition, la
Dor cituation slowly stabilizing itself.
Live stock healthy with but little cat
tie feeding increasing. Missouri
farmers are adjusting their affairs
to the reconstruction period.