The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-18
MISSOURI CROPS. JUNE, 1920

jefferson City Mo-, June 14-June-
time conditions indicate that Missouri
is producing 29,162,160 bushels Of
winter wheat, 39,775,750 bushels of
cats, so announce E. A. Logan of the
U. S. Bureau of Crop Estimates and
Jewell Mayse of the Missouri State
Board Of Agriculture in their point
crop in GA per cent normal, peaches
55per cent, blackberries and raspber-
rics SO per cent, and pears 81 per cent.
The following the the crop reports
for St. Francois county: Condition
of wheat in 81 per cent, corn 90 per
cent. Stand of corn compared to 100
81 per cent. Condition of cast is 95
per cent, and acreage is 600 acres.
Condition of apples is 65 per cent, hay
80 per cent, pastures 95 per cent. The
farmers of st. Francois county lost
Ia days in May from bad weather.
The present condition of wheat is
50 per cent normal, showing a yield of
1912 busels per acre on 2,348,00 acres
totaling 29,162,160 bushels. The
yield in 1919 was 57,699,000 bushels
on 4,274,000 acres averaging 1875 bu-
shells.
Wheat did not improve during May,
but dropped six points, and remains
thin and "bunchy." Plants faidcl to
stool, but heads are fair length. Over
flows mad standing water affected the
crop in various sections. Hessian fly
did not develop in Layfette, Bollnger,
Perry and a few other counties.
Chinchbugs, the worst since 1913, are
found in more than one-fourth of the
counties, being most troublesome in
east and southeast sections. Harvet-
ing will begin June 20 to 25.
Spring wheat was soWn on only So
per cent of the 1919 seeding, now to-
falling 1900 acres, at "A per cent, in
dicating 1882 bushels to the acre, or
l6l,0 geo bushels. The 1919 acreage
was $4,000 averaging 8.5, yielding
$4,000 bushels. Spring wheat acre
age decreased in all sections.
The oats acreage is LAS, $40 acres,
being per cent more than 1919
Condition So per cent, indicating 1882
average, totaling 39,775,750 bushels
as compared to 3S,259,000 last year.
CAST has grown slowly, due TO wet
and cool weather, naling much Of the
crop late.
The estimated area of corn planted
on June list is $3.50, 100 acres, an in
crease Of II per cent over last year.
Planting viii continue in the north
central, northeast and southeast sec
tons well up into June. Condition
rs per cent, against rs per cent last
year. Stand is 81 per cent Of usual
against 80 per cent last year. Much
Of the corn has been plowed the sec
ond time, and most of it is clean. La
Dor shortage will probably affect the
cultivation on many farms.
The following is the condition of
crops as named: Barley, so per cent;
rye 50 per cent; field peas, 76 per
cent; field beans 80 per cent; water
melons, n per cent; cantaloupcs 76
per cent; cabbages, 81 per cent; on
ions, 80 per cent; hay, 80 per cent,
promising heavy crop; red clover, 80
per cent, with best indication for years
alfalfa, 95 per cent, with first cutting
being harvested.
Army worms are very bad in Stod-
dard, and damaging in Bollinger, Lin
coin, Rails and st. Charles, and to
lessed extent in other counties. Pas
lures "a per cent, greatly improved
during May. Bluegrass seed is a
good crop. Cotton crop is Cd per cent,
the lowest condition ever recorded at
this time of year.
Although the fruit crop is to-
tai failure in some of the individual
orchards, the crop prospects for ap-
pies in the state is Ga per cent normal
Peaches 50 per cent, with first crop in
northern Missouri for six years. Pears
81 per cent, blackberries and raspber-
ries SO per cent and very promising.
Missouri farmers averaged IA days
lost from field work during May, be-
cause of bad meather. Allowing two
hands to the farm, the loss was 7,
100000 days at two dollars per day
amounting to 15,560,000, No &C
count in this total is taken Of the larg-
err loss in the lessening of production.
Missouri has practically no aban-
doned farms. The idle crop land of
$50, 900 acres is due to the high cost
and scarcity of labor, and bad weather
at planting time. Farmers expect to
sow "catch" crops such as sorghum,
cowpeas, soybeans, millet, etc, upon
land too wet this year for corn and
oats. Missouri farmers can not be
accused of maliciously restricting pro-
dIction.