The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-07-16
MISSOURI CROPS, JULY, 1920

souri, crop prospects indicate lS4, NO.
900 bushels corn, 31,698,000 bushels
wheat, and 40,526,00O bushels oats,
according to E. A. Logan, Agricul-
tural Statistician, U. S. Bureau of
Crop Estimates, and Jewell Mayes,
Secretary of the Missouri State
Board of Agriculture, against 1861
412,OO0 bushels corn, 1888, 900 bush
els wheat and 3S,259, 900 bushels of
olats last. Apples and peaches drop
ped badly during June and gardens
were hard hit by drouth but now re-
lieved.
In St. Francois county 1920 acres
of corn have been planted this season
and condition is So per cent of normal.
Condition of potatoes 81 per cent,
wheat 70 per cent and estimated
yield 134,330 bushels. Condition of
oats n per cent, hay "a per cent, and
pastures 70 per cent.
The 1920 Missouri corn crop is
planted on $4,000 acres, an increase
of Is per cent over the acreage Of s.
756000 in 1919, but is still about CO.,
900 acres below the pre-war area.
Farmers planed to increase their corn
crop more but the lonf continued
spring rains prevented. The greatest
shortage is in Northeast Missouri
where corn is the dominant crop, and
to a lesser extent in East and South
Central Missouri. The crop is in most
sections from two to three weeks late.
The stands areg enerally good, few
thin and cultivation has been excellent
in nearly all sections. Much ground
is cloddy, fields having been plowed
wet. Height is irregular; fields laid
by are alongside of those plowed first
time. Rains have improved the condi-
ton materially. July prospect of PTS
bushels per acre indicates a yield of
1874, 100000 bushels against the pros
pect last July for 147,354,000 bushels.
Winter wheat three-fourths Of nor
NAL crop, indicates 1871 bushels per
acre at thresher. The crop improved
during June due to favorable weather
for filling. Most sections report
heads of good length with well filled
berry. The quality is much above last
year. Crop all cut and threshing has
begun. Chinch bugs and Hesian fly
more prevalent than recent years.
Bugs now moving to the corn. Har-
vest prospects indicate yield of 81
698,000 bushels against 57,699,000 in
1919. Reduction occasioned by 40
per cent decrease in acreage. Spring
wheat "a per cent normal indicates
l1.8 bushels per acre, suffered some
what from dry weather. The amount
of last years wheat crop on Missouri
farms in 51s per cent, or 3,l84,O0O
bushels.
CAST prospect is 1856 bushels per
acre, which indicates a state yield of
40,526,000 bushels against 3S,259,OO
bushels last year. This is the fourth
consecutive good oat crop in Missouri
resulting from a large acreage and
good average yield per acre. Early
sown oats we'll filled, late seedlings are
short and poor, considerable acreage
too short to harvest as grain in many
, Localities.
Missouri hay prospects of 80 pei
cent, indicating a yield of 1,lS ton!
per acre, is slightly less than las
year, owing to dry weather of JUNE
cutting the prospects for timothy, the
base of most meadows. Clover, best
| LOT SBNeEdl Of pei lCiiL' hlAai
ia good, condition SO per cent.
For other forage crops: Millct is
IT per cent normal; grain sorghum!
,, sc per cent; field peas ga per cent; su
dan grass, planted more literally thar
for several years because of the pros
pective shortage in the feed crops, il
only fair. Baling wire very scarce.
Pastures 81 per cent of normal, best
in the northern third and west section:
poorest in east and south central sec
ton. Grazing short, in some sections
abundance of pasture in best blue
grass regions. Stripping of blue
grass seed was about 80 per cent Of
normal.
Garden crops hard hit by june
drouth have been relieved in mos
places by rain. Irish potatoes were
injured most with considerable Of the
crop beyond relief. Bugs particularly
, bad. Benas sc per cent normal, to-
l'matoes SO per cent; cabbage 80 pei
, cent; onions 80 per cent; potatoes n
! per cent; with acreage same as 1919
sweet potatoes So per cent; waterme
| Ions 80 per cent; canteloupes IL pei
| CeHI, WIFI improvement III SVhhiSh
cial sections.
. Farm fruits injured somewhat by
June drouth, especially blackberrie:
and raspberries in orthern section
good crop in suothern section having
escaped the dry weather. Apples nov
indicate 81 per cent of crop suffering
heavy drop during June. Same il
true of peaches, only half crop, con
fined largely to northern half Of stat
where orchards are poorest. Jun,
drop severe, trees badly affected will
leafcurl; grapes rs per cent, pears 81
per cent, blackberries and raspberrie
85 per cent.
Among minor crops, flax is SO pc
cent normal; broomcorn SO per cent OIL
about the same acreage as last year
barley Sc per cent; rye "a per cent
buckwheat 8S per cent; sorghum TO
strip IS per cent; with IA per cen
increase in acreage, indicates an effor
to meet the sugar shortage. Tobacco
acreage cut in some counties, increas
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