The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-04-15
MISSOURI CROPS
FOR APRIL, 1921


cent. The number of brood sows is
SO per cent of last April. The supply |
of farm labor is 100 per cent and farm
labor demands are S8 per cent of last
year. The per cent of the oat crop
seeded is SO per cent and SO per cent
of the spring blowing is completed.
Pasture rent per month for cows is
S1.50 each, and for two-year-old steers
S1.50.
Missouri wheat is SO per cent nor
NAL compared to 10 per cent last April
and 1903 per cent two years ago, ac-
cording to the joint report of L. A.
Logan, Agricultural Statistician of the
U. S. Bureau of Crop Estimates, and
Jewell Mayes, Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture, indicating a
yield of fourteen bushels per acre or
80 100000 bushels on the 100000
acres sown last fall.
Missouri wheat is 25 points above
last April, and compares more nearly
with conditions three years ago. The
winter was very favorable to growth,
and the warm weather of February
and March induced rank growth in
nearly all sections. The Easter freeze
set wheat back practically to the con-
tition of March LIST, scorching the top
growth, also killing plants jointing,
but with favorable weather from now
on the final yield will not be seriously
reduced.
Hessian fly in wheat has been re-
ported in most sections of the state,
particularly in Linn, Scotland, Rails,
Miller, Phelps, Morgan, Cole, Boone
and Montgomery counties. Chinch
bugs are present in Rails, Pike, Au-
drain, st. Clair. Miller, Montgomery,
jefferson, Franklin and Lawrence, and
a "green louise" or bug has appeared
in Polk, Newton, Jasper, Howard,
Maries, Green, Franklin and Lawrence.
A few points in the southwest and
southeast have been damaged by ov-
erfow The condition is best in the
northeastern and central portions, and
poorest in the southwest. The aban-
doned acreage will be small this year
Rye condition is SO per cent against
rs last year, with fine promise in all
sections, except the southwest where
small acreage was seriously dam
aged by the freeze. due to having
headed out. The present prospect is
for yield of IL bushels per acre.
Dat seeding is "a per cent complet.
ed against rs per ceut on April /, 1920
A large acreage has been seeded
everywhere, pointing to an increase
of 10 per cent over the 1920 acreage
or 1,953,000 acres for 1921, the larg
est area ever sown to oats in Missouri
Considerable apprehension has beer
expressed concerning the outcome Of
the Easter freeze but plant Special
lists believe the oat crop will fullyre.
cover. The increased acreage is due
to desire to put down more land ir
grass and to reduce the corn acreage
Spring wheat has been seeded on II
per cent increased acreage of $1,000
acres.
Spring blowing is As per cent com.
pleted against rs per cent last year
In the northern section 20 to 40 pei
cent of the work has been completed
in central one-half to three-fourths
southeast 80 per cent, having been de.
iayed by wet weather. Flowing fol
corr land has gone forward all along
through the winter.
Brood sows on Missouri farms show
an increase of 8 per cent over last
year. The close selling-off followed
, by farmers for two or three years ha:
turned to increasing interest in hogs
and a desire to stock up again. II
, most sections the pig crop is good, al
though in scattered localities consid
, cradle loss has occurred. Market re
ports indicate a smaller number o
hogs received at the public markets
/ for the first three months of this year
Farm labor supply. is 20 per cent il
excess of 1920 and slightly above thu
, normal. The present farm demand i
= only s per cent normal, or IS point
below that of 1920. TIE supply ha
been augmented some little by indus
trial declines, but there is no decides
movement from the city to the farm
: noticeable in Missouri. A few mer
S who went to the factories during tn
: war aid in 1919 are now drifting home
n ward. Farmers are planning to farm
a with as little hired help as possible an
= to pay less wages, both in rate and to
: tai amount, than during the pas
t years. Many farmers expect to han
d die more dairy cows and chickens.
: Pastures are far advanced and il
many sections already provide full