The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-18
MISSOURI CROPS,
NOVEMBER, 1921

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 14.-Mis-
souri, corn is yielding 80 bushels PEI
acre on the 6,153,000 acres, totaling
1874, 100000 bushels according to husk-
ing reports made to f. A. Logan and
Jewell Mayes Of the State and Federal
Departments of Agriculture. The
yield in 1920 was 80 bushels per acre
or a total of 19S,880,000 bushels and
the 5 year average was 170,954, 0UU
bushels. Wheat seeding is not entire
ly completed and harvesting of fall
forage crops resulted in a large sup
ply of rough feed.
The farmers of st. Francois county
report the average yield of corn now
being husked at % bushels per acre
and that so per cent is of merchant
able quality; also that only per cent
of their old corn remains on farms
with SO cents per bushel offered. The
weight Of measured wheat is 81 pounds
per bushel and oats 80 pounds. Yield
of potatoes is short at 50 bushels per
acre and sorghum syrup 85 gallons.
Missouri corn averages 30 bushels
per acre against 80 last year and the
total is 1S4,590,000 against 19S,8S0,-
900 last year and 170,354,00 for the
5-year average But for the excess
sive rains of September and the poor
yield in most of the Southern counties,
the production would have been above
200, 100000 bushels. Weather condi-
tons reduced the quality ard only 80
per cent is merchantable against 80
last year and 78 for the 10-year av-
erage. Chinch bugs and corn worms
resulted in much chaffy corn. In the
Northrn section large numbers of
ears have broken off the shank. The
dry, sunny weather of October was
very beneficial.
Cribbing is well under way, having
started about the middle of October,
with most farmers performing the
larger part of the work themselves.
The crop is badly down throughout
Central Missouri and interfereS with
husking. Shock corn is in bad condi-
ton. Farmers are handling SO per
cent of the crop as grain, "hogging
off" Z per cent. and cutting z per cent
of the acreage for silage. The yield
in the Northern third ranges from rs
bushels per acre in Monroe to Al in
Carroll; in the Central from 20 in &C.
dar to 40 in Howard; in the Southern
from 16 in Wright to 33 in Mississippi
counties.
The price has not yet stabilized.
with range of rs cents per bushel IL
Atchison to 70 cents in Ozark and
state average of 40 cents. Through
out the Central and Northern sections
the pirce runs from 30 to 35, but in the
Southern sections, where the corn is
poor, the price is well up around so
cents.
Wheat seeding is finished except
the far Southeast counties, with gen.
eral opinion that the acreage will be
less than last year, but definite figures
are not yet available. Seeding began
in October and dry weather resulted in
slow termination and the crop came
/ up uneven in some counties. Most of
the wheat looks good and recent rains
will be beneficial. Early sown wheat
in Lawrence has hessian fly. but in
other places the fly has not been seen.
The average weight of 1921 wheat
was 56.5 pounds per measured bushel,
against So last year and a ten-year
average of 58.2. The quality of
wheat was low, with only per cent
of No. l grade, 81 per cent of No. q,
with 30 per cent of No. 3, and 20 per
cent of No. 4, with 6 per cent of lower
grades. Oats weigh only 28 pounds
per measured bushel against 31.5 in
1920 and 30.8 for the ten-year average.
Threshkng of clover seed was late.
The average yield is IT bushels
against 90 last year and II for ten
year average. Timothy seed averages
4 bushels per acre. Millet yielded 10
bushels and grain sorghums % bush
els per acre against 80 last year and
in the Southwest worms caused an al
most complete loss of the seed. Soy
beans average IA bushels per acre
against 10 last year.
Rough forage crops are heavy in
the West and Southwest. Sorghums
average 1915 tons per acre against Il
in 1920 Few silos have been filled as
the expense was too great. Only Z
per cent of corn acreage, against 8
last year, was cut for silage. Aver
age yield per acre is 6 tons against
54 last year. Farmers cut 80 per
cent of the corn acreage for fodder
against 26 per cent last year.
Home grown fruit on Missouri
farms was all but failure. Apples
are scarcer than during any time in
the past fifteen years. Trees in old
orchards are dying out badly and only
in commercial orchards are any con-
siderable number of new trees being
set out. Fruit trees made good
growth this season and strawberry
plants are in good condition.
Potatoes average So bushels per
acre against so last year and 66 for
ten-year average. The quality is "
against IS last year and n for ten
year average. Sweet potatoes yielded
well but quality is Off 100 bushels
against ITO last year and 80 for ten
year average with quality so against