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MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL RErORT. 



MEADOWS. 



The area devoted to the hay crop has been in the past few years 

 about as stable as the area devoted to any of the principal farm crops. 

 However, on account of the drouth last year which killed out a great many 

 meadows the area this year has been reduced 15 per cent. The average 

 yield per acre is given by all correspondents for timothy, 1.6 tons, clover 

 1.75 tons. The average yield of timothy for the past five years has been 

 1,55 tons. The average price of timothy per ton on November first, this 

 year, was $6.57, and for clover, $5,86. The value of the hay crop in the 

 State is exceeded only by the value of wheat and corn. 



TABLE SaOWING YIELD AND FARM PRICES OF CROPS. 



Crop Summary. 



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Crop yields for 1902 per acre: 



Kaffir corn, bush 



Sorghum seed, bush 



Sorghum syrup, gal 



Broom corn, brusli, lbs 



Clover seed, bush 



Timothy seed, bush 



Flax seed, bush 



Irish potatoes, bush 



Cow pea seed, bush 



Tobacco, lbs 



Alfalfa hay, tons 



Cotton lint, lbs ■. 



Average price on farm Nov. 1, 1902, per bush. 



Corn , cents 



Wheat, cents 



Oais, " 



Rye, " 



Flax seed, dollars 



Irish Potatoes, cents 



Timothy seed, dollars 



Clover seed " 



Oow pea seed " 



Timothy hay, per ton, dollars 



Clover hay, " " 



Broom corn, " " 



Average price received for this year's crop, per lb: 



Lint cotton, cents 



Leaf tobacco, " 



Wool. " 



25 

 14 

 79 



2.62 

 4.3 



92 



14 

 709 



2.85 

 567 



37.5 

 58.9 

 33.2 

 54.7 



47.5 

 2 18 

 5 45 

 1 19 

 10 07 

 8 93 



7.3 

 9.8 

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FARMERS' INSTITUTE WORK. 



The farmers' institute work was inaugurated by the State Board of 

 Agriculture at a meeting held in Independence, Missouri, December 29, 

 1882. From that time until the year 1891 the work was carried on with- 

 out any appropriation for that purpose, and the meetings during all that 

 time were conducted by the members and officers of the Board and pub- 

 lic spirited citizens who serve without pay, and often paid their own 

 expenses. The 36th General Assembly in 1891 appropriated $10,000 for 



