10 



MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



injured by the sleet in the winter which reduced the yield in that section. 

 The quality of the wheat at harvest was not up to the standard of crops 

 for 1901. The grain was rather small and on account of the excessive 

 rains which continued from the time of harvest to late in the season over 

 a great portion of the State, a great amount of damage was done to crops 

 in the shock and stack and much of it was fit for nothing but stock feed. 

 Basing the estimate upon the United States census report for 1900 the 

 acreage yield and total production of the different sections for 1902. are 



shown in the following table ; 



WHEAT. 



For crop harvested 1902. 



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cog 



B D a) 



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• D d S 



• 1 - e* 



v. 



•.cog 



• B B 01 



• I - ci- 



r. x2 



O crt - 



c^o 



Acres harvested 



Acreage compared with 1901, per 

 cent 



Average yield per acre, bushels . . 



Total yield in bushels 



Quality of grain at time of har- 

 vest, per cent 



Average price per bushel on farm 

 November 1, 1902, cents 



Total value 



New crop sown fall of 1902: 



Per cent of acreage sown com- 

 pared with previous year 



Total acreage 



Condition of growing plant De- 

 cember 1, per cent 



Condition at same time, 1901 



758, 800 



113 



16.4 



12,444,0C0 



58.9 

 $7,229,516 



101 

 766,400 



101 



86 



3,166,900 



151.4 



19.3 



61,045.000 



92 

 $34,490,000 



89.1 

 2,821,900 



96 



91 



WHEAT CROP SOWN FALL 1902. 



The wheat was sown considerably later this year than the average, 

 and most of it is small, and will be more easily injured by hard freezing 

 than if it had a better growth for protection. In a few localities the 

 Hessian fly had done considerable damage and several correspondents 

 report injury from rains in early sown wheat on account of rotting be- 

 fore the seed germinated, but taken altogether the crop is in excellent 

 condition. The acreage sown this year is about 11 per cent below last 

 year. The greatest decrease being in the West-Central part of the State. 

 The crop now sown, however, is 42 per cent larger than the crop har- 

 vested in 1900. 



CORN. 



The season was generally favorable for the growth of the corn 

 crop, although in several of the extreme southeastern counties the 

 crop was damaged by drouth, and in a number of the southwestern coun- 

 ties excessive rains prevented proper cultivation which reduced the yield. 

 Taking the State as a whole, the yield is the largest on record. The total 



