648 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



MISSOURI CROP REVIEW FOR 1913. 



(By W. L. Nelson, Assistant Secretary, Missouri State Board of Agriculture. 

 Reprinted from December, 1913, Bulletin.) 



The total value of Missouri farnj crops for the year 1913 is 

 $175,787,126. This is according to estimates based upon reports 

 made to the Missouri State Board of Agriculture by its more than 

 600 correspondents. In this estimate only the ordinary field crops 

 and vegetables are included. No account is taken of live stock, 

 wool, dairy products, poultry, orchard products and many other 

 items that go to make up the wealth of the Missouri farmer. The 

 figures are as follows : 



Corn, 7,537,270 acres; 132,748,541 bushels; $97,169,769. 

 Wheat, 2,020,330 acres; 35,390,833 bushels; $28,505,846. Oats, 

 656,182 acres; 14,949,532 bushels; $6,280,173. Prairie hay, 127,963 

 acres; 100,955 tons; $1,163,236. Tame hay and forage, 2,142,762 

 acres; 2,175,735 tons; $29,063,473. Flax, 9,341 acres; 48,573 

 bushels; $55,859. Rye, 7,510 acres; 106,642 bushels; $88,513. Buck- 

 wheat, 1,083 acres; 11,155 bushels; $10,932. Barley, 620 acres; 

 11,160 bushels; $8,928. Broom corn, 1,819 acres; 649,383 pounds; 

 $35,662. Cotton, 51,432 acres; 15,429,600 pounds; $1,851,552. 

 Potatoes, 31,252 acres; 1,156,324 bushels; $1,133,198. Tobacco, 

 3,518 acres; 1,861,022 pounds; $260,543. Sorghum seed, 12,461 

 acres; 168,223 bushels; $195,139. Sorghum syrup, 12,461 acres; 

 760,121 gallons; $448,471. Clover seed, 12,626 acres; 18,055 bush- 

 els; $158,342. Timothy seed, 5,769 acres; 16,153 bushels; $47,490. 

 Kafir, millet, cowpeas, bluegrass and soy beans, etc., $5,100,000. 

 Miscellaneous vegetables, $4,210,000. 



The total value of the 1913 crop is only about $12,000,000 less 

 than was that of 1912, which was figured at $188,129,500. How- 

 ever, the yield of all crops except wheat and rye is lower. The loss 

 in value would be greater but for the higher prices now prevailing. 

 It should be understood though that mere figures do not make feed, 

 and as practically all the corn, as well as some other crops, is fed 

 on the farms the final value must be determined by the returns from 

 live stock. Fortunately for the fertility of our farms and for the 

 permanency of our agriculture, Missouri is not a grain selling state. 

 With well-bred live stock of all kinds, we have found it profitable 

 to market our corn and hay, most of our oats and much of our 

 wheat *'on foot" 



