650 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



Corn — The 1913 corn crop of 132,748,541 bushels, while more 

 than 100,000,000 bushels short of the 1912 crop of 243,042,951 

 bushels, is much larger than for some other unfavorable years. It 

 is more than twice as large as was the crop of 1901, which amounted 

 to but 61,667,000 bushels. According to the Government's prelim- 

 inary estimate, it is more than five times as much as the Kansas 

 crop of the present year, nearly three times that of Arkansas, and 

 two and a half times that of Oklahoma. The yield for the entire 

 State of Missouri is placed at 17.6 bushels per acre, as compared 

 with 31.9 one year ago. By sections, the average yield is : North- 

 east, 17.2; northwest, 21.5; central, 19.3; southwest, 10.2; south- 

 east, 17.6. Total yield, by sections, is: Northeast, 26,229,235 

 bushels; northwest, 44,537,794; central, 24,715,311; southwest, 

 17,571,439; southeast, 19,696,762. Counties having the highest 

 estimated yield per acre are : Carroll, 30 ; Livingston, 28 ; Howard, 

 30; Saline, 26; Cape Girardeau, 28; Dunklin, 26; Mississippi, 30; 

 Ste. Genevieve, 28, and Scott 27. Owing to the excessive heat and 

 the lack of rainfall over much of the State during the latter part of 

 the crop growing season, many of the best corn counties fell much 

 below their average yield, while ten counties grew less than 10 

 busl^lls per acre. Counties growing more than 3,000,000 bushels 

 of corn are: Atchison, 3,120,540; Carroll, 3,254,460; Livingston, 

 3,489,472 ; Nodaway, 3,449,000, and Saline 3,722,732. The average 

 farm price of corn for the State is estimated at 73.1 cents per 

 bushel. By sections the price shows : Northeast, 74.8 cents ; north- 

 west, 70.8 cents; central, 74.4 cents; southwest, 76.4 cents; south- 

 east, 72.5 cents. Quality of corn is reported as 64 for the State, 

 being highest in the northwest, where it is 69, and lowest in the 

 southwest, where it is 55. It is estimated that 75 per cent of the 

 crop has been gathered. Much of it went into shock or silo. The 

 open weather that has prevailed has meant a great saving of feed 

 and with an early spring there will be no serious corn shortage. 



Wheat. — The Missouri wheat yield for 1913, as previously re- 

 ported, was 35,390,800 bushels, being 13,844,113 bushels more than 

 for the year 1912. The average yield on 2,020,330 acres was 17.5 

 bushels. The acreage seeded for the 1914 crop is seven per cent 

 larger than for 1913, being 2,156,637 acres. The condition of the 

 growing crop is 100 for the State. By sections, it is : North- 

 east, 97; northwest, 97; central, 103; southwest, 107; south- 

 east, 100. It is, of course, understood that 100 as here used does 

 not mean perfect, but indicates a most satisfactory condition. The 



