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pared with 510 pounds last year. Price, $110 per ton, as compared 

 with $79 last year. 



Cotton acreage shows a loss of 14 per cent ; yield, 300 pounds 

 as compared with 424 last year. Price, 12 cents per pound. 



Irish potato acreage was 39 per cent less than 1912; yield, 37 

 bushels as against 81 last year ; price, 98 cents. 



Tobacco acreage is decreased 32 per cent as compared with 

 1912; yield, 529 pounds as against 946 one year ago; price, 14 

 cents. 



Sorghum syrup and seed show a decrease in acreage of 36 per 

 cent. Yield of syrup, 61 gallons per acre ; price, 59 cents ; yield of 

 seed, 13.5 bushels; price, $1.16. 



Clover seed acreage was but 15 per cent short of that of 1912 ; 

 yield, 1.43 bushels; price, $8.77. 



Timothy seed acreage as compared with unusually large crop 

 of 1912, was but 31 per cent; yield 2.8 bushels; price, $2.94. 



The value of Kafir, millet, cowpeas, soy beans, bluegrass seed 

 and other similar crops is estimated at $5,100,000 as compared 

 with $4,440,000 in 1912. Miscellaneous vegetables are valued at 

 $6,210,000. Last year the estimated value was $7,325,000. 



SUMMARY OF MONTHLY CROP REPORTS. 



Following are summaries of the monthly crop reports of the 

 Missouri State Board of Agriculture for the year 1913 : 



April 5 — The winter of 1912-13 was marked by no ex- 

 tremely cold weather. Spring finds the farmers in good cheer. 

 There is no scarcity of feed and live stock has wintered well. For 

 the month of March the average temperature was 40, the highest 

 75, and the lowest, 2 degrees. Total precipitation for the month 

 was 4.95 inches. Many correspondents report prospect for wheat 

 as good as they have ever known at this time of the year. There 

 was practically no winterkilling and the plant has made a vigorous 

 growth. Condition for the State is 96.6. By sections, condition is : 

 Northeast, 94 ; northwest 99 ; central, 96 ; southwest, 96 ; south- 

 east, 98. The seeding of oats has been somewhat delayed by un- 

 favorable weather. It is estimated that but 23 per cent of the crop 

 has been sown. By sections, the seeding shows: Northeast, 5 

 per cent; northwest, 5; central, 18; southwest, 43; southeast, 45. 

 It is estimated that 32 per cent of the 1912 corn crop is still on 

 farms. Condition of clover is placed at 92 ; acreage of new crop as 



