450 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



By comparison with the report of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, it will be seen that the yield per acre is 

 practically the same as that estimated by the government, but the 

 total yield is very much less. The difference in the two reports is 

 evidently on account of the government having failed to take into 

 consideration the abandoned area caused by excessive wet weather 

 and overflows, making a large difference in the acreage estimated 

 by the two departments. 



The new tvheat crop. The drought which prevailed over the 

 State during August and September interfered materially with 

 wheat seeding, and the acreage sown for the crop of 1909 is very 

 considerably reduced below that seeded the year previous. The 

 greatest decrease is in the southeast section where there is a fall- 

 ing off of 20 per cent. The southwest section shows a decrease 

 of 14 per cent, the northwest section 10 per cent, and the central 

 and northeast sections a decrease of only 6 per cent. The total 

 estimated acreage seeded this year is 1,878,000 compared with 1,- 

 928.000 one year ago. The condition of the new crop on December 

 1st was 79, the low condition being caused by dry weather and late 

 seeding. This is 6 points below the condition in 1907 and 10 

 points below the average for the five years previous. 



"The annual mean temperature for the State was 56.7 degrees, 

 or 1,9 degrees above the normal. The highest temperature during 

 the year was 102 degrees, at Warsaw, Benton county, on August 

 5th, and at Jefferson City, Cole county, on August 15th. The low- 

 est temperature was 10 degrees below zero, at Unionville, Putnam 

 county, on January 30th. 



"The average precipitation for the State was 43.68 inches, or 

 2.97 inches above the normal. The greatest annual amount was 

 53.27 inches, at Dean, McDonald county, and the least annual 

 amount was 30.78 inches, at Fayette, Howard county. The great- 

 est local monthly fall was 17.07 inches, at Unionville, Putnam 

 county, in May; there was no rain at Albany, Gentry county, in 

 January; Sikeston, Scott county, and Marble Hill, Bollinger coun- 

 ty, in October, nor in December at Gallatin, Daviess county, and 

 Linneus, Linn county. 



"The average snowfall, unmelted, was 11.8 inches. The 

 greatest annual amount was 30.0 inches, at Willow Springs, Howell 

 county. The greatest monthly fall was 16.5 inches at Lebanon, 

 Laclede county." — Missouri Section, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, Climatological Service of the Weather Bureau. 



