618 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



Broom corn — Acreage, 3,433; yield, 1,750,830 pounds; value 

 $69,125. 



Cotton— Acreage, 59,805; yield, 25,357,320 pounds; value 

 $2,916,092. 



Potatoes — Acreage, 51,233; yield, 4,149,873 bushels; value 

 $2,614,420. 



Tobacco — Acreage, 5,174; yield, 4,894,600 pounds; value 

 $587,352. 



Sorghum seed — Acreage, 19,470 ; yield, 408,870 bushels ; value, 

 $396,604. 



Sorghum syrup — Acreage, 19,470; yield, 1,693,890 gallons; 

 value, $880,823. 



Clover seed — Acreage threshed, 14,854; yield, 29,700 bushels; 

 value, $264,400. 



Timothy seed — Acreage threshed, 18,609; yield, 74,436; value 

 $171,200. 



Kafir corn, millet, cowpeas, castor beans, etc., $4,440,000. 



Miscellaneous vegetables, $7,325,000. 



With yields of all crops aggregating more than 60,000,000 

 bushels and almost 2,000,000 tons more than in 1911, the value of 

 Missouri field crops, owing to reduced prices, is practically the 

 same as last year. The one chance that the Missouri farmer has 

 to realize increased returns from his grain and forage is to "market 

 it on foot" — to feed it to live stock. 



Live Stock — A general shortage of live stock is reported 

 throughout the entire State. Number of hogs of all ages is but 

 70 per cent of normal, and the number on feed but 66 per cent. 

 The decrease in numbers is due largely to losses from cholera. 

 Fev^ cattle are being fed, owing in part to the scarcity of hogs. 

 Cattle on feed represent but 67 per cent of the usual number. 



The figures given in this report are based on reports from more 

 than 500 crop reporters covering the 114 counties of the State. 



SUMMARY OF MONTHLY REPORTS. 



Following are summaries of the monthly crop reports of the 

 Missouri State Board of Agriculture, for the year 1912 : 



April 6 — The winter of 1911-12 was one of unusual severity. 

 Some correspondents report a total fall of snow of more than 5 

 feet in several sections of the State. A minimum temperature of 

 20 degrees below zero was recorded. March was a cold and wet 

 month, so that practically no farming was done. The total rain- 



