Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-30
THE WHEAT FIELDS.
Extent of the Sunday Night Storm--some
Encouraging Reports.


Encouraging Reports.
The storm of rain that visited this city
Sunday night was very general throughout
the southern section of the State, though at
but few points was the rainfall 30 heavy as
here. At Mankato the storm was very Sc
we're, as also at some other points on the ST.
Paul g. Sioux City road. Yesterday the
weather was generally clearing and harvest
qno was being prosecuted with little incon-
venience as a rule.
Reports from the northern section OF the
State continue most encouraging. The storm
of Sunday only reached some thirty miles
north of this point, and was by no means
severe in the strip of country visited. Yes
terday the sky was overcast with clouds for
the greater part of the day, though no rain
fell. and harvesting operations, which are
now general all along to the Red river and
beyond. were progressing satisfactorily. In
fact all advices from this section of the State
confirm previous reports that the grain has
matured in good condition, with large, full
heads. and will yield much better than the
average. Mr.. G. S. Barnes, of Glyndon,
who commenced harvesting Saturday with
twelve self binders, estimates his yield at up
wares of thirty bushels to the acre.
Manager Farley, of the St. Paul d Pacific
road, who returned from Sank Centre yes
tertiay, says the farmers OF that section are
in high glee over the condition of the crops,
and are claiming yield of % to IS bushels
to the acre. Similar reports come frona
Campbell station, Wilkin county, on the
main line of the St. Paul 81 Pacific railroad.
Hon. T. G. Mealy, OF Wright county, at
The Merchants, informed the reporter that
the harvest was we'll advanced in his sec
ton, and that the yield and quality
would be fair average. He also
reports threshing commenced in Sherburne
county, and that there had been no rain in
that section for eight days.
Hon. j. I'll. Smith, OF Window, in the city,
reports the harvest progressing rapidly In
that section of the State. Some of the grain
has been lodged pretty badly, and the quail
ity has baen injured to some extent by
blight, but he thinks there will be full
average Weld, with fair proportion of first
quality grain.
To form some idea of the quality of the
grain grown along the Northern Pacific
railroad, the GLOBE will recommend cal
upon Col. James B. Power, lant
commissioner of the road. Mr.. Power is il
receipt of some samples of wheat, barley
oats and rye, raised by Mr.. d. L. Welman
of Frazee City, Becker county. The sam
pies of wheat are of four varieties, Fife
Ozakis, Ceno and Lost Nation, of the latte
two samples which were sown on the 9th o
December. The straw of all the samples ar
bright. The heads of the Lost Nation rang
from three to six inches in length, and ar
filled out to the very tip with large ant
plump kernels. The heads of the othe
varieties are shorter, but are equal
ly well filled, the grain il
all cases being bright and plump
The rye heads are from four to six inches il
length and nicely filled. The oat sample
of the Probiston variety, and equal to any
thing ever before seen by the reporter
Doubling Thomases as to the present GRO,
shonld examine these samples. They wer
taken promscuously and confirm the est
mate of twenty-five to thirty bushels pc
acre in that section. In sending the sample
to Mr.. Power, Mr.. Wellman reported tia
there had been no damage to the grain
that section from rust, smut, blight or lode
ment-in brief, that the crop was as nes
perfect as was ever seen.