Daily globe., 1878-07-15

ALBERT LEA, July 13.-Wheat looking
fine. Weather unfavorable at present All
other grains doing well. Prospects of more
rain. Cool, dry weather needed badly.
From our State Exchanges.
Sherburne county Star, July u; Hay
makers are making hay while the sun
Shines
Anoka county Union, July 18th: A gentle
rain last Tuesday, laid the dust, cooled the
atmosphere and helped the crops, three de-
sirable things
Albert Lea Enterprise, July 11th: A
heavy rain passed over the county last Sun
day afternoon. We have heard of no da.n-
age caused by it.
In Cedar Lake township: great deal
of the wheat crop has bean lodged through
out this part of the county by the heavy
rains of last Sunday.
Owatonna Peoples Press, July 18th: The
hot weather of the past week has made the
corn shoot up rapidly, aid there is now
prospect of a fair crop.
st. Charles anaes, July u: Hundreds of
acres of wheat were laid low by the storm of
wind and rain on Tuesday, materially lnjur-
ing the growing wheat crop in this county.
Chaska, Weekly Valley Herald, July l1th:
Farmers are busy haying. 1t rained quite
hard last Sunday and undoubtedly did quite
an amount of damage to brick yards and the
growing grain.
Nantor0iAe Erpress, July u: The
barley harvest will begin in the course of
ten days. The acreage in this county is not
as large as common, and some pieces became
80 badly lodged sometime ago that it will
not yield very heavy.
Melrose (Stearns county, Record, July
18th: The grain in many places is badly
lodged, which will interfere much with the
cutting of the crop, but it is thought that it
will not prevent the filling of the heads. No
better prospects for large crop was ever
seen.
Worthington Journal, July 11th: The
| heaviest rainstorm of the season visited this
5 section of country last night. Up to the
hour of going to press we cannot hear O.
I much damage to grain as result, and it il
hoped that it will not prove as serious a
/ some anticipate.
It Granite Falls Journal, July 11th: Th
late rain storms have not very materially in
jured the crops in this vicinity. 1t is onl
e in fields where the grain grew exceedingl
e rank that it is rusting or has fallen down
and in no instance will there be less tha
two-thirds of a crop.
J. Mankato Weekly Union July 18th: Th
g growth of corn hereabout for the past tw
e weeks has been simply unexampled. 1t
20 already as high as the fences; sweet cor
n having been tassled for week, while th
S dent exhibits a robustness equal to the SUI
q port of numerous large and heavy ears.
! Fergus Falls Journal, July 10Th: AZ
8 cording to all accounts, the condition of I'll
ID grain surpasses all our expectations, it NJ
e having lodged as much as was feared
y. would. Mr.. M. E. Granrud, of Trondhier
Of left with us this week head of commC
grain seven inches in length. What next?
O1oatou110 Reoiew, July u: On Mond;
us afternoon the sky clouded over sudden
er and quite heavy rain fell. The thund
ot and roaring which accompanied the rain i
ly, dicated heavy storm southwest of tt
in city, but upon inquiry we learn that
of serious damage was done-the grain that W
les lodged by the wind and rain coming up aga
,as all right.
Wells Faribault county, 44doocate, il
11th: Thousands of tons of hay have
OF ready been put up, and thousands more "
ile be put up inside the next two weeks. nj
of our farmers complain of rusted whe
The rust thus far is merely upon the leav
but fears are entertained if the present
weather and occasional showers do not
or up little, the stalk will become attacked
ats Wilmar Kandiyohi county, Republic,
hat Gazette, July 18th: Another heavy +
storm last night. This kind of thing is
ting monotonous, and besides crops will S
fer serious damage if it continues M
longer. We have had too much rain alrea
has In Burbank, Kandiyohi county, grain is
and good condition. Some pieces of wheat W
damaged by the storm of last week, but
'm an average looks exceedingly well.
Owatonna Journal, July 11th: Durin
ride on the st. Louis & Minneapolis railr
yesterday, we noticed that wheat betw
the Waseca and Albert Lea looked very ru
res 1t appears to have suffered greater dam
city tnan any we nave seen IN this county,
yet some of our best farmers tell us
they fear their wheat has been materially
jured by the rust and that the yield vii
much lighter than was anticipated.
are New Richland Chronicle, July 18th:
,ros- heavy rain storm which passed through
dent week ago last Sunday, passed thre
49, Woodville and Blooming Grove townsi
in the latter it did considerable damage.
the place of VIM. Howell it lodged the g
badly and tore the siding from Mr.. How
house, carrying it some distance. Mr.
thinks the storm injured the grain
LII. much. He also reports that wheat is
aous rusted in that section.
Goodhue County Republican, July
The reports from the wheat fields
tinue to be generally of very favo
'icle character. Some grain has been lodge
lows; the storm, but commonly it stands
J There are reports, especially from the