Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-19
CROPS IN MINNESOTA.


Henderson (Sibley county, Independent,
July II: Rye, barley and winter wheat is
being harvested and haying has commenced.
Wabashaw Herald, July II: Corn is COM
ing along famously in this damp, tropical
climate. It may discount the wheat crop
yet in spite of all the latter's Dragging.
Sank Rapids Sentinel, July 16; Farmers
are busy getting machinery in readiness for
| the harvest. We have received from the
town of haywood some heads of wheat
which measure seven inches in length.
Hastings Nep Era, July 16: The wheat
crop is wonderful about here; so is the price
eighty cents. Hessian flies are reported
| injuring the wheat in some localities of the
| State. We have heard of no damage by the
pests in this vicinity.
Lac qui Parle county Press, July IL; The
| corn crop promises we'll, and in fact that is
the condition of all the crops in this vicinity,
the human crop included. The wheat fields
| IN the vicinity of Ortonville make fiattering
| promises of an abundant yield
Minnesota (Waseca county, Radical, July
II: Another heavy rain and wind storm
visited this section last Sunday, doing con-
siderable damage to small grain, The re-
cent storms and the hot, damp weather have
made the farmers look a little blue
Pennington Press, July II: In Eureka
| township, of course, remarks the Press,
| everybody knows that wheat and oats are
looking finely. Corn is growing very rapid
~ and in fact everything on the farm is do
ing we'll. except slough grass which is light.
Wright County Eagle, July 10: On
visit to the northern part of the town of
Vaudeville, last Friday, we found that wheat
in that part of the county had not been
| Frustrated by the storm, and crops of all
| kinds are i'll most excellent condition. In
| Rockford. The warm weather is good for
corn, but bad for wheat; much of the latter
| &c l,dged and the prospect is that it will not
| fill.
New Richmond Chronicle: Last evening,
about fifteen minutes past four, it COM
| menced to rain accompanied by sherp thun-
! der, but no wind; then, all of sudden, a
terrific storm from the northwest came
| sweeping down with torrents of rain. The
frame work of Mr.. Christotferson's building
was blown down with terrible crash, and
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storm lasted about fifteen minutes. Water
rushed down the streets in perfect torrent.
1t is feared that this storm has injured the
standing grain.
Faribault Republican, July II: very
heavy rain storm, accompanied by high wind,
visited this section Sunday afternoon, and
must have added greatly to the damage al
ready sustained by the growing crops. The
weather during the past week, it would seem,
has been very unfavorable for the wheat
crop, being excessively hot and damp. Re-
ports are conflicting, but all agree that con-
siderable damage has been done by storms,
rust and heat. Heavy grain is badly lodged,
which will prevent its filling well. The corn
crop is making very rapid growth, and is
coming out in tassel. Potatoes in some
places on clayey soils are beginning to rot
and much trouble is experienced with the
bugs.
/ st. Peter Tribune, July II: The storm of
Sunday lodged the grain badly in this vicini-
ty. We are Informed by persons who have
passed through this county that what grain
was not lodged before the storm of Sunday
| is now pretty much all down. How much of
it is entirely ruined we are unable to say, but
it is pretty seriously injured, and at best so
badly tangled as to render the harvest a very
laborious one. 1t is worse on ground that
has not been cropped the previous year and
was summer fallowed last year, where there
is very rank growth of stalk. Thus what
would ordinarily have been considered good
farming has this year proved very unfortu-
nate, and those who plowed their land in the
spring will probably have the most grain to
| show.
| New Ulm Reoiew, July II: The hot
weather of Friday and Saturday was fol-
lowed by terrific wind and rain storm Sun
day afternoon, in fact the worst storm of
the season. The storm struck New Ulm
from the north, passing in a southerly ii
rection, the wind blowing perfect gale,
| while the rain came down in torrents. The
damage to the growing crops is great. Pas
sing through the town of Cottonwood few
hours after the storm sad sight met our
gaze. Ali species of small grain which had
| few hours before stood proud and up
| right, promising an abundance to the tillers
of the soil, had been land low by the storm.
The oats, which are very heavy, looked as
If huge roller had been driven over them.
The farmers look respondent, and say that
some of the grain, especially oats, will not
S raighten up enough to admit of cutting,
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straighten up enough SO that it can be cut
one way. We are glad to state that the track
of the storm extended only few miles west
of us.
Hastings Union, July 18th: We have been
shown several samples of wheat of different
varieties, and also been given reliable infor-
nation by our farmers in regard to the wheat
prospect in our county. Several of our
farmers have grave apprehensions that the
crop will not be by any means what is e1-
pected. Samples of Rio Grande and Lost
Nation have been exhibited that are utterly
ruined by smut. The Tea variety seems to
stand the unfavorable weather better than
all others. In the first two named varieties.
the c,lrcalio, or weevil, rust. smut, and a
general blight seems prevalent. An appar-
emily healthy head when examined closely
will be found to contain several cells where
there are no signs of grain. It is to be
hoped that the samples shown are excep-
tons, and the discouraging reports un-
! founded, but there must be more or less
truth in such rumors. In the towns of En-
pire and Rosemount the rust has injured the
stock somewhat extensively. and many
farmers are afraid our wheat crop will be
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