Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-25

Crop Reports.

THURSDAY, JULY rs, Il
I Crop Reports.
! Goodhue county Reporter, July 18: The
weather could hardly be worse than it is for
wheat. We have been having a succession
of rains, sunshine, and hot, ''muggy" days,
producing rust and blight. The prospect of
the crop in this county, with the present
weather, is much less than it was few
weeks ago.
Carver county Free Press, July -: Grain
is rapidly ripening but the prospects are not
as encouraging as they we're a month ago.
Stevens county Tribune, July 1s: The
crop prospect is fiattering; We do not antici-
pate very large yield, and will not have
more than a good average. In some parts
of adjacent counties wheat has lodged, but
! not to any great extent; so far We have not
heard of any rust.
Alexandria douglas County Post, July
19: It was feared that the storm of last Sun
day morning would seriously hurt tho grain
in the western towns of the county. But
from reliable information from all directione
we learn that the damage was very slight.
Hail fell in some parts of Millerville, but
almost without appreciable injury.
Lanesboro Journal, July 20: The dam
age to growing crops, and to hay, fences
etc., by the floods of last week, was wide
spread and serious in Its nature. An abun-
dant wheat yield is not SO certain as it
seemed to be four weeks ago. The fact is,
you can't most always tell. The crop grew
80 large that it was easily lodged by wind
and rain, and the yield per acre will not be
above, if, indeed, it is up to the average.
Mankato Record, July 20: We under
stand farmers are already picking up harvest
hands, and are offering $s per day. Our
farmers have been very busy haying for a
will commence harvesting. From all parts
of the county We hear that the wheat is con-
sideraDly lodged in places, but an effort will
be made to save every bit possible, and the
indications are good for large yield.
Dodge Center Press, July 10: Barley
harvest has commenced. The corn has
grown 80 fast that it goes down easily, is
weak in the knees, SO to speak. The croaker
is abroad, as usual. Wheat is not going to
be half a crop, and will bring not moro than
fifty cents per bushel. The croaker is
frst-class nuisance. 1t is bad enough to
suffer from the effects of poor harvest,
without going into sack-cloth several weeks
before. The prospect is for fair crop and
fair prices, and these chronic croakers should
be summarily sat down on.
Owatonna Repiew, July 10: Careful in
quiry among our farmers discloses the fact
that the yield of wheat in this vicinity this
season will undoubtedly fall from twenty
five to thirty three per cent. below that of
last year. This is owing to the heavy rains
and winds which have beaten it down. and
to the unusual condition of the weather.
While all with whom we haye conversed are
hopeful regarding the crops, the universal
opinion is that wheat will not exceed fifteen
bushels to the acre, and may fall as low US
twelve bushels. The result will depend
greatly upon the condition of the weather
during the next ten days.
Shakopee Courier, July 20: The heavy
and frequent rains that We have experienced
since our last issue, has had a damaging
effect more or less among our farmers. At
Belle Plaine the wind and rain Sunday af-
ternoon lodged the wheat to considerable
extent, and dattened out the corn pretty
badly. At Cedar Lake, the wind was also
heavy, and caused more damage than was
experienced around Shakopee. Should the
rain hold up now, however, the prospects
are that the wheat will not be materially
damaged In Scott county by the lodging,
except it may be in q few places, or by rust.
All of which is good enough to tell.
Swift County Aduocate, July 10: The
long hoped for and long deferred abundant
harvest seems sure of being reality at last
Everywhere the grain, rank, thick and
strong, is nodding in the wind. Already
hundreds of acres of barley have been har-
vested, and in many places the machines are
starting into the oats. The wheat yield will
fully equal, if not excel, that ef 1875, and
when we take into consideration the in
creased acreage to what there was then, we
feel sure that the amount will be immense.
The grains are plump; large. and FULL and
the heads of large size. The wind and
storm in this county have done but very
little, if any, damage. In thirty mile
drive through waving telds the other day,
| We did not see single field which was
lodged, and but one which seemed thin.
Lake City Leader, July 20: We received
q call on Thursday from Mr.. Geo. w. Fow-
ler, of Mazeppa, who laid on our table an
average sample of the wheat in his 40 acre
| field. We're it not for the fatal blight, it
| would have been splendid grain; but, as it is,
in the whole bunch before us there is no
more than one-third of it that will yield
perfect grain. Some of the heads are en-
tirely brown, wlthered, and empty; other
heads are half gone; and still others tipped
with blight. We are no alarlnist, but from
the reports pouring in from all sections, it
seems certain that the past fortnight of wet
| and scalding heat has worked incalculable
ruin in the wheat crops of the State. In
some localities the blight has made almost q
| clean sweep, while in others the damage has
been slight, if any. It is said, for instance,
that near Northield one farmer had 16C
| acres of very promising wheat, but the re-
cent weather has entirely ruined it, and he
will not attempt to harvest it. J.: .-,:tt...f
:: Hastings Union, July 17th:, 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 ex-
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 clrculso,4 or weevil, rust. smut, and ,
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. 1t is to be
hoped that the samples shown are excep-
tiona, and. the disoouraging reports un-
founded, bat there must be moro or less
truth in such rnmOrs. In the towns of EN-
pire and r, seinount the rust has injured the
stock somewhat extensively and many