Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-15
CROPS In MINNESOTA.

CROPS In MINNESOTA.
Taylor's Falls Journal, Aug. 9: Harvest
work is about completed in this vicinity.
Harvest hands who went south to assist in
gathering the crops, are returning from their
labors with pockets filled with money.
Princeton (Mille Lac county, Union,
Aug. 8: The farmers of Greenbush and
Milo are still hard at work in the harvest
'nelds; the grain up there was at least two
weeks later in ripening than on the sandy
SOIL IN the immediate vicinity of Princeton.
Duluth Herald, Aug. 10: We learn that
Jacob Zimmerman, of Hermann township,
has raised this season splendid crop of
white winter wheat, which will turn out forty
bushels to the acre. The berry is superb
and will grade the highest. He has sold
portion of the grain at So. so per bashel for
seed.
Breckenridge (Wilkin county Gazette,
Aug. 8: L. j. Moore has a wheatfeld of
fifteen acres, which was broken during the
wet time In April last. After narrowing it
he sowed it to wheat. Now he has a fine
held OF wheat that will average ten bushels
TO the acre. The grain being plump and
appears to be uninjured by the hot sun.
Glencoe Pope Coz Press, Aug. 10; Hun
dreds OF bushels of grain ID this county and
thousands of bushels in the State have gone
to waste for lack of help to harvest it. And
While the highest wages offered here-$2. so
to $3.50 per day-fail to secure necessary
help, we read of thousands looking for en-
ploy ment in the East who are unable to OBJ
tain it.
Benson Swift county, Times, Aug. g.:
Harvest about over. Threshing will soon
begin. Wheat heads not filled out. Wheat
will begin to come in the last of this, or first
OF next week. Tuesday last we made our
first visit to the thriving village of Appleton.
The wheat fields along the road looked fine.
especially in the neighborhood of w. II.
Topping's and in the vicinity of Appleton.
Glenwood pope county, Eagle, Aug. g.:
Grain cutting is about completed. Stacking
and threshing is now in order. Farmers
should lose no time in securing their grain.
A very heavy storm passed over this section,
tuesday night, deluging the country and
damaging grain to some considerable extent.
Another storm Wednesday night. If this
as well put their threshing machines into
winter quarters.
Wadena Tribune, Aug. 10: Wheat buyers
here think that No. wheat will start in at
70 cents. Harvest is nearly ended, and soon
the hum of the thresher will be heard. Our
farmers will have nearly completed their
harvesting this week, and have their grain
well secured in the stack. AS whole, the
harvest season has been very favorable, and
we know of no grain that has been damaged
Owing to the early harvest this season, some
OF our farmers were unable to get their grain
cut until 1T was almost ripe, but by using the
self-blnders no apparent loss has been sus-
tanned.
Jackson Republic, Aug. 10: Farmers have
rushed along the harvesting as fast as it was
possible for them to do bet ween showers. 1t
is comforting to hear now and then of few
good pieces of wheat. We have heard of
two or three farmers who estimate their crop
at twenty bushels per acre. Stacking opera
tlons have not progressed very rapidly
too catching weather. is what they call it,
1t is gratifying fact that the corn crop in
the southern tier'' is excellent. With
wheat not more than half crop and oats
somewhat damaged by the rains, good
crop of corn is not to be sneezed at If we
cannot raise SO much wheat to the acre as
the Red River country, we can beat that sec
ton all hollow on corn.
Mankato (Blue Earth county, Reose,o
August Is: We publish thresbing reports
and reliable estimates of the crop harvested
which have SO far come to hand. The facts
given are probably exceptions, but they are
SO much better than we had expected and
than generally reported, that we are induced
to hope for larger yield in this county than
was heretofore estimated. I'm Mcpherson.
twenty bushels per acre; in Mankato. twenty:
IN LIE Roy, fourteen and three-fourths Ma
pleton, twenty; Sterling, twenty; Tivoli.
eighteen and half; Wycoff, Fillmore coun-
ty, fifteen; Minnesota Lake, eight to sixteen;
oshawa, Nicollet county, seven; Mr.. Gervais,
south of Good Thunder, realized fourteen
and seven-twentieths bushels per acre; and
Mr.. Gilbert Webster same locality =
twenty. The wheat that is carefully stacked
and going through the sweating process is
much improved already, showing a marked
difference in contrast with that in the shock.
The wheat being marketed now has not
been stacked, and is generally much infe-
rior to to the bulk of the crop being put
through the sweating process. :