Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-02
THE CROPS.
The Splendid Ouflooh I'm ~;


The Splendid Outlook In Minnesota,
Albert Lea Enterprise: Wheat and oats
are heading out all through the couaty.
sibley County Independent. Grain is SO
heavy in this county that much of it has
been badly lodged by the late rains.
ST. Cloud Journal-Press: How different
everything looks in the ''grassLopper dis
tricts'' this year from what it did last ve.r
and the year before.
Madelia Times: Wheat is heading ont fast
now. Some has been out some DAYS, and wa
hear farmers say they expect theirs will be
mt to cut in three weeks.
Anoka Sun and Republican,: Farmer.
say that they never saw such growth of
wheat as there is this year. It stands fonr
feet high and not headed yet.
LIE Sueur Sentinel: The weather has been
very hot the past week, aud corn has had a
thrifty growth. On Monday Thermometers
indicated about 80 in the shade.
Waseca Leader: Farmers are rejoicing
over the present propitioas corn weather and
are general In their remarks that other grain
crops never looked more promising.
Hokoh Blade: The wheat crop all owe,
the country never looked SO we'll as it does
thls summer, and unless something happens
the average will be twenty-five bushels to
the acre.
Fergus Falls Adcocate:: The crops in this
town are looking almost "too good" and are
beginning to lodge considerably, but a warm
dry spell of weather will bring them out all
right for the harvest.
Pope County Press: In Douglas county,
according to the Post, they go up in balloon
to measure the length of their rye; in this
county they climb a tree to measure the
length of their wheat.
| Lake City Lealer:: sThe warm-the hot
weather of the past week, mas made the
corn fairly yell out with growing pains. 1t
is now stretching up at the rate of little
less than foot per day.
Renville Tins: Fine growing weather.
Small grains are making All astonishing
growth. From present appearances, it is
safe to say that harvesting in Minnesota will
begin at a much earlier date than in former
| years.
Benson Times: Another heavy rain Mon
day night, June 9th, and Tuesday morn
ing. We fear that the frequent rains will
make many fields of wheat have too rank
growth and cause it to 'st1aw-fall'' bofore
maturity.
/ st. James Journal: Rust is reported in
some fields of wheat in this vicinity, but no
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tanned. Wheat is very heavy and there
} is some danger of its being beaten down by
the winds and rains.
Shakopee Argus: This year, by the 18th
) of July, the farmers will be busily engaged
in harvesting their grain. Wheat and oats
have obtained their full height, and already
have begun to head, consequently nothing
now remains but ripening. Warm, dry
weather is necessary.
The ed tor of the st. Cloud Jour1.al men
tions having seen stalks of rye seven feet three
] inches high, grown on the farm of VIM.
l Hulst, of Fair Haven. He says there is an
unusually large quantity of rye being raised
in that vicinity, Ito be manufactured into
I bread, of course
> The Anoka Union: One of our subscrib-
ers from the country dropped into our office
I this week and made the remark, that never
e in the history of our existence did crops of
: all kinds hop, skip, jump and grow as at
present, but thought there was danger that
t wheat might rust this hot wet weather.
s Sank Center Herald: It is refreshing tc
take ride into the country these days and
see the solid fields of dark green wheat and
: fields of tall waving rye. Our farmers have
not had 80 good a prospect for large cror
for many year. There will be busy times
= among the farmers when the harvest com
. mences.
}. St. eter Times: Wheat never stood sc
o heavy on the ground as this year, and il
: many instances it is lodged or down fat
Yet much of that down is rising. If farmer,
e are favored by still weather without rains, NJ
d such crop will ever have been harvested
Barley is down and on this account ma,
s prove poor crop.
I' Alexandria Post: AS soon as it will bea
= cutting, get the grain into shock, stack ant
:. barn as fast as possible for not till vel
- - stacked or in the barn is it safe from hal
- storms and wet weather. The heavy head
= and long, rank straw of this year render tn
crop unusually liable to lodge and tangle
- Be ready, farmers, and lose no time.
10 Wilkin County Gazs.te: The farmers il
ID all parts of the count report the crops .
J. never having promised better than they d.
% at the present time. A bountiful harvest i
D looked for, which we hope may be realized
n and thus prove to the prejudiced that tn
le Breckenridge fats can and will produc
q, something besides wild oats, frogs and mos
quitos.