Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
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CROPS IN MINNESOTA.
Laneeboro Jouanol, July Fl: Wheat viii
average twelve bushels per acre or more.

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Taylors Falls Journal: Reports from the
wheat fields in this section are, to the effect
that the wheat has been badly damaged by
the warm weather.. ~: - *.a.:: -. :. !
Pope County Press, July 81: Harvesting
is fully under way; n this section, and some
oats: and barley: have already been threshed
orfeed. - - 1t -: = ~ .Ha@s,yJ Ls.1. !.
=, Wilkin county Gdzette, July. 26: In
Whapeton, in this county harvesting has
commenced in good earnest and every farmer
claims forty bushels to the acre. ..........
Ortonville, Big Stone county, North Star,
July IS: Wheat harvest is in full blast in
Big Stone county this week. The, wheat is
of excellent quality and lots of it. .sa. ....;,
Princeton Ufton,f July me farmers
in this neighborhood are all busy harvesting;
the grain is tipening faster than it can be
cared for; the ) ield promises to be good, al
though smut and rust have inflicted con
siderable damage. ~. !. 49, -. 80
LIE Roy Independent, July 81: Notwith-
standing the fears that the rust, had dam:
aged wheat beyond all precedent, farmers
hereaborts ara estimating a,larger crop than
expected two weeks ago. "A dry spell just
now would besa blessing to the people, is =
=. Martin County Sentinel, July 20: Mr.,
Adams, who lives on section 4, in .Manyaska
Up, reports that although grain has suffered
considerably from the rains and blight, there
will be at least a tWo-thirds wheat crop! that
oats ahd:corn are large, thrifty and .promis=
ing, and that there is' no cause for serious
alarm. &c i,s# ~ta& ,2:sspo 2=:. ~"
+ Spring Valley (Fillmore county, Vidette,
July 26: There aresvarious reports as to
the condition of thew wheat crop. Some as
!sert that outside :of a range of a few miles
from our village the crop.is scarcely dam
aged, while Others maintain that it is serious.
Ily'hurt. We ARE inclined to believe thatIin
lisome directions from here the. crop il. mid
ding fair as very reliable reports: have!
reached aas to the effect that d few miles out
farmers are anticipating an: average yield. ,
! i Alexandria Douglas county, Post, July
26: Last week VIM. Hounsell, Of Lake
Mary: cut and threshed his barley. The yield
was forty bushels per acre. = Last Monday
he brought two loads to market. u s lie crop
| reports from, all, parts of, the county are
favorable, Mr.. Coats, Of Miltona, says that
| in that town q small part of the grain is
lodged; but otherwise everything is. most
promising; that there is no smut, rust, or
blight, and grain ~ heavy; 81 corn q =
Hokah Blade, July. y; farmers .
busily engaged cutting their, grain, the most
Eof which has been considerably damaged
and SOME of it is d total failure. A good
many fields in the county will hot yield
enough to pay for cutting on account of
blight and rust. We noticed on. /, the. ridge
between Hokah and Caledonia fields that Re.
semb1ed a dark cloud, and upon exalnTii11iia-
/ tion it was found, while the heads booked aas
Lii they We're dead ripe. the ,straw. was vet
, green It is said that in some fields the
i grain has rotted and will not be worth any.
l.thing. ss,i e afs.ss - Z z.Ss sf; u
f Sank Rapids Benton lttd county Press, July
20 Tramps are around tcur out for t:sb uir
glars, Thea farmers are very busy; lets
/ have harvest festival Ehe wheat crop
] looks mag ifcent;; the rye harvest is about
Lovers. haying IS going on iii full blast; the
agricultural prospect is very dile. ,Ihete
swillnot be many plums this fhll; blueberries
are their appearance; new potatoes aa
fhnd green peas arsf abundant. We hear of
but little plplaint Of grain being lodged.
I We are sorry to learn that .Eqst and smut
! have damaged the wheat in this county. II
i is estimated thas wheat all oveil tte county
i VIII average twenty liushsh to the ACRE. asssi