Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-27
CROPS IN MINNESOTA.

CROPS IN MINNESOTA.
Ihreshfn0 Machine Fig,sres---Reports Bet
ter Than Expected.
jackson Republic, Aug. "a: Threshing is
progressing and wheat is generally averaging
full better than was expected, though the
grade is nothing to boast Of
Currie murray county Pioneer, Aug.
%: Several of our farmers have threshed,
and report the yield of wheat varying from
Saint Charles Winona county, Times.
Aug. %: Hon. E. B. Drew, of Rollingstone,
has threshed LOO bushels of wheat. the
yield being about twenty bushels per acre of
No. 2 wheat.
Dundas (Rice county, Neus, Aug. "a:
Wheat in this vicinity will average fourteen
bushels to the acre, and grade No. 2 and 8.
There are ten or fifteen thousand bushels of
old wheat, held by farmers in this section.
Elk River (Sherburne county, Star, Aug.
%: Mr.. Frye says the wheat crop up at
Clear Lake is very good this year, and SO
y
twenty-three bushels per acre and mostly
No. I.
Fairmont Martin county, Sentinel, Aug.
%: Wheat is turning out much better than
expected. We hear of several pieces which
yielded from twelve to twenty bushels to the
acre. Oats are going all the way from forty
to seventy-five bushels to the acre.
| Cambridge City, Isanti county, Press,
Aug. %: Two farmers have threshed in this
vicinity, S. S. Bunker and D. Hone. The
formers wheat averaged seventeen and three
fourth bushels to an acre, and the latter's
twenty and half. All grading No. L.
Howard Lake Wright county, Peoples
Adpocote, Aug. %: Threshing is in prog
ress, with better results than was anticipated,
in many instances yielding twenty-five bush
els to the acre, grading No. 3 Dave Nc
Daniel threshed sos bushels from twenty
| acres.
Lanesborough Gilmore county, Journal,
Aug. "a: Farmers are pretty nearly through
with their stacking, and the hum of the
| threshing machine is heard in the land. Ten
| to twelve bushels per acre are being realized.
| Very little of it will be first-class wheat in
| Fillmore county.
Redwood Falls Guzette. Aug. %: The
wheat in this vicinity is proving to be of
much better quality than it was thought to
be during harvest. Very little has come into
market yet. OF the 612 bushels received at
the elevator on Tuesday 576 bushels went
No. 2 and 36 bushels No. 3.
| Anoka Union, Aug. 24: John Moss, of
Burns, raised 625 bushels of wheat on TWEEN
ty-fve acres this year-an average of twenty
/ five bushels to the acre. Jacob Eastman
harvested Monday 14O bushels of wheat
from six acres, over twenty-three bushels to
the acre, and sandy at that.
st. Cloud (Stearns county Journal Press,
Aug. 90: Mr.. Geo. t. Rice, of the town OF
LangoEa, Benton county, informs US that
the wheat thus far threshed has yielded from
eighteen to twenty buahels to the acre, all
| No. l, and that threshings have mostly been
of grain raised on the highest soil in the
county, SO that still better returns are ex-
pected.
Austin Mower County, Republican, Aug
new wheat crop was converted into -four at
| the excellent mill of Engle q Co. The yield
of -four per bushel of wheat was twenty
eight pounds. The quality. was very good
and the bread made from it proved sat1sfac
tory. This test was made with average
quality wheat.
Alexandria douglas county, Neus, Aug
%: Good crop-Mr. j. Kolhaus, of Carlos
had a field of forty acres of wheat. Last
week he threshed the product and got s6C
bushels, machine measure-or 81 = bushels
to the acre. Mr.. Eugene Bolton, of Orange
threshed some of his new wheat the latter
part of last week. The grain threshed was
some that was badly tangled and down in
the field, and Mr.. Bolton selected it as being
some of the poorest that he had. The yield
was eighteen bushels to the acre.
| Hokah (Houston county, Blade, Aug. "a
George Grove, Mound Prairie, left sample
of wheat at our Office Tuesday, known as the
Golden Drop variety, and it is good quality
of No. 2. From piece of seven and one,
half acres there was yield of 157 bushels
and this we consider is an excellent turnout
Vim. Orr, also of Mound Prairie, threshed 6
field of White Amber which averaged seven
| teen bushels per acre. Chris. Hammer tells
us that he has fifty acres that will go at Least
seventeen bushels per acre. So it seems as
if the yield in this vicinity is very good.
Chatfeld Democrat, Aug. "a: Severa
farmers in this vicinity who have threshec
out of the shock are more than agreeably
disappointed at the result. Dr. ID. Jacobs
from twenty-five acres, reports 40 bushels
machine measure, or twenty-five bushels t.
the acre of No. 2 wheat. DR.. A. H. Trow
who was not certain whether it would pay OF
not to cut ninety acres, informs us that he
is not yet through threshing, but figures ul
/! at about twelve or thirteen bushels to the
acre of No. 2. Ed. Blakesly, of Elmira
Olmsted county, from fifty acres reports
twelve bushels to the acre, No. 2.
Goodhue County Republican,, Arg. 90
Mr.. Peter ]. Hidden has showed us samples
of his wheat. 1t is unusually good for this
season, improving in the stacks, and he
thinks it will yield fifteen to twenty bushels
per acre. Mr.. p. L. Johnson, of WEIGH, has
threshed the wheat grown on 121 acres ano
/ obtained 2, 4O8 bushels, about twenty bushels
to the acre. The wheat is thought to be No
2. On fourteen acres he had 8O7 bushels OF
oats. Mr.. VIM. Bevers, of WEIGH, haS
twelve bushels of wheat per acre. II
threshing for other parties in WEIGH he
finds the yield to vary from twelve to twenty
bushels. Farmers do not generally seem tc
be in hurry to thresh, letting the wheat
sweat in the stack.
Rochester (Olmsted County, Post, Aug
%: Mr.. S. 81. Daniels has been grinding 8
quantity of new wheat at his steam mill il
this city, and furnishes us with some items