Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-16
CROPS IN MINNESOTA

Dodge Center Press, July 70: Wheat is a
little down, both in the market ana field.
Wasseca Leaefer, July 10: The wind storm
last Saturday lodged the grain pretty badly in
this section.
Lanesboro Gilmore county) Jou,uM july
ID: Ten days will find hundreds of
acres OF golden grain in the sheaf
Benson (Swift county, Times, July IL: Still
having frequent showers of rain. If the hail
storms will only hold off a few weeks longer.
the farmers will be thankful.
Polk county Journal, July II: The wheat
crop in Glyndon in this county and vicinity
never looked more flattcring than at this date,
and farmers smile and say thirty bushels is a
low estimate how is that for the '.hats?''
Dundas Ne,rs, July 10; Farmers are busy
with mower and scythe. Some feds of wheat
are little rusty" severe wind and rain
storm last Sunday did some damage to heavy
grain by lodging it. There will be more No. 2
wheat this year than last.
| Hokah Houston county, Blude, july 10:
Harvesting in general will commence in about
two weeks from date. The storm Of Tuesday
is said to have damaged the crops to some ex-
tent. Corn has grown wonderfully during the
| past week, and if the weather continues favor
able the crop will be a large one.
Spring Valley Fillmore county, Vidette, July
| H. About eleven o'clock Wednesday night
last this section was visited by a rain storm ac-
companied by thunder and lightning the like
OF which has not been experienced in this local
lty since the freshet in the spring of 1875.
Our farmers look everything but happy. They
are inclined to think that they will have to
dispense with their harvesters this season and
| adopt the old plan of grading or moving their
wheat fields. The damage to property is very
slight but to grain, we are afraid-with the
present state of weather-much injury viii be
the result
Currie, Murray county, PIONEER, July 18th
A heavy rain visited this region last night
some six inches of water having fallen. II
will do great damage to growing crops IL
Lowviile, in this county, the last few
days OF hot weather has greatly
improved the looks of corn. w H.
ingalls, will commence harvesting his barley
the last of this week or the first of next
Grasshoppers were seen fly ing through the al
for three or four days last week. They wer,
very scattering and the farmers have no fear o.
their lighting in large enough numbers to dc
any serious damage.
Lake City Leaeiey, July 10: Considerable
moisture has been falling this week. We NEAR
rain, of course-plain, od-fashioned rain
without any stick in it. The result is, as j
that the wheat has not been benefited. bu
rather hurt. Rust has begun its demoralizin.
inroads, and the heat has prevented it's filling
besides, it has commenced to ripen it pre-
maturely. The present is an exceedingly
critical time with the great crop in which
embodied the wealth of Minnesota; and al
though we have been wont to look for sixty o
seventy millions of bushels of the golden wheat
we apprehend that when the crop comes to b
measured in the bushel. it will be found tina
!, the result of our seasons product will not b
; much in advance of our last years crops
dollars and cents.
Rochester Record and Union. July IL: Th
rain of Sunday cleared the dry and sultry al
, mosphere. laying the dust and refreshing tn
earth, but in the eastern part of the county
seems to have been quite heavy and somewha
damaging to small grain. 1t was attende
3 with hail in some localities, however, withon
, serious results. In Viola crops are lookin
/ well, but not as good many farmers thinl
5 Heads are rather short general and there
much rust. Barley is ripening fast and man
will be crowded with their hay. Corn is muc
better than it promised in the cold weather {
spring. Crops in the northern part of Fillmol
t county are looking finely, and give promise
D a big yield, while in portions of our count
(Olmsted) wheat is somewhat struck with rus
i however, there is not anything serious appr
hended.