Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-18
Minnesota Crop Reports.

Lanesboro (Fillmore county, Journal, Jul,
el3: PEN e1aysssmore will find hundreds O.
acres Of golden grain in the sheaf.
Dundas Ne,os: ASHeayy rainstorm LIS
Saturday night, laid some q the wheat fiat
but will not seriously affect II. 0
Madelia Tsnss:: Grain was knocked dow
some by the storm Oh Saturday night, but
with. very few exceptions, is coming ul
again.
Fergus Falls Advocate: The wheat in
number of towns is reported to be showing
signs of rust. but with the cool wind of tn,
past few days no permanent damage is an
ticipated. - = -.
Winona Novelty Press: The wheat wa
not as badly lodged by the storm of las
week as we anticipated it would be, yet SOM
fields, where it was very rank, were badl..
tangled up. - -. j
Hokah Blade: The rain storm of las
Saturday and Sunday was accompanied +,
considerable wind which did some damag.
to the grain fields in the valleys in this local
ity. That on the ridges was not injured t.
any extent.
Blue Earth City Bee: The wheat fields ar,
looking their best. The leaves of the plants
are slightly rusted in! some fields. The cro]
is in blossom, and will ripen earlier tia,
usual which will give opportunity to take i
in out of the wet.
Dodge Center Press: The papers all owe
the State tell of the prospects for very larg
crops; some rust and some lodged grain bu
generally standing all right. The grasshop
per district making as good showing as an,
and not grasshopper heard from.
= Shakopee Courier: We are informed b,
Mr.. Sutton, of the town of Spring Lake
that the storm of last Saturday night wa
sufficiently windy to lodge the wheat badl,
bors, particularly on Ben. Squires' field
With this exception, the crops are gettinf
along finely. .:...~
shakopee argus, July 18th: Sunday
storm is reported to have lodged much whea
in some parts of the State, especiall
in Washington county. Fortunatel
Scott county escaped, as there wa
but little wind. Haying has commenced il
earnest, and in two weeks the farmers will b
busy harvesting their grain. Scott count
will average twenty bushels to the acre
The acreage will be greater than last year
Corn has turned out Better than was expect
ed and will yield an average crop.
Rochester Record and Union:: The lat
rains have damaged the crops considerabl,
about Quincy. Chinch bugs have made
their appearance in some parts of the county
but have not done much damage. Crops o.
all kinds in Dover and vicinity look very
promising at the present time. There is
very little complaint from chinch bugs
although few farmers assert that they have
seen the ''real article'' and fear considerable
damage may result from their ravages.
Cannon Falls Beacon, July 18th: H. h
Manning showed us some heads of wheat or
Tuesday last, raised on his farm near this
village, that were thickly covered with Hes
sian flies. Webster describes these second
grade grasshoppers as ''small two winged
flies or midges, nearly black, and very de-
structlve to young wheat; so called from the
opinion that they were brought into America
by the Hessian troops during the revolu-
tion.' We have since colversed with sew
eral farmers, who say they have seen no indi-
cation of these insects in their fields.
New Ulm Herald: We hear of numerous
complaints that wheat is rusting-a sort OF
red rust and not the black rust that is gener-
ally so destructive. Many contend that it is
but the leaves that are affected, while the
heads continue green and thrifty as thougli
nothing had disturbed it. Oar farmer.
await with anxiety the next few weeks, and
though We are inclined to think most regard
it as. not very serious, still it may blight more
or less of the fields. Some fields are scarcely
affected, while others are reported yellow and
have dead and ripe look already. We hope
it may yet prove but q scare. $500.
St. James (watonwan county, Journal:
Farmers in this section should not feel
blue and grumble over what little damage
their crops have sustained from the late
winds and rains, and from rust. Down in
Illinois, that famous corn State, the farmers
have been almost drowned out by heavy and
continuous rains. Corn there stands from
six inches up to waist high, and is very I'M
even. The Arcola Record published in CEN
trail Illinois) states that some have hardly
finished planting, which means a great deal
in a country where corn is the chief product,
and where it is usually planted six weeks
earlier than it is III this State.
Rochester Post, July IL: Wheat is the
leading staple of Minnesota, and hence the
present condition and future processes in
the growth and maturity of that crop are
being and will be watched with no little in
terest and anxiety. Wheat in Minnesota
was got in nearly or quite one month earlier
last spring than usual, and very largely
increased acreage was sown. The fate of
the wheat crop will be regarded with general
and intense sol1citude until it is harvested
and in the stack. The grain is now in and
passing the blossom, and the next few days
will tell the story as to the results.
Faribault Democrat, July 18th: Com
plants are coming in that the hot, damp
weather of the present. week is having very
bad effect on the wheat. This section of the
State was visited by storm last Sunday af-
ternoon, which did considerable damage to
the growing grain in various portions of this
county. For several hours the rain fell in
torrents, and the wind was sufficiently heavy
to blow even the corn down fiat and in some
places twist and break the stalks off. In
many places the wheat, barley, rye and oats
are down bad, and will straighten up but
little. Every storm of that kind before har-
vest will damage the crop seriously.
LIE sueur Sentinel, July II: The barley
and rye harvest, although there is not much
of either crop in this county, commenced
this week. The wheat harvest will begin in
about ten days. Farmers inform us that
the corn crop, though rather short, gives
more than the average promise of good
;rop. It stands evenly on the ground, and
the stalks are unusually heavy and vigorous.
The past two weeks have been the best of
corn weather. We have, additional evidence
Of the reported injury to wheat by rust, es-
pecially on the Ottawa and Sharon prairies,
where there are many fields that will doubt
less be materially injured; AID the frequent
rains and hot suns of the past week have
greatly added to the probable injury. -,
Lake City Leader, July 1s: c. nsiderable
moisture has been falling this week. We mean
rain, of course-plain, old-fashioned rain,
without any 'stick'' in it. The result is, as it
has been accompanied by a sort Of sultry heat.
that the wheat has not been benefited, but
rather hurt. Rust has begun its demoralizing
inroads, and the heat has prevented its filing;
besides, it has commenced to ripen it pre-
The present is an exceedingly
critical time with the great crop in which il
the wealth Of Minnesota; and al
though we have been won't to look for sixty or
seventy millions of bushels of the golden wheat,
ne apprehend thst when the crop comes to be
in the bushel. it will be found that