Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-27
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New Ulm Reoieao, July "a: The harvest has
fairly commenced. We hear thai great many
farmers are moving, their grain being too bad
" lodged to admit of cutting any other way.
Farmers say that the whsat crop does not quite
come up to expectations, as the excessively
| hot weather the past few days, with the Their
mometer ranging from 81 to 107 in the shade,
| had tendency to ripen it too FAST not giving
| it time to fill out.
! Mazeppa Tribune, July 20: Therecent heavy
rains and extremely hot weather have done an
immense amount of mischief to barley and
| wheat in this neighborhood. It is safe to say
that the wheat crop will not be anywhere near
in quality what it was last year, and the guam
tity will also fall considerably short, even If
| the weather takes favorable turn from this
| time on. We were shown bunch of fifty wheat
heads one day this week that was picked off q
piece of ground three feet square, all of which
were more or less injured by blight.
Wlnona Herald, July 26: phe reports from
| the harvest field in this county are somewhat
conflicting, but: from the best information re-
ceived, it is evident that the wheat in this sec
ton Of the State is seriously injured, and the
yield will be light. Those fields Of wheat which
look promising from casual sight, upon a
| close examination are found to contain large
quantities of grain that is shrunken, the berry
| not being more than half developed. In ether
portions of the State the harvest may be bettef,
but i, is generally conceded that whatever the
result may be as TO quantity the uality Ia
muchinA(gior tokhewheat of last year.
Riee yoat7rYal., July 25s.-Harvest@ia
\ Wet under way. Further investigation and
| actual examination of samples from fields in
different localities in the town of Mortified
and vicinity lead to the conclusion that the re-
ported damage to the crop has not been exag-
UerafaI FINALLY fhara choyy for ho
| wheat crop of 1878 in this part of Minnesota.
The crop hereabouts on sandy land, commonly
regarded as light soil. is better than on the
richest and best lands. The conclusion of Mr..
Ames on the subject is that taking the promise
OF three weeks ago, or as compared with last
year, the damage is at least 60 per cent.
Dodge County Republican, July 81: 1t is a
pretty we'll established fact that the wheat crop
in southern Minnesota will be less than one
third as good as it was last year. We have ex-
amlned samples from various parts of the coun-
ty. which samples represent the average crop in
their respective localities and found the straw
dead near the roots, and heads partly blighted.
Weare informed that the straw is crinkled and
tangled in the fields, owing to it's dying near
the roots while the heads renamed green,
which fact will not only increase the labor of
harvesting, but detract very much from the
quality az we'll as the quantity of the grain.
The crop in some localities is hardly worth
as his opinion. on Tuesday last, that there were
thousands of acres in Dodge and Oimsted
counties that would not be harvested at all.
Preston Republican, July Is: In driving
through the wheat fields south of us on Satur-
day last, we found them in much better condi-
tion than was our expectation, considering the
late reports. Our way lay upon the prairie high
and dry from the washings of our late rains,
and so far as we are able to Judge, the fields
were looking in fair way for giving us very
good yield. AS could be naturally expected, on
low wet land it is not looking near so we'll, be-
ing badly lodged; but a considerable of this we
learned was raising nicely. The last few days
has made a wonderful improvement in the
prospect. And as general thing the wheat
through which we traversed stood up, and
where we picked heads they were quite well
tllled the berry being bright and plump. But
very slight damage was noticeable from rust,
and that confined mostly to the leaves.
Red Wing Advance, July "a: Harvesting is
well under way. The town is full of harvest
hands this week. Wages are ranging from
$3.50 to $500 per day. The alternating show
ers and extreme warmth of last week made sad
havoc with the wheat crop. Up to Wednesday
the prospect was good for twenty bushels per
acre, and now the most sanguine do not claim
more than fifteen. The heat seemed to take
the very life out of the heads of the grain, pre-
venting it from filling out, and retarding the
! growth of the kernels in the lower part of the
heads. The lodged grain constitutes very
large per centage; the damage from rust
and weevil but little more; the prin-
cipsl damage being from the cause
above stated. Some pieces were far enough
advanced to escape serious damage, but they
constitute the exception. The loss in the yield
per acre ls not the only serious one, for we are
assured that there will be but little number
one wheat; most of it will grade number two,
and some below that
Glencoe Register, July 25: Harvest hands
vantage of the circumstances by charging kill
ing prices. No farmer can afford to pay more
than $3.50 per day to harvest the present crop,
and then. in some instances, he will pay all he
gets for his wheat. The latest reports from the
harvest fields rather indicate that farmers have
been more scared than hurt by the ''hot wave. "
Parties that came through from the end of the
line in Renville county yesterday. all agree
that the crops are in splendid condition, and
that the cool weather is making fine, plump
grain. Our wheat fields, that up to ten days
ago h. d promised SO bOuntiful reward for
the labor of the husbandman, have put on a
most discouraging aspect, and changed golden
hopes into the ashes of disappointment. The
rains and scorching heat falling upon the berry
just as it was beginning to fill has destroyed at
least one-half the promised yield in the larger
portion of the county. In neighborhoods that
were SO fortunate as not to be visited with
showers during the time that the cheat wave''
was passing over u.s. the damage has not been
SO serious, yet we think the fields are few that
will yield twenty bushels to the acre, and
many will not go half that, while a very small
portion of the crop will be No. wheat. There
seems to be an impression among the farmers
that late-sown grain will be better.