Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
THE CROPS.

The Splendid Outlook IL Minn~sota.
Albert Lea Enterprise: Wheat and oatl
are heading ont all through the county.
Sibley County Independents: Grain is &c
heavy in this county that much of it has
been badly lodged by the late rains.
st. Cloud Journal-Prc How different
everything looks in the "grassLoppar dis.
! tricts" this year from what it did last year
and the year before.
Madelia Times: Wheat is heading out fast
now. Some has been out some days, and we
hear farmers say they expect theirs will be
Mt to cut i'll three weeks.
s.Ahoka Sui una Repudlicun Farmers
say that they never saw such growth o.
wheat as there is this year. 1t stands four
feet high and not headed yet.
LIE Sueur Sentinel: The weather has been
very hot the past week, and corn has had a
thrifty growth On Monday ther1noneters
indieated sbout 80 in the slIad de- saas' !
q Waasseea 1lead4Ek, Farmers are rejoicing
over the present propitious corn weather and
arc general i'll their remarks that other grain
crops never looked more promising.
Hokoh Blude:: The wheat crop all over
the country never looked so we'll as it does
this summer, and unless something happens
the average will be twenty-five bushels to
the acre.
Fergus Falls Adcocate: The crops in this
town are looking almost "too good" and are
beginning to lodge considerably, but warm
dry spell of weather will bring them out all
right for the harvest.
Pope County Press: IN Douglas county,
according to the. Post, they go up in a balloon
to measure the length of their rye; in this
county they climb tree to measure the
length of their wheat.
Lake City Leader: "The warm-the hot
weather of the past week, mas made the
corn fairly yell out with growing pains. Il
is now stretching up at the rate of little
less than foot per day.
Renville Times: Fine growing weather.
Small grains are making al astonishing
growth. From present appearances, it is
safe to say that Harvesting in Minnesota viii
begin at a much earlier date than in former
years.
Benson Times: Another heavy rain Mon
day night, June 24th, and Tuesday morn
ing. We fear that the frequent rains will
make many fields of wheat have too rank q
growth and cause it to "straw-fal before
maturity.
st. James Journal: Rust is reported in
fold If vrha s,,% ,,o;
damage has been done as can be ascer.
tanned. Wheat is very heavy and there
is some danger of its being beaten down by
the winds: and rains. -
Shakopee ATyus: THIS year, by the 18th
of July, the farmers will be busily engaged
in harvesting their grain. Wheat and oats
have obtained their full height, and already
have begun to head, consequently nothing
now remains but ripening. Warm, dry
weather is necessary.
The editor OF the st. Cloud J0urnul men,
tons having seen stalks of rye seven feet three
inches high, grown OH the farm of VIM.
Hulst, of Fair Haven. He says there is all
unusually large quantity of rye being raised
in that vicinity, ito be manufactured into
bread, of course
The Anoka Union: One of our subscrib-
ers from the country dropped into our office
this week and made the remark, that never
in the history of our existence did crops of
all kinds hop, skip, jump and grow as at
present, but thought there was danger that
wheat might rust this hot wet weather.
Sank Center Ue7uld: 1t is refreshing to
take ride into the country these days and
see the solid fields of dark green wheat and
fields of tall waving rye. Our farmers have
not had SO good prospect for large crop
for many year. There will he busy times
among the farmers when the harvest COM
mences.
St. P eter Times: Wheat never stood so
heavy on the ground as this YEAR and in
many instances it is lodged or down flat.
Yet much of that down is rising. If farmers
are favored by still weather without rains, no
such crop will ever have been harvested.
Barley is down and ION this account may
prove poor crop.
Alexandria Post AS soon as it will bear
cutting, get tue grain into shock. stack and
barn as fast as possible; for not till we'll
stacked in. the barn is it safe from hail
storms and vet weather. The heavy heads
and long, rank straw Of this year render the
crop unusually liable to lodge and tangle.
Be ready, farmers, and lose no time.
Wilkin County Nuzette: The farmers in
all parts Of the county report the orepss as
never having promised better than they do
at the present time. A bountiful harvest is
looked for, which we hope may be realized,
and thus prove to the prejudiced that the
Breckenridge fats can and will produce
something besides wild oats, frogs and mos
quitos. :. -! {:
Melrose Record: E. G. Bloomfield, who
has just returned from a visit to his friends
at Willmar, reports the crops in splendid
conditions Rye is gEemarkably' tallt he
meaSured Eama. stalks that Wese eight, feet
long. Wheat is lodged somewhat, but with
fair weather and no high winds it. will come
out all right Corn is growing finely, aud
other crops never promised better returns.
Willmar Republican Gazette:a Crops rea
looking splendidly. Grain looks uncon-
monty we'll, but the quality of wheat will be
considerably damaged by the superfuous
quantity of cookie. Farmers are preparing
for hay making, but will hardly commence
until after the 4th. The grass is thrifty and
SPRING. it will be on account of mot putting
forth suitable etforts-to cut, cure and stack
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Wells advocates: A short trip among the
farmers last week exhibited to US magnif-
cent prospect for an abundant harvest. We
went past miles and miles of green wheat
fields whose blades ,glistenedo and waved in
the sunlight and which stood ap rank as the
clapboards on 2 house, The heads of most
pieces are just peeping forth, and we pre-
dict that the harvest will be at least two
weeks earlier than most of years, with the
present Indication. ",,,.s- ..ns~..i
The. ,Worthington Adrance:: Splendid
prospects, e"Never saw such wheat!'' etc.,
ore the. explosives We hear daily about the
growing crop of small, grain. This seems to
be- general sthroushouty the State. !. As to
corn, it seems to be = little t'poky,'' ami has
been attacked by something. either, tue, rnst