Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-23
MINNESOTA CROPS.

| it is not thwarted at the outset.
MINNESOTA CROPS.
New Ulm Re0leao, Aug. 81: Mr.. Sommer-
vile, of Albin, has threshed some of his
wheat, which yielded fifteen bushels per
acre.
Winnebago City Press, Aug. 20; Mr..
Thomas George has threshed part of his
wheat, which yielded sixteen bushels per
acre, machine measure.
Litchfeld (Meeker county, Iudependent,
Aug. 20 Mr.. Geo. freeman, of Kingston, on
one acre and twenty rods raised just forty
bushels of wheat, machine measure
Montevideo Chippewa county, Valley
Ventaldtor, Aug. II: VIM. Griffith has fin
lshed his threshing on the Whitmore place.
He had an average of twenty-five bushels
per acre.
Glencoe (McLeod Co. Enterprise, Aug. 81:
farmer living near this place took about
one-third acre of wheat and had the same
threshed, and it yielded twelve bushels, which
would make at the rate of thirty-six bushels
to the acre.
Lake City (Wabashaw Coz Sentinel, Aug.
q: Chas. Newgreen, of Mount Pleasant,
has completed his threshing. His wheat,
which tested fifty, fifty and ffty-six and
half, averaged twenty-one bushels per acre;
barley fifty-fou bushels per acre; oats fifty
six bushels per acre.
Sank Rapids Benton county, Sentinel,
Aug. 20: In 1877 the number of acres de-
voted to the wheat crop in Benton county,
was l, 1872, from which 1925 bushels were
produced. This year the acreage is placed
by assessors returns at 3,258. Placing the
average at fifteen bushels to the acre, and we
have product of 1880 bushels, or 1865
bushels more than last year.
From the st. Peter Tribune we learn that
the Davis farm near Kasota yielded 1S bush
els OF Rio Grande and IL bushels of Fife to
the acre. Mr.. Pettis, of the same neiehbor-
hood, threshed 25 acres of his poorest wheat
and it yielded 20 bushels to the acre. Knight
and Whips yielded from - to II bushels:
Andrew Nelson, of Lake Prairie, 10 to 10
bushels; Andrew Webster, of New Sweden
10 bushels; and 0. r. Davis, at Lake Emily
LIE Sueur, got % bushels per acre on u
acres.
GAINESVILLE (Waseca county, Argus, Aug.
20: New wheat is coming in but the rating
is low, the best hardly reaching No. 9, al
though our millers say they had rather have
1t than last years wheat. Albert Tolles, of
Mapleton, writes as that harvesting there is
done, but the ''Lost Nation wheat" is s'Lost''
forever, being nearly worthless in that vicin-
ity. A Mr.. Hunt, who has threshed por-
of
bushels per acre of No. 3, which sold at so
cents per bushel.
Wabashaw Herald, Aug. 21: Mr.. q. G..
Goss left in our Office fine sample of No. 1
wheat raised on the farm of Mr.. Leonard,
OF hyde Park. which our experts say is su-
perlor to that of last year. MI. L. has cut
some seventy-nine acres of this wheat and
| places the average at fifteen bushels Mr..
| Goss says that wheat raised north of the
Zumbro is superior to that raised on the
southern portion. He places the average of
| the county at twelve bushels per acre. and
puts down the prairie district at six bushels.
| Pennington Dakota county, Press, Aug.
2l: Mr.. VIM. H. Smith, who has threshed
the product of about 800 acres up to Satur-
day night last, informs us that the yield, bv
machine measurement, would average twenty
bushels to the acre. On VIM. Nixon's farm.
| where most of the grain was cut before the
storm, the yield is an average of nineteen
bushels; while a fifteen acre lot, pelted by
| the storm before cutting, yielded but an
| average of six bushels to the acre. The
grade, of course, is low-probably mostly
| No. 3.
Spring Valley Gilmore county, Vldette
Aug Is: Our farmers are about through
cutting and stacking and the hum of the
thresher is heard in almost every direction
safe estimate on the average yield in the
county can be put at from eight to ten
bushels per acre. Some pieces have been
known to thresh out between eighteen and
twenty bushels, while other fields have gone
as low as five bushels to the acre. num-
Der of pieces in this locality were left unc1t
and are being rolled and plowed under. The
grade will be No. and No. 2. The oatcrop
was seldom if ever better, and the corn cron
will be very heavy one.
| Lac qui Parle County Press, Aug. 1e: A
week or so ago, the farmers of this county,
or at least good many of them, thought
that the wheat crop would prove next thing
to total failure, but happily that feeling has
since given place to more cheerful view of
| the situation, and it is now thought that q
fair average will be had. Within the mast
week we have seen fifteen bushels to the acre
threshed from a field of wheat that was
offered by its owner, Mr.. j. n. King. two
weeks ago, to any one that would cut It and
1 get it out of the way. The general feeling
in this section is one of thankfulness that
we have been blessed with so fair crop,
Faribault Republican, Aug. 81: The
wheat crop in this immediate vicinity has
about all been secured and stacking is nearly
through with A few farmers have finished
threshing, and the yield is fully as good as
anticipated, though the crop is very light as
compared with last year. The grain as far
as we can learn, will grade No. 2 and g. MIR
John Jepson, of Cannon City, informs us
that his crop of eighty-four acres averaged
some twelve and one-haf bushels to the
acre, machine measure. When the grain is
run through the tanning mill it will be CON
siderably less, as the light wheat will be
thrown out. We do not consider this a fair
sample of the entire crop in our county,
however. Some of the wheat is not worth
cutting, while other places we have heard
from will grade No. 1 and produce good
yield. AS soon as threshing commences in
earnest we shall be able to give more correct
figures.