Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-26
CROPS IN MINNESOTA

Waseca Waseca county, Radical, Aug. 81:
Reports from those who have threshed indi-
cate a better yield of wheat than was antici-
pated during the harvest.
st. Cloud Times, Aug. 81: Reports
from different portions of the county say
that the grain yield is turning out much
better than was expected. This county will
probably average twenty bushels to the acre.
Glencoe (dcLeod county, Register, Aug.
y: lhe few farmers who have threshed in
TINS vicinity are agreeably surprised at the
turnout, as wheat is ranging from fifteen to
tWenty-tour bushels per acre: not of the best
quality but better than they anticipated.
Wilmar (Kandiyohi county, Republican,
Gazette, Aug. %: Stacking is progressing
timely, but it will be several DAYS vet before
tbs grain IS all secured We hold to the
estimate made last week that the wheat
throughout the county will average not far
from fifteen bushels per acre.
Monticello Wright COUNTY, Times. Ano.
Y: b. X. Chamberlain threshed 1850 bush.
els of wheat from fifty acres-tweptv-fiv
bushels per acre. George Covart had about
ninety acres in wheat, and the Weld was /
| GOO bushels. Jackson Taylor of Buffalo
had twenty-six bushels of wheat to the acre
Worthington Mobiles county, .Adeence
Aug. %: @. 2. Sutton has threshed some
wheat on his farm north of town, and the
yield IS about twelve bushels to the acre. T
Bloom, OF Seward, was in town yesterda,
With some new wheat. His Weld was about
tn fha Il
some oats which went about sixty bushels.
Long Prairie Todd county, A1gus, Aug
u: More wheat has been raised in Todc
county this year than ever before. The oa
crop was never better in our county on an
average yield than this year. Messrs. New.
VII ana Ely, of Reynolds, have done thei
threshlng. Their yields in wheat were re-
spectlvely sixteen and eighteen bushels ne,
| acre. ~
Window Cottonwood county, Reporter
aug ~ The amount of wheat sovn vii
exceed the acreage shown by the Statistical
| report sufficiently. we think, to make tn,
| acreage shown run at least ten bushels to the
acre. Our oats and barley are good. ant
corn is far better than the annual ayera oe
| On the whole the outlook is ENCOURAGING
and ant the people have little to complain of
| we expected too much of the wheat crop
| That's ALL
lie sueur Sentinel, Aug. 90: The report,
| from the threshing machines during the pas
| week show about the same general results a.
| 10 the wheat crop. There are some gooo
Yields and an occasional field of good wheat
| Ihe yield, in fact, is not SO much subiect
OF complaint as the poor quality The whea
| thus far threshed on the small prairie il
tn's county, near LIE Sueur, runs from s te
| 10 bushels per acre-with an occasional
heavier yield.
Austin Mower county, Trauscr1pt, Aug
y: Late sown wheat this year is the bes
all over the State. We are told drunken
Fellow has the best crop of wheat grown il
this vicinity. He was drunk when every
body else was sowing. He waited to sobe
OFT, got his seed in late, and reaps goo,
crop OF No. wheat. Early sown whea
mad scorching sun when in the milk. Will
the late sown did not reach the milk til
alter the heated term had passed.