Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-21
THE COMING HARVEST.

THE COMING HARVEST.
Good Reports Coming IN from All Quar-
tess Of the State.
Anoka (Anoka county, Union, July II:
Wheat in this county will be ready to cut
next week.
Chatfeld Gilmore county, Times, July
II: Wheat in this part of the country never
looked better than it does at present.
shakopee (scott county Courier, July 18 !:
John DAILY, of Glendale, in town Monday,
reports no great damage done by late rains
to wheat crop.
Wykof Fillmore county, Dollar Weekly,
July IL: The farmers are not little nervous
about the wheat crop. A few more days
will tell the story.
Sank Center stevens county, Herald, July
10: Most of the past week has been very
favorable for crops. A very few more good
days will assure our farmers heavy harvest.
Litchfield (Meeker county, News Ledger,
July II. Farmers are getting over their
scare or the rust question somewhat and we
hear them talk fair crops and hope for big
prices.
Cambridge City, Qsanti county, Press, July
II: The wheat crop is nearly ready for har-
vest and is looking well. A large and bounti-
full yield is anticipated, no rust worth
mentioning.
Rushford Fillmore county, Star, July II !:
Wheat in this vicinity is feeling the effects
of the warm and sultry weather, and unless
cooler weather takes place great damage will
be the result.
Hermann Grant county, Herald, July 18:
Fears we're entertained at the irst of the
week that the excessive warm weather would
rust the wheat. No damage has been done
as yet, however.
Long Prairie CTodd county, Argus, July
16: Reports from various parts of the
county indicate that the rains have damaged
the grain somewhat, but an average crop
can be expected.
Beaver Falls Renville county, Times,
July II: Harvesting in Renville county will
be in full blast in the course of week or ten
days. We hear of several farmers who have
already commenced.
Albert Lea Freeborn county, Enterprise,
July II: The wheat crop in this county so
far has not sustained very serious damage.
Should the weather continue moderate, the
yield will be fair, yet.
Meadville (Watonwan county, Times, july
18: From the best information we can
gather there seems very little probability of
us being visited by hopper here, or any
where near here, this season.
Anoka (Anoka county, Herald, July 18:
Grain of all kinds is ripening rapidly in this
vicinity, aud is generally excellent in quality.
Farmers are already cutting their rye, and
will begin on wheat the first of next month.
Mankato (Blue Earth county, Union, July
10: A few more such days and nights we
have been having, will secure us a good wheat
crop. There are millions in it. Corn is all
right, and the yield will be simply immense.
Alexandria douglas county, Post, July 49,
Heavy rain Sunday. Grain still doing well.
Barley and rye ale being harvested. The
wheat promises 20 to so bushels per acre.
Saturday ninety degrees in the shade cooler
now.
Austin (Mower county, Transcript, July
II: The crops in this locality Cedar City
are looking very promising, the weather at
present all that could be desired, and the
farmers are once more looking hopeful and
happy.
Redwood Falls Redwood county, Gazette,
July II: Wheat harvest will commence in
this vicinity about the LIST of August. Some
fields will be ready to cut before that time
but it will not be general. Barley harvest is
commencing.
Rochester (Olmstead county, Record and
Union, July 18: MI. John Barker left some
sample heads of wheat in this Office yester-
day, picked from his farm near Chester, that
are very fine. He says the wheat will average
twenty -fye bushels per acre.
Preston (Fillmore county, Republican,
July II: We have made many inquiries of
farmers from different parts of the county
the past few days, and all agree that the
prospect for an average wheat crop is good.
The late rains have done no material dam
age.
Melrose stevens county, Record, July 10:
never brighter in this section of country
than at this time, and if the weather con-
tinues favorable for two or three weeks
longer we will have the largest crop ever
harvested.
Elk River (Sherburne county, Star, July
IS: 1t was at first feared that the storm of
Thursday night, accompanied as it was by q
high wind, would clay" the wheat badly, but
we cannot learn that any damage was done
except in some few cases to high wheat on
low land.
Zumbrota (Goodhue county, Independent,
July II: Some say the wheat is all right,a
some say it is all wrong, and we shall be OBJ
Gged to wait until harvest to see who is cor
rect in their statements. The wheat seems
to be filling in good shape, and if the weather
is not sultry hot, will probably come out in
good order.
LIE Roy Mower county, Independent, July
II: Rust on wheat is reported by the regu-
lar crop grumblers. We have lived a good
many years in the West and never saw sea-
son that the leaves of wheat were not moro
or less rusted. They are this year in some
places, but the prospects are nothing to be
cried over yet.
Cannon Falls (Goodhue county, Beacon,
July 10: The weather has moderated and is
at the present writing very fine and just the
kind for the wheat crop. The crop instead
of being failure will be, as near as we can
learn, a ve-y good one. No rust and the
berry will fill out we'll.
Glencoe mcleod county, Register, July
IL: The grain harvest will open in Mcleod
county next Monday. No more favorable
weather than that of Tuesday and Wednes-
day could be desired for maturing the wheat.
and three or four more such will settle the
question very satisfactorily.
Fergus Falls (Otter Tail county, Advance,
July IS: So far we have heard of rust in