Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-06
N. P. CROPS.

Weather Fine and Threshing Progressfn
Actively-.--Good Quality and Good
Yield.
General Manager Sargent, of the Northern
Pacific railroad, received the following crop
reports from stations along the road, yester-
day:
Bismarck-Weather to-day is fine, and
SO far as heard from in the country no dam
age has been done to the wheat by the late
heavy rains. Stacking has been delayed
somewhat and the threshers have had rest.
but they will soon make it up. It is not the
intention of farmers here to push threshing,
as the Bismarck mills will handle the greater
part of the crop, and their storage rooms are
limited. Excellent samples of grain aud
root crops will be on exhibition at the Min
neapolis fair, enabling the GLOBE and it's
readers to judge fully of what Bnrleigh
county jig capable of in an agricultural way.
hey will speak louder than any words of
mine.
Valley City-Harvesting about all done
aud those who are threshing report heavy
yield of No. grain. The average yield ex-
pected is about twenty bushels per acre.
Weather fne
Casselton-No change. Weather con-
tinues good, clear and pleasant. Threshing
progressing rapidly. Everything very favor
able.
Rice's-Weather fine. Stacking all finish
ed. Threshing begun off of seventy-ive
acres which was broke last year within one
mile of the station. The man got LILO
bushels wheat, grade No. /.
Tower Considerable stacking done
in the past week. the weather being clear
and moderate. Wheat is very good and
yields from % to % bushels per acre. Oats
from 40 to 60 and weighs about 40 pounds
to the bushel All planted crops are doing
we'll. Some pieces of corn are nearly ripe.
Notwithstanding going gradually
forward. Fonr cars of new wheat shipped
will perhaps average No. 2. Weather fair.
Little Fails-Weather perfect. Threshing
universal. Reports from threshers show
wheat on rich prairie running universally
over 20 bushels and on the light sandy soils
of the Mississippi valley IL to % bushels.
The average will be about 20 bushels. We
have shipped six cars of new wheat, all
No. l..
Mapleton-weather clear and pleasant.
Threshing going on splendidly; wheat
average 20 bushels.
Belle Prairle-Weather clear and pleasant.
Threshing is just getting we'll started, it
being delayed by rains. Only one lot OF
wheat brought in and that tnrned out over
26 bushels per acre and GIL pounds by the
tester.
Detroit-Wheat and oats have all been
harvested and threshing has commenced
The wet weather has not done as much dam
age as was believed in this vicinity. Weather
is very fsvorabl- now.
Jamestown-Fine weather. Thressing
machines running in all directions. Wheat
will average not less than 26 bushels per acre
in this vicinity.
Lake Park-Harvestipg nearly oomplet-
ed and threshing detained very little by
light shower last night. No serious dam
age done by wet weather.
Verndale-W Weather fine. Threshiug will
commence in earnest Monday.
Wadena-The wheat is all in stack aud in
good condition, farmers have commenced to
thresh, wheat fields that have been threshed
have produced both in quality and quantity
better than was expected. The poorest
yields have heard of yet was IL bushels per
acre, while some have yielded 20.
Fargo-Weather continues pleasant, farm
ers busy harvesting and threshing their
grain. The steamer Grand;n is expected in
to night with 10000 bushels.
Moorhead-Weather warm and clear, with
| indications of continuance. Threshing in
active operation, and everything looking
| we'll.
Glyndon-Earmers are stacking; gooi
deal of wheat in shock, yet some are thresh
| ing from shock, turning out from 90 to 2;
| per acre. Not much threshing done, ya
weather clear and mild. Had hard shower
/ last night.