Daily globe., 1880-08-03
CROP REPORTS.

CROP REPORTS.
Favorable Harvest MISUNDERSTANDING ON
the Wheat Up North-Wheat Ripening
Slowly and Filling Well - Continued
Cheering Reports from the Southwest
Counties,
ST. PAUL & MANITOBA LINES.
Dispatches were received by General Man.
ager Hill yesterday afternoon from all sta
tions along the st. Paul & Manitoba lines.
They were generally limited to mention of
the cool weather, and that wheat and other
crops were doing we'll. The exceptions were
as follows
Dalton-Clear and cool. Farmers report
grain in good condition. Will begin har-
vest the last of this week. Think the rust
will not DO any damage.
Morris-Clear and cool. Wheat harvest
begins to-day. Oats and barley cut; good
yield. Wheat promises fair crop No. 1.
Herman-Cloudy and cool. Wheat har-
vest begins to- day. Crops in good condi-
| tion.
SOOA9
Harvesting begun here.
Campbell-Clear and cool. Harvesting
began this morning.
Atwater-C Clear and cool. Crops in good
condition. Harvesting began this morning.
Evansville and mild. A few have
commenced cutting oats.
Alexandria-Clear and cool. Harvest be-
gins this week. Wheat is estimated at 20 to
% bushels per acre.
Barnesville-Cool and clear, with strong
north winds. Harvesting commenced to-
day.
Warren Cloudy and osoI. Grain ripen-
ing slow, but filling well.
ST. PAUL s. SIOUX OTTY.
Mr.. q. W. Kniss, writing from Lu Verne,
Rock county, the 29th ult., says: 81 am
pleased to report crop prospects No. 1. Rye
has been threshed by number of farmers
and yields % to SO bushels per acre; barley
As to Sc; oats 40 to 70. No wheat threshed
that know of. Corn doing nicely. Wealth
or fair and cool, some wind this afternoon"
The following dispatches were received
from the company's station agents yesterday
noon:
Observation-Disclosures fine. Everybody at
work.
Shakopee-very good harvest weather and
considerable done.
Merriam-Clear; cool breeze from north.
All grain in this vicinity will be harvested,
| if weather continues good, in two or three
days more.
Jordan-Small farmers began stacking to-
day. Large farmers expect to finish by end
of this week, weather permitting.
Belle Plaine- Harvesting progressing rap
idly. Will be finished this week if good
weather prevails.
Blakeley-Weatherf fine. Farmers pushing
harvest as fast as possible.
East Henderson-Weather cool. Harvest
ing progressing finely.
LIE Sueur-Weather fine. Harvesting will
probably be done this week.
Ottawa-Harvesting progressing. Some
are done cutting.
St. Peter-Harvesting we'll under way.
VIII be about all finished in this vicinity
this week.
Kasota- Harvesting getting along first
rate.
Mankato-Weather clear and cool. Har-
vesting progressing rapidly.
Lake Crystal-Clear and cool; northwest
wind all night. Harvesting progressing
finely.
Garden City-Harvesting going on nicely.
Farmers expect to be through Wednesday or
Thursday. Weather fine.
Vernon Centre-We leather very cool. Har-
| vesting has been delayed by bad weather,
but is now going on with full force.
Amboy-Weather clear and cool with
strong westward winds. Grain cutting pro-
ceeding finely.
Winnebago City-About half the wheat
crop is now harvested. Weather cool, with
northwest winds, and farmers are getting
along very we'll.
Blue Earth City-Weather favorable;
wind northeast; harvesting progressing
| finely.
misunderstanding progressing finely.
A good many are through wheat. Think all
| will be through this week.
| st. James-Weather clear and cool ther-
mometer SO degrees this morning. About
| one-sixth the wheat crop has been cut. Bar
| ley being stacked. The wheat in low places,
where none was expected, is turning out
| we'll.
Sioux City-Cloudy and cool. Harvest
being pushed right along.
Mountain Lake, Sibley, Hersey, Worthing-
ton, Sheldon, Hadley, Hospers, East Orange,
Woodstock, Rock Rapids, Adrian, Valley
Springs, and Sioux Falls-Harvest going
nicely.
Windom-Harvestb begun in good shape.
Heron Lake-Harvest in full blast.
Avoca-Oats being cut. Wheat and fax
the middle of next week.
Bardon-Wheat about half cut.
LIE Mars-Grain nearly all cut.