Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-17
HARVEST REPORTS.

Wheat all Cut and Mostly Stacked in The
Southwest Counties Generally q Light
Yield of Good Quality Other Crops al
Turning Out WelI--Reports of Wheat
Averages from the Northwest Counties.
"A Lower Range of Averages Than Las
Year.
CHICAGO, ST. PAUL OMAHA LINE.
Inc following reports from agents were re-
celved at headquarters in this city yesterday
SIOUX FALLS BRANCH
Hartford, Aug. 16.-Harvesting about
through, except flax, and stacking com
menced
Beaver Creek, Aug. 16.-Harvesting mostly
finished, excepting flax, and stacking under
good headway, and finished by good many
Valley Springs, Aug. 16.-Haryesting done,
except flax, and about half stacked.
Luverne, Aug. 16.-No interruption to
harvest. Grain mostly cut and stacked.
Sioux Falls, Aug. 16-Wheat all harvested,
and stacking under way. Oats cutting com
menced, Wheat in the vicinity of Salem and
the country tributary thereto, average No. 2
in quality, the yield being about twenty bush.
els to the acre. Oats, corn and flax crops
will be heavy and fine in quality. A light
| Irost occurred Saturday night.
! BLACK HILLS BRANCH
Avoca, Aug. 16-Harvesting progressing
| finely. Standing crops in good condition.
Woodstock, Aug 49,. Harvesting nearly all
done, and a good deal of grain in stacks.
Wheat will not average more than eight BUSH
| els to the acre. Other small grains good.
Hadley, Aug. 16-Wheat and oats about all
stacked in good shape. Flax is being har-
vested, and promises big yield. Corn look
ing fine.
SIOUX CITY DIVISION.
Worthngton, Aug. 16.-Wheat about half
harvested; about half crop. Oats and fax
very good
East Orange, Aug. 16 No change in crops
since last report.
Heron Lake, Aug, 16.-Harvest progressing
finely. Wheat will not average over eight
bushels to the acre. Other grains good.
Brewster, Aug. 16.-Harvest about done.
Wheat failure. Oats, corn, barley and rye
turning out we'll Flax good
Bigelow, Aug. 16.-Wheat most all stacked.
1t will average from eight to ten bushels per
acre. Flax is the staple crop here and is look
ing promising. Corn and oats good
Dundee, Aug. 16.-Wheat nearly failure.
Oats an average yield. Flax looks good.
Corn good but most too late.
Mountain Lake, Aug 16-Wheat nearly all
harvested. There will be none to ship. Oats
heavy. Flax backward but with good pros
poets. Other grain fair.
NEBRASKA DIVISION.
Tekamah, Aug. 16.-Corn on the bottom is
still looking fresh, but on the uplands it is
suffering for want of rain, which must come
very soon or no corn.
Oakland, Aug. l6.-Wheat threshing from
one and half to seven bushels; average,
about three and half. Corn prospects fair,
but needs rain badly. Oats good; acreage
light.
:, Covington, Aug. le.-Corn is being
blighted by drOuth, and will not make more
than three-fourths of crop in most local-
ties.
Lyons, Aug. 16.-Corn crop fair. Small
grain harvested
Dakota City, Aug. 16.-Corn somewhat
damaged for want Of rain, but still good
show Tor good yield.
Bancroft, Aug. 16.-Corn and other grow
ing crops are doing well considering the dry
weather. The hay crop is being secured in
good shape.
Blair, Aug. 16.-Harvesting is over; wheat
poor; oats good in quality, yield lighter than
last year. Corn good crop.
Herman, Aug. 49, Corn crop still doing
we'll.
Hubbard, Aug. l6.-The corn crop will be
short on account of the dry weather Small
grain was short yield.
BLBE EARTH DIVISION.
Garden City, Aug. 16.-Grein nearly all
stacked and threshing commenced. All crops
except wheat good. Weather cool and fine.
Vernon Center, Aug. 16.-Grain nearly all
stacked in this vicinity. Corn and flax doing
nicely.
Amboy, Aug. 16.-Wheat and oats have all
been harvested in this vicinity. Wheat, in
quality, will equal last years. grades, but will
not go over half crop. Oats and corn doing
fine.
Winnebago City, Aug. 16.-Crops are gen.
orally In good condition. Corn is maturing
nicely Threshing wheat has commenced and
the yield is thought to be nearly up to the
average.
Blue Earth City, Aug. 16-Farmers are
through cutting ard are now threshing and
stacking. The estimated average on wheat is
about twelve bushels per acre.
Elmore, Aug. 16.-Grain about all stacked
in good shape. Farmers think corn will be
out of the way of frost by Sept. 1.
Lake Crystal, Aug. 16.-The weather con-
tlnues very favorable for harvest. Stacking
about complete aud threshiEg in good pro-
gress. Corn and fax doing very fine.