, 1881-10-17
Continuous Rains Have Produced Sprout-
ing, Heating, and Deterioration
OF Qualify.
Thrashing Has Been Almost Entirely
Prevented in Many To-
calities.
Apparently Wcll.Gronnilc,t Belief tttat
lilo Damage viii Amount 10
Millions.
Immenso Damage to Corn in Northern Mis-
souri by the Recent Heavy
Rains,
THE NOt1TlISyEsT.

Gpsttd% U4pd%th 10 lhe thlefd0 Jft1t9hfs
Sr. PAUL. Atlun., Oct lt.-l1io hcavy
rains throughout tho Northwest, nlnost
continuous sit1ce thu late harvest, hive
caslscd n leep aifd growing feeling Of c0n-
cerr, for tho sufcty atnl condition of tlie
wheat cron lilo lnta harvest ami tho
sloycll1y methods of farming III tito newer
part uf tic wheat arcn lnake tile crop III !
Minnesota, Dnknsn, Northwestern Wlscofl- |
sin, and Nortilcrl, lown peculiarly suseep.l-
bic To Injury from eXccsslvv moisture.
StnrAg0 Of thu grAtn III barns II nlnlnst u's- |
known; on lllully farms 1t ~ thrnslctl direct
from tic field, atNl oven where stacking IL |
prActicrtl It Is tlore curelesly atld Will ltttlu
reference 10 protection from lcavy ruins. |
fong-colitinlleu wet weather absolutely |
stops thras!lng on thu ono hand, a1,.1 Oil tho
t,tllor sulurates the exposed grull, eats-
Ing sproattng, heatIng, md great te-
terlorat,on Of quality Of all tho
gratn, with the actual destruction Of IL coll
siderable quantity.
Ilcnyy rains l,ave prevailed through tho
grcnter part Of the Northwest almost With
out intermissEom s!i,ce tllo harvest WIS ILL.,
isElctl. furnishing Inns beet, almost entirely
prevented In many connties, nlll tlio EXPOSED
grain l,us suffered to nj, extent incnlc1llab!c
with present tu.u, bnt certainly very serious.
~ ~ 4tAlsltS9 " u lH'iltiltdSEs kA+A tiLE
gruln. Is lhrusl,ed, md thnt will not bo until
next spring: but to say that Tic rains will
eltail Il .)ss Of millions Of dultars ,tpul, Tho
Statc III ti.e ttIninutiun Of the export surplus
md the deterioration Of Tic Iuutfty Of NIL tho
grain marketed Is within bounds. Tho elfrct
OF tits will be prObnbly 10 destroy tho utl-
vnntago of Minnesota uvor the other Slscat-
growing Statcs this year, md inctcase her
irstt1ltcn11t deficit Of Il pcr cent tn SONG
thnr l.curur tta greater deficiencies In Ohio
t1 mn, 1,,,nn,s ''S o'Nse'
Tie wl'olo stato lIas suffered by the rains,
but the Injury llas bucn greatest III the south
western counties or rntller III MI tho SOUTH
nr,, ,.o,,nt,rs vast of tlnso ]tnmcdIatrly along
tue MISSISSIPPI lleFo INC ram WIS ilosl con
tnuolls a'll heaviest, as'd the rcl'orts of loss
t,ro grtoyous Tho He'd River Vill!ey, that
suffered from excessive wet weather III thu
sprig l's essa,%d tue sewers lntlle1lon ls a., "l
ta sotittl llls ial', a1stl one seetoh o. H. ule
park region, rcp0rts tho best pverstEa anu
~ ro,,,r', ~ otf,.t,rv lin ,,n,,,,,rt nf t1te
le''4'ih 80 "sE t' "t
aurpI'lS t''at tlle sec.so's "i'cn Ias nsou.ee" H
tic usual quantity Of g0otl Eraln Is tt'at from
which tic Minneapolis mills draw tllolr sul'-
NV rim srrtion traycrsta by tho milwaukee,
sn5 .no oss.1 ., , y, H. ~ s,',
'l'u Ia'ensu ioe, 4 '.,,,a1' ' ,, s,,t,
plus Is drawn. Is tt %ll's. W ,las S,iicfG IT,.
Of inferior quality.
h,vn .o,,nht r. a,,,,cr si,c,, 1ntormnttu,
a. ~ nt t.,ah Jh. ~ eto. ts .n,'|c fn,n 1t,"r
w ~ optauiaoe "M ta,s ""n!.a ii'.'' .,,i,, u,,,
CHI people In II situation to Know. * gentle
INN who Elas recently Travelled tho wl,ol0
lcuuth of t,,o Rel uiycr Valley suys;
~ n,i T., sba sa.noi,,.d ,,rlr rn,inn ,y,tc,,
na ~ ~ ...u s ~ taa,,ar e, "r,,i
includes the cotntscs vi Alcekef, ha'ltilyui',
Stenrns, Tooh, Pope, Douglas, anl Otter
Tail. where prairie ulid timber lands uru IT.
torntny vial m, oxccnt,n,,,llv largo virid tht.
esi'"sII W. ,,. IT,. .,'", "u 49,, ."'
saHT, ''''a ~ no1 uo"ps u. tl''. t''e n.o!aRo
will bo fully seventeen bushels tn tlla acre.
where In 1880 1t was from tligteelt anil ia!f
| to fifteen bushels, i)uuglus aud Otter-'rail
",, ,' HAL. ,,,,,tootn,,ta f,r t,, l,r,t,r. If
wll DO llVn!y eontes!s . @ !nr "e ,1 11o""ts ., u
| championship, ny 1httr }ieia VIII rings
about eighteen or nineteen bushels per nare.
| i tlink Douglas will proyv tho bunl,sr
aon,,,,. ard hs,tavn ira ,in,,t viii uv,,,.,,,
eu"Als' n'HI uu''os" ~, t'ie 'o'' w. asI."su
awel,,y hiels tie o Ise t;n sese H., e!iSs , vs
o. sixteen o!!sl!9!st M tlvovuuu ulstluis Vi ~.
WnAt oll :sooo0 ngr9s tinynt.ll t1 i.s cal!ti!re.
| HWlft. $3tEnf11H. liIE t1tiltlt. tifHt1t. 'lE1l-