Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-22
NORTHERN PACIFIC CROPS.

Favorable Reports From All Along the
Line Harvesting Over and Grain Gen.
orally Secured-Average WheaD Yields OF
Twenty to Twenty-Five Bushel. Per Acre
All No. 1 Hard-Corn and Root Crops
Doing Well-No Damage by the Late
Rains.
The following reports of the progress Of
harvest and yield and condition of crops were
received Saturday from agents of the Northern
Pacific Railroad company, and were addressed
to General Manager Haupt:
Rice's, Aug. 20.-Stacking and threshine
progressing rapidly. Nearly all the wheat
brought in has graded No. hard. Corr
good. Weather fine.
Belle Prairie, Aug. 2O.-Weather clear
and pleasant. Late harvesting is being
wound up and arrangements are being
made for threshing, which has been de-
layed by the heavy rains. Grain has
been damaged considerably by the rains
which shelled and broke down ripe grain
and sprouted the badly shocked.
Aldrich, Aug. 2O.-The grain in this
vicinity is all cut and nearly all stacked
and some threshing commenced. 1t has
been rainy for a few days back, but now
the weather is cool and cloudy. The
late rains helped corn and potatoes and q
fair crop is expected.
and all wheat IS in the stack except what
will be threshed from the shock.
New York Mills, Aug. 2O.-Stacking
will be about finished to-day and thresh
ing will begin the first of next week
Potatoes and corn are doing well, also al
vegetables, with prospect of good average
yield.
Wadena, Aug. 2O.-Weather favorable
for stacking, which will be completed
about the first of next week. No thresh-
ing has yet been done.
Frazee, 20.-One or two showers have
delayed stacking for the last few days II
the weather continues fine about three
days will finish it in this vicinity. Nc
threshing done yet.
Detroit, Aug. 20.-Harvesting in this
vicinity is nearly finished aud threshing
is being pushed vigorously Most of the
wheat goes No. hard, and will average
twenty bushels per acre.
Hawley, Aug. 20.-Grain all cut in
this vicinity. The yield is better than
anticipated and will probably be at least
Is per cent more than last year.
Moorhead. Aug 20.-The weather is as
favorable for threshing as could be de-
sired Two-thousand five hundred bush
els of wheat were received at our ele-
vator yesterday. The present outlook
will bear comparison with previous good
reports sent you.
Casselton, Aug 20.-Cutting nearly
done Weather fine.
New Buffalo, Aug embarrassing is
nearly done. Fo threshing done yet, but
will generally commence Monday next.
Valley City, Aug. Embarrassing is
done, threshing nearly so, and breaking
is being extensively carried forward. The
weather is pleasant and cool.
Sanborn, Aug. 20.-Threshing is the
order of the day. The average yield is
twenty bushels of wheat and thirty five
bushels of oats Weather dry and warm.
jamestown, Aug. Embarrassing is
over, stacking nearly so, and threshing
progressing. Average of wheat about
twenty bushels. Weather cool and
pleasant.
Hunter, Aug. 2o.-It has been showery
for few days, putting farmers back
some with harvesting, but the grain was
not so far along as to suffer any damage
Blanchard, Aug. 20.-Goose river is
booming. Crops a good average and
safely harvested.