The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-05-04
WHEAT RAIslA&:,; MINNESOTA. \; IA

WHEAT RAlslNlga:,k k MINNESOTA. ,,ll
Some Results Of ths OBSERVATIONS Of A. Old
Farmer-Wheat E1o,hes Not = Matter os
| Soil but Of Un:zPctsR3s Circumstances.
ZuMBRoTA, April 23-The question of wheat
raising in Minnesota 10 one Of, great interest
| and importance to tho prosperity Of the State
and not to be- disposed OF too hastily in tho
negative, from insufficient data, limo will
demonstrate facts, but nothing has occurred vet
| to establish anything positively. I will look
vt the question Independently Of other branch
| o. Of farming industry. whether the raising OF
other graine, or Of stockraising, or Of dairy
products: Mixed farming is unquestionablv
| the safest aud most profitable in any we'll SET
tied country. To pnt all ones efforts and erus.
| IN one department Of farming is not wise or
| safe, especially for small farmera with home
steads and small capital
Upon the matter of wheat and it's prospects
| much speculation is INDUCED in by amateur
farmers, editors and practical farmers. A. to
the causes OF the partial failure of the wheat
crop. especially in southern Minnesota Many
| OF the conclusions reached seem 70 show psr-
tlal knowledge OF the facts and disposition to
! draw conclusions from narrow premises It ia
certain that in southern Minnesota raising
wheat has come to be considered risky busi-
| ness. II is fact that the average Weld per
acre has been mnch less for the last four years
| than formerly. 1t is fact that for twenty
years q failure Of the wheat crop in Good
| hue county was not considered worth thinking
| about, good crop was considered 80 GER
| tain. Taking the average of the last twelve
years the yield has boen fifteen and one-hals
| bushels III my own case The crop OF 1858
was as ead "a failure as Of any one year of the
! twenty-five. That year tho seeding was very
! late, the weather hot with frequent rains
| through the season. The wheat was sadly
shrunken. and some pieces were not cut The
area WAS smal however, and the result not
important and soon forgotten in subsequent
| bounuful harvests. July has always beeu con-
siileCetl AZ tho important time With favorable
| weather from July to harvest we were pretty
sure Of No. wheat whether tho yield was
! twelve or twenty i've bushels. Ashower after
| July has been enough always to give some
| farmers tho blues. We have seen whea: wilt
| with heat and drought in July; seen it covered
with red rust from the same cause, aud vet
| turn out No wheat. Wheat will blight with
wet and warm wca,he: while filing; there is
| no doubt of this-leavirs the insects. espe-
clally the chlnch-buss, out Of the calculation.
| While change of locality in seed is good, rota-
! ton OF crops good thing, manurinS and sum-
| mer following good, thorough cultivation
! help, vet after all, the weather at the critical
! time OF filling Is the chief element of success.
Comparing the wheat CT 1858 with that Of
1877, the first made Auur hardly eatab!e the
| last weighed sixty-ono to sixty three pounds
per bushel and Welded twenty three to thirty
| bushels to the acre.
| Taking the wheat crop of the last twelve
years, aud comparing results, think the con-
clusion is inevitable that the deterioration Of
| the soil has nothing to do with the failures
II glvo the results and facts Of importance
from memoranda made at the time, from brief
| notes of each years operations OF all the diff
ferent branches of farm work, kept for refer
ence and as guide to profit:
ls7o-Seeding from april II to May O. Weather
hot ana dry las. of jana. Yield. 8 1-o bushels
the acre
ls71-sccdug April Ii TO May i. Yield, Is
bushels.
ls72-seeang April to May 2 Yield, IS Is
is73-seeding April 6 to May 1. Yield, eoz.
Seeding Anri! 10 to May i. Hot and dry
Juy p. Yield, 1919 bushels.
ls75-seedng April IL to April 80. Snow May
!, two inches favorable season ali through. ex-
cept wet harvest and stacking. Yield, % bushels
1s1C-Seeding April 10 to May 4. Gr .uud
bushels, shrunk.
ls77-seeding April 10 to May s. No rain a.
all during harvest or stacking, and none after July
Is TO August 2l. Yield, p bushels, 81 to 6s
pounds.
ls7s--seednE March Il to April g. Good
aatses saad June prospect @ aterng s to July s:
Yield, e bushels, 50 TO So pounds.
1S19-Seedirg March 81 to April 20. July Z to
IA. heavy showers: scaldng intervals. Yield, IL
ls5O-seedine April IL TO Apr; "a June l.,
fine fine prospect: P @ heavy rains July 10 TO ~ chinch
lssl-Seeding April 8 to April 81. June IL.
wheat thin. otherwise favorable: July II, wheat
turning believed to De chiach bugs. Yield, 10
bushels light.
conclude therefore, that, the chinch bug
! aside, We are liable to have as good wheat in
the future as in the past. and that there ia no
| reason yet 20 put Minnesota among the States
where wheat cannot be raised 1T profit.
J. A THACEER
DR.. Geo. Il. Keith, postmaster at Minneap-
0le lies seriously and dangerously i'll At HE
! home. His condition is deemed 90 critical that
4 consultation Of physicians was held on Sun
| ment IL enlargement or hardening OF the liver.
Atlatest scc0unts he was no better, and the
| xoret ia feared. He suffers intensely.
At Brainerd, Jacob Peters q, tailor in the
| employ Of Nevers WestfalI, Committed sui
eide by hanging bimself TO tree near the rail-
days, and his snteoedents are unknown. he
| remarked to fellow working th't morning that
| II he had revolver he would shoot himself.
Dependency is the supposed cause.
| In I recent decision Of Attorney General
Hahn he decides that the vote OF Z town against
| liquor license does not revoke outetanding IL
oenses, and tnat they continue II fcrce until
time Of expiration
There is not single case ottyphoid fever IN
! st. Paul.
| The Henck Towering mills at Chasks were
destroyed by fire laet Tuesday night. TIE fire
was discovered about 8 O'Clock in the evening,
andit Is not known: how it originated. The
flames had made such hesdwsy that Int little
OF the contents we're saved. H. l.. Campbell,
formerly head miller of the Jordan City mile.
was the lessee. His loss is said TO be nearly
covered by insurance. The mill and machin-
cry was partially insured.
| A fire in St Paul burned on Wedne sday
night &. H. Wi.cushbys barn, J. W. Bates
sale ard livery stables. and Mr.. Wi!loughby'e
house. The total loss was only $4,000.
At R)chester, On Wednesday last, dre wac
discovered in q A. Browns two story frame
building, Joining Mrs Chasc's brick store build
ing, occupied bp John Ererstine. When die
covered the second story was nearly destroyed
and tho roof ready TO fall in. In short timeis
communicated to the adjoining wooden build
ings eouth These buildings were vacant, be-:
the next or corner building was occupied, and
we're removed long before the building burn
cd. The two buildings on tho corner we're
owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Maynard, and were
incurred for $l,O0O-all they were worth.
Browns building was mol insured.
The following is list OF insurance received
BY the varions sufferers 1T the late fire in Aus
tin: ". P. Sergeant, So. 900; Knasv void Broe,
$4,000: D. E. Dwyer, 1885; Str.ns. Sch
lesinger, $4,000; J. Wanek, $3.50; Eli
man estate, $500; Williams d Drake, 81, 500;
" ". johnson. 1905; FRANKIE 4 Borleske.
1885; total, $l4, ,6l5.
Ole Finguson of Rock Dell lost his house by
fire last Tuesday. L,ss, $500; no insurance.
William Hanson, injured recently while At
tempting to board moving train at Alexandra.
died on Saturday. He was forty years OF age,
ana leaves wife and six email children.
Articles OF incorporation Of the Nlaneapolis
Syndicate, formed tor the purpose OF de~i
and Investing iu lauds an buildings ."d public
halls, have been iled At the a'e capitol The
capital stock ia 5000, 900. divided into shases
Of $50 each The names of the inco' porators
are Dorilus Morrison, r. b. Langdop, ". W.
Eastman, Eli B. Ames, G: H. Stole, Oharles n:
Loring, Clinton Morrison, Chas d. Prior, 'oon
De Lsittre, H. E Grn1shsw, John Msrtn and
Thos Lowry, al OF Minneapolis: A'so articles
Of the Church Of st. john, the Ev.ngelist
(Episcop.D, located in the city OF st. Paul, IN
charge Of the Rev Henry Kittson.