Daily globe., 1883-08-17

THE CROPS.
An Additional Budget of Encouraging Re-
& St. Paul Roads.
Osseo-Past twentyfour hours cool and
cloudy; no rain; harvest about over.
Monticello-Clear and cool; no rain or
wind; crops doing we'll.
Sauk Centre-Harvesting is we'll under
way and the yield will be good; cloudy and
warm.
Evansville - The growing crops are
doing nicely; the cutting of small grain
has begun; clear and warm.
Big Lake-Grain about half cut; wheat
will average about fifteen bushels per
acre; oats will be fair crop; corn is back
ward but doing well; partly cloudy and
cool.
lexandria-Cloudy and cool, this morn
ing foggy; harvest progressing finely.
Clear Lake-All reports this morning
show all kinds of grain in good condition;
weather favorable for harvesting.
Delano-Cloudy and misty; crops look
ing well.
Howard Lake-Crops in good condition:
cloudy, warm.
Litchfeld-Cl Cloudy, warm; crops doing
well.
Wilimar- Cloudy and warm; crops in
good condition.
Benson-Crops looking fair; harvest
commenced.
Morris-Weather clear and mild; crops
looking fine. Wheat will yield big.
Browns Valley-Foggy and warm; har
vest progressing fine.
Herman-Crops dong we'll; cloudy and
mild
Wolcott-Cloudy and warm; crops in
shape; no rain.
Ripon-Clear and warm; wheat fair.
Hope-Clear and pleasant; grain look
ing we'll.
Portland-Cloudy and warm, no rain;
crops look well.
Arthur-Crops ::look fine; clear and
warm.
Crookston-Light showers at and north
of st. Thomas last evening; no rain at other
points during past twenty-four hours; clear
and pleasant this forenoon; all crop reports
favorable.
Anoka-Grain about all harvested here;
straws shorter than last year but heads
well filed, weather favorable for harvest
ing.
st. Joe-Wheat being cut; oats nearly
ripe; corn looking fine; weather cloudy
and misty.
MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILRoAD-HAsTINGs
AND DAKOTA DIVISION.
Montevideo-Cloudy and mild; farmers
are all busy harvesting wheat; all crops
continue in favorable condition.
Appleton-No change; clear and mild.
Ortonville-Crops still continue in good
condition; clear and mild.
Glencoe Harvesting progressing nicely,
with all crops in good condition; cloudy
and mild.
Bird Island-Cloudy and mild; cutting
of wheat we'll under way, and with the ex
ception of few green pieces, will be
finished this week and in the shock.
| Granite Falls-No change; poor weather
for harvesting; cloudy and foggy.
N. & ST. P R. R.-soUTHEgN MINNESOTA DIV.
Hokah-Cl Cloudy; looks like rain; crops
all right; harvesting progressing finely.
Rushford-Cloudy and warm; harvest
over half through.
Whalan-Cloudy and warm; farmers re-
port crops being harvested in good shape,
and corn doing well.
| Lanesboro-Cloudy and warmer; crops
O. K.
Fountain-Cloudy; wheat not ripening
as fast as expected on acc cunt of weather.
| Wykof-Cloudy and warm; no change
in small grain; corn improving.
Spring Valley--Cloudygan warm; har-
vest progressing finely.
Brownsdale-Cloudy and mild; no
| change in crops.
Ramsey-Cloudy and cool; no change in
crops.
Oakland-Cloudy and cool; harvest pro-
crossing finely.
| Hayward-Weather favorable for har-
vesting; cloudy and cool.
| Albert Lea-Partly cloudy; no damage
has occurred on account of not much
grain on the ground.
Coleman-Clear and warm; crops good.
| Madison-Crops holding their own in
spite of the unfavorable weather lately.
| Farmers confident.
| Dell Rapids-Partly cloudy; mild south
east wind; very warm; not moments
time lost by farmers in gathering grain.
Albert Lea-Warm and pleasat; crops
about the same as reported.
Armstrong Cloudy and mild.
Alden-Cloudy and cool; harvest pro-
crossing finely.
Wells-Clear and warm; no change in
crops since last report.
Easton-Good harvest weather to-day;
| cloudy and warm.
Delavan-Warmer and clearing; indica-
tions for better weather; some grain grow
| ing in shock.
Winnebago-Clear and warm; crops
OK.
Fairmount-Cloudy and warm; crops
O.. K.
Edgerton--Clearing up; harvesting re-