Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-13
THE CROPS.


ally Encouraging Prospect.
The following crop reports were received
at the general offices of the Chicago, ST..
Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha railway in this
city yesterday:
MINNESOTA.
Adrian, Minn.-All small grain looking
| first-rate and corn is growing fast and if
the fair weather continues will be a No.
crop.
Amboy-SmalI crops looking nicely;
corn improving very fast.
Bigelow, Minn.-Wheat, oats and fax
i'll, fine condition; never were better
through this section of country. Barley
| and rye nearly ready to cut. Corn is
rather backward, but is improving fast,
and is better than last year at this time.
Brewster, Minn.-Wheat and oats are
looking splendid and promise a large
yield. Flax doing well, and will be full
crop. Corn is growing fast, and with a
favorable fall, will still be fair crop. Al
though crops are not suffering for rain, a
good shower would be help.
Blue Earth City-Small grain in good
condition; corn improving rapidly with
favorable weather.
Beaver Greek, Minn.--Crops in this vi
cinity are very good. Oats, barley and
fax nearly all headed. Wheat also head
ing; looks strong and healthy.
Bingham Lake, MINI. Small grain,
with the exception of wheat, is looking
well. On account of recent rains wheat
was damaged somewhat, though with fair
weather we will have an average crop.
Corn for the past two weeks has been
growing nicely, but it is hardly as far ad-
vanced as it should be at this season of the
year.
Blakeley-Farmers say wheat is doing
well and heading out nicely, and think
prospects good for good crop as last
year. Corn doing we'll.
Calhoun-Wheat doing good; oats first
class; corn a good crop if weather con-
tinues hot.
| sFillmore, Minn.-Wheat and oats heading
out nicely, corn growing very fast wealth
| er favorable and prospects are fair for a
| good crop.
Herman-Small grain is in good shape
and lots of it; corn bids fair for good
crop and is in fine condition.
| Henderson, Minn.-Small grains looking
well. Wheat is heading out nicely. The
prospects are very favorable for good
crop. Corn looking and doing we'll now.
Kasota, Minn-Crops in this neighbor-
| hood very promising, as reported to me
by farmers back in the country from the
| station.
Lake Crystal-Oats and wheat headed
out nicely and prospect for a good crop;
corn improving fast; weather favorable.
Lu Verne, Minn.-Wheat and oats headed
out and appears to be a fine crop. Rye
nearly ripe, and good crop will be harvested
next week. Flax in blossom and looks WELL
Corn little backward and not very good
stand, but growing fast.
| Mountain Lake-All kinds of small
grain are doing we'll, and with favorable
weather, will yield an abundant harvest.
| Corn is backward, but the weather is just
what it needs, but 1t is expected that the
yield will not be large. 1 have heard of
no damage having been done to the crops
by the late rains, as they were needed very
| much.
Merriam Junction-Crops in this viciui-
ty are all doing nicely. Potatoes are
troubled some by bugs. Hay is better
than it has been for several seasons.
| st. James, Minn.-All small grain
promise heavy yields if present favorable
weather continues. Growing crops look
splendid. Corn will be an immense crop
if there is no storm to damage it.
Winnebago City-Al crops doing well;
wheat and oats promise good yield and
corn improving fast.
Worthington, Minn.-All kinds of small
grain doing very nicely. Corn somewhat
backward but doing well.
Window, MINI. - All kinds of small
grain doing we'll. Weather favorable. Corn
backward, and the yield is not expected to
be very large. Have heard of no damage
done to crops by rain.
DAKOTA.
Brandon, Dak.-All small grain doing
| well. Wheat heading nicely. Corn COM
| ing on fast. Farmers say crops of all
kinds never looked better than at present.
Hartford, Dak-All small grains looking
fine. Corn doing we'll. Weather favor
able.
Montrose, Dak.-Barley filling well.
Wheat and oats heading and looks splen-
did, Corn never better. The prospects are
for big crop generally.
Salem, Dak.-Corn is improving fast;
barley filing nicely, and wheat and oats
heading out. All doing splendid, and far
mers jubilant over prospects.
Valley Springs, Dakota-Wheat and oats
and other small grain never looked better
and promises an an unusually large yield.
Corn backward but growing rapidly.
WISCONSIN.
Augusta, Wis.--Wheat and other small
grain in this vicinity looking excellent.
Prospects good for more than an average
crop. No chintz bugs reported yet. Corn
gaining fast. Weather cloudy and warm.
Baldwin, Wis.-Wheat in this vicinity is
doing very well apparently; there will be
fair average crop. Farmers are some
afraid of early rust. Barley is looking
we'll; it is short, but we'll filled, aad will be
ready for cutting in two weeks. Rye and
oats are looking well and good yield is
expected. The weather here is now favor
able for corn, and unless it remains the
crop will be poor one.
Clear Lake, Wis.-There is but little
small grain or corn raised in this vicinity,
what there is is looking we'll, although of
late the acreage is increasing rapidly but
is not large enough yet to make this ship
ping point.
Elroy-Prospects of first rate crop of
small grain were never better than at
present; corn is coming out in good shape
and if present hot. weather continues the
indications are now that there will be more
than an average.