The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-09-11
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.


Co1d and 1Ainy weather mas DssrsassA
fa496 $6fesataIsS; Hut the Yield ID
Much Above In Average 81 iii 1rin6dpai
Rreauet5.
), h Il Young, United States; statistical agen,
fpr Minnesota, will make . report TO- the depart.
mept Of agriculture, including the following
faetst The, weather during August has been
Somewhat unusual for this clims.c., .ua on the
whole decidedly unfavorabls for the develop
ment Of crops generally We have had two
warm. sultry intervals Of few days continuance
each, and during the remainder Of the time the
tomperatare has been unpleasantly eoidfor the
season, and local showers were Of frequent od:
SsHFESnle iAalmcst any psrt of-thoo state. In the
PC scuthern ccnq:ias The wheat oats, rye and bar:
ICY were readyfor harvest on or before the first
OF the, month, and were generally cut before the
rainy season fairly set in, End probably one
sixth eafely rtacked Fully five-sixths, though,
were IN shocks at tho time, and more or less
except where the shocks were indifferently
put up, or were blown down by the high winds,
which frequently prevailed. In the northern
counties the grain was more backward, and the
Wot, cold weather delayed its ripening, Gut
nnR had not been finished there, on tho LIST
rats Of average Condition" Of ali the grain
crops % given on the ACCOMPANYING GARD A
month ago appearances, indicated that they
would all e1Gsed lV1, aid that wheat would av.
sfaga lE2 Corn has also suffered consider.
ep!y ~ the continuous cold, though if frosts
hold OF few days longer the crop will It'll be
above an average, both in yield and quality
Sorghum is very backward, and am inclined
to think that even the figure I have given
IS higher than appearances justify. The
same Is true of buckwheat but not so
generally throught the state. Potatoes have
suffered severely from the rasns, and will be
SG%nsSefso Ssl9x Average n quality and
u{noy are fottiiig badly: They have likewise
been seriously damaged by bugs Al ples and
grapes were injured to considerable extent ID
several localities by late frosts in the spring.
ANIMAL PRODUCTS.
In oil the older counties the numbers of
nOgs Tor fattenlnS are much less than last year.
In ten counties decreases of 20 pei cent and
upward are reported, and in number of 9TH
ers the decrease ranges from to 10 per cent
Inc newer counties, however, report an in
crease, and think the figures give represent
sho comparative number as nearly as possible
Scarcity Of good feed has tended also to re-
duce the average size and weight fully s pei
cent. Throughout the state Following is the
per centage Of conditions is reported to tho
department for Sept: ]. =,
e,., :. Per cent:
Corn-Average condition. los
Wheat-Aterage condition when harvested leg
Kye-Average condition when harvested. 100
Oats-Average condition when harvested. 14
Barley-Average condition when harvested. 81
BuckwheatT Average condition. ....:..:... 81
Potatoes [1rish)-Average condition. ....... s.
Tobacco-Average condition. ............ %
Sorghum-Average condition. ........... 81
Applcs-Average condition. ............... s.
(TrANnQ-AVQr9po
Stock Hoss-No for fattening compared
with last year. So
Stock Hogs-Average condition as to weight
anu slze. ...:.....::........ ~