St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-22
HARVEST REPORT.
From the Lines of the st. Paul s. Mani
tGba Railway Company.
NORTHERN DIVISION.

| NOhIEEhN DlNlSlON
Elizabeth, Aug. 21.-The damage reported
from the storm of the night of the 19th is con-
fined mostly to standing grain of which there is
about one-third of the crop damaged is estimated
at one-fourth; weather clear and cool.
Pelican Rapids. Weather clear and COOL
There is considerable complaint among farmers
that had wheat or oats standing. All such grain
Is badly lodged and will not rise again, being too
ripe. No stacking has been done yet. Grain
| that was well shocked will come out all right
| but ain not properly shocked is thoroughly
soaked and must be damaged. Most all farmers
| have more or less cutting do yet
Glyndon.-Farmers began cutting yesterday
afternoon. The high wind dried wheat soon
after the rain. Weather clear and cool, and if it
continues thus no sad results will come from the
rain.
Crookston.-Weather this morning cloudy and
cool The harvest is progressing finely. No
damage to crops reported.
ST. Fincent-Weather this morning is more
favorable for the farmers They think they will
lie able to commence cutting grain in day or
two. Clear and cool this forenoon.
Granden-.Io rain during the past twenty four
hours; clear and cool; windy this morning
farmers do not look for any damage to standing
grain from late rains.
Observation-Disclosures favorable; harvest will
proceed to- day with unimpaired prospects; aver
age about twenty bushels to the acre.
Baxton-Clear and cool; farmers report the
oats blown down some by the heavy wind; don't
| think much damage has been done by the rain
and wind.
Grand Forks-The weather during the past
twenty four hours has been cloudy and cold
with very little rain; the skies have all cleared
| up, and it is clear and cool this morning; no
| damage.
Minto-There has not been much harvesting
done during the past twenty -four hours; the
weather cold and damp yesterday; no dam
| age done to crops: weather dry now, that
grain can be cut to-day; cloudy and cold this
morning.
Grafton-Weather cleared off about II o'clock
this morning; it was very cold last night; this
morning clear and pleasant; harvesting will be-
! gin tomorrow morning; no damage reported
st. Thomas-After about week of wet
weather it has cleared up, and the indications are
that we will have good weather.; harvesting is in
full blast, and the yield promises to be the best
! known in this section; weather clear and cool
to-day.
Niche-Weather cleared up yesterday after
noon, and very cold; it still remains clear and
| cold, and farmers expect to get to work again
| to-day; no great damage has as yet resulted
| from rains.
! Ogala-Crops all right; no damage by storm
yesterday the wind dried grain sufficiently to
commence cutting this forenoon.
Michigan City-Crops doing fine; weather
| pleasant.
Mapes-Weather cloudy and cool; crops doing
well.
Lakota-,Haryest song on smoothly; no storm
of any consequence this afternoon.
Devils Lake-Crops are in fine condition; the
harvest is being delayed by heavy rain; the
weather is fine o-day, and the chances are that
no damage viii result from wet weather.
| Crookston-The rain for the past two days has
cleared away: and to. day all over the division it
is clear and fine at every point. The rain beat
| the wheat down some; but the wind has straight
cned it out so that the damage done was very
! slight; north of Crookston Hallock reports
that about the only grain that has been cut has
been cut BY the large farmers; but this week
will see all the grain ripe and the harvest in full
blast; at Argjie about one third of the crop has
! already been cut: at Warren about one fifth of
/ the crop has been cut but great many of the
farmers have not cut any; should the weather
continue as fine as it is to-day the wheat already
! cut Will IiOt Dt uluugCts az CeHuJuI dDOuI one
fifth of the wheat is cut and farmers claim the
rain has not hurt anything; at Euclid where the
! harvest just begun this week but little Is cut ;
| so that the amount of wheat cut so far is small
hut farmers are hard at it to-day the oat crop is
| about half cut; at st. Vincent very little has
been done; farmers are hard at work to-day.
FERGUS FALLS DIVISION.
Recent rains have improved corn wheat is
! averaging about 19 bushels per acre.
! Clear water-No change in crops; weather
clear and cool
| MonticelIo-No change in crops.
| sank Center-Weather clear and cool; grain
not very much damaged by the recent rains !;
stacking will probably be resumed to-day.
| Long Prairie-Weather for the past two or
/ three days has been partly cloudy, damp and
/ cool; farmers are about through cutting grain.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS this morning clenr and
/ very COOL prospects OF settled weather; it will
/ be day or two before stacking can be resumed.
! Evansville-Owing to the late storms the cut
/ ting of small grains has been badly delayed and
1 considerable damage was done to grain that was
/ not cut before the rain. The grain that was in
/ shocks is not damaged; About three quarters of
/ the cutting is already done through this section,
/ the balance of the cutting will be commenced this
morning and if the weather holds favorable the
gram VIII al oe Cut oy tlS hlluuIS VI next week.
/ Ashby-Harvest work was resumed this morn
/ ing; the late rains did no damage to crops
/ weather clear and pleasant
/ Fergus-Harvest about three-quarters done
! estimated average yield is wheat twenty bushels
] per acre; standing grain was beaten down and
| lodged a good deal by the storm. but the wind
/ was not heavy enough to make the damage very
! heavy cool, drying wind yesterday favored
/ the drying out Of the shocks and averted danger
| of sprouting.
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