St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-19
HARVEST REPORTS.
From Western Divisions of the st.
Paul & Omaha Road.

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WOODSTOCK, Aug. 1S.-Harvesting is be-
ing delayed by rainy weather; grain not cut
is crinkling down bodily; considerable grain
in stack; flax ripening fast.
Hadley-Harvestlng about over; flax look
ing well.
Avoca-Wheat and oats nearly all stacked,
but very little flax cut as yet The recent
rains have damaged stacking and cutting Of
flax; there is some wheat and very little oats
to cut yet. II is falling down badly.
Kasota Crops all harvested in this district;
corn getting along nicely
misunderstanding in this vicinity is fin
shed and threshing commenced; great
deal will be threshed without being stacked.
l have heard no reports as to Weld where
threshing has been done; corn suffered con-
siderabIy during the hot dry weather of last
week, but how much have not been able to
learn.
Lake Crystal-Nearly all stacking done,
and weather has been favorable; threshing
begun.
Vernon Center-Nearly all grain in stack
in good condition; corn doing we'll.
Winnebago City-Corn doing well; small
grain all good
Amboy-Grain nearly all in stack in good
condition; corn doing fine; weather damp
and cool
Garden City-Grain nearly stacked and
threshing well begun; both oats and wheat
turning out heavy; corn doing fine; weather
clearing; damp, but no damage done.
Elmore-All grain in stack and threshing
commenced; good yield reported both OF
wheat and oats.
Blue Earth City-Wheat nearly stacked,
some threshing done; corn looking finely;
slight rain yesterday; weather cool.
Worthing ton-Crops in fine condition;
harvesting nearly furnished; corn looking
well with prospect of good yield in this
vicinity.
Rushmore-Oats cut, fair yield; farmers
cutting flax and wheat; weather favorable.
Lu Verne-A good part of wheat oats, rye
and barley in the stack but little threshing
done yet; corn and flax coming on well;
very wet past few days.
Book Rapids-Small grain all in stack ex-
cept flax; grain put up without much rain;
fax and corn good.
Overwhelming of small grain about all
done; some fax still uncut; light rains for
day or two has prevented it from being cut
or stacked; prospects for a heavy corn crop
are still favorable.
Beaver Creek-Grains all harvested and
mostly stacked; fax is now being cut; no
damage by late rains; corn booming;
weather mild.
Valley Springs-Al grain except flax cut
and stacked; no threshing done yet.
II
stacked in good order; flax being cut; some
threshing done; corn doing well; weather
wet.
Hartford grain except fax mostly
all stacked flax and corn doing well.
Misunderstanding most done; very little
flax cut yet; no threshing done to amount
to anything.
Salem-Weather for last week has been
mostly cloudy and hot but no rain all grain
but late fax is in stack without rain; some
threshing done; wheat running from sixteen
to eighteen bushels; oats, rye and barley fair
crops; corn very promising.
Adran-All grain except some flax is cut
and about half stacked; have had damp
weather for two days but clearing now; corn
will mature in three or four weeks.
Sioux Falls-Small grain except fax all
secured in good condition; corn doing well;
weather rainy and warm.
Ashton, Ia.-Grain all harvested except
flax; good crops; corn looking fine; weather
light rains.
Slayton-Harvestinga done, except some
flax.
Lake Wilson-Grain all harvested and
some stacking done; considerable rain for
the past three days, but no damage done;
very little flax cut yet; no threshing done.
Mountain Lake-Wheat oats and barley
are all in the stack in good condition; some
of the flax is stacked; late flax is looking
well
Henderson-The grain is all cut and a
good many have it all in stack in nice shape;
farmers are feeling good over the harvest;
corn doing well.
Mankato- Harvesting finished in this
vicinity; small grains unusually good this
year; corn doing finely now; weather cloudy
and damp this morning.
Window Grain nearly all in stacks, ex.
cept flax, which is looking finely; corn doing
WE'LL some threshing done.
Madelia-Nearly all grain is in stack; little
threshing done; one party said wheat
turned out twenty-five bushels; corn doing
nicely.
Dundee-Grain all harvested excepting
some late flax; farmers about half done
stacking.
Blakely-Harvesting is completed in this
vicinity; stacking nearly done; crops all IL
without damage from storms.
Merriam Junction-Small grain all hai
vested in this vicinity; farmers are threshinl
and report good yield Of wheat oats and
barley; heavy rain during last forty-eight
hours which much improves the corn.
Sibley-All small grain excepting flax har.
vested and nearly all stacked; flax ready foi
harvest; corn looking fine.
Brewster-small grain nearly in stack with
the exception Of flax and that is being Sc
cured as fast as possible; corn is doing
nicely.
Minneopa-Grain nearly all In stacks;
corn is doing well.