St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-06
NORTHWESTERN CROPS.
Damage to the Growing Grain by the Re-
cent Unfavorable Weather Not
Very Severe.
Garrinette Visited by Sweeping Fire,
Property Valued at ISL, 900 Being
Destroyed.
Hus Bfcknell Receives 4 Fatal Fall
From the New Bridge at
Brafnerd.
News From Various Points in the
Northwest Cleaned by Globe
Correspondents.
CrnN RrOSnPcqS.

Correspondents.
Crop Prospects.
Special 10 inc Globe.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. Sin letter to l..
F. Hodges of this city Oliver Dalrymple,
under date of Aug. 3, gives the following
average yield per acre in Dakota: Barnes
county, to 20 bushels: Bon HOmme, ID TO
80; Beadle, 90; Brown, II to IS; Brookings,
10; Cass. II to 20; Dawson. Is to 20;
Dickey. 18; Day. 20; Grand Forks. 10 TO 20;
Grant. 10 to Is; Lincoln. IS To 20; Lake,
-; McCook, 16; Minnehaha, 10 to Is,
Moody, Is.
IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY.
Special to the Globe
FARGO, Oak, Aug. 5.-Barley, rye and
oats are being harvested in the North, and
me reports are uniform that the yield is
large. and being saved III excellent condi-
ton. The oat crop is especially heavy.
More barley is grown this season than ever
before. Sheriff Haggart of Fargo has this
week cut 100 acres Of barley and rye. Since
the heated term has passed the weather
could hardly be more favorable for wheat
being clear and cool, with a good breeze.
1t is hardly possible that any serious disas-
ter can occur to the wheat, which is matur-
ing rapidly. The hot and wet weather has
not affected the grain at all, with the eXcep-
lion of an occasional field sown very late.
In which the quality of the berry
may be lowered a grade. A few
fields Of the early Sown III
the counties that have a mixture
of sand in the soil have been cut. and the
reports are that the yield is fully up to an
ticipatiOnS. The losses by hale, storm and
all causes viii apparently be less than per
cent. of the aggregate in the North, and it
may be safely anticipated that the North
will have more wheat to harvest than in
any former year, and the bulk of 1t No.
hard. The increased yield will more than
compensate for any reduction of acreage
from last year. Harvest will be fully UNI
der way next week. There is a notable in
crease of activity in business in the towns
and some relaxation Of the financial strin-
gency in view of the prospects OF fine
harvest and fair prices.
AT PENIBTNA.
PENIBINA, Aug. 5.-Ransom county is
damaged - per cent. by blight and rust,
Richland, u to IS; Sargent, 20: StutSmna,
- to %; Trail, 10 to IS: Turner, 16 to 20;
Walsh, IS to %; Eddy, %; Brule, u. The
damage in Cass county is given in dispatch
to-day as from % to 49, per cent. The
Milwaukee and st. Paul reports contain no
mention of serious damage along the lines
or the company. Estimates received by
Robert Elliott state the average yield per
acre i'll Dakota to be between IL and Is
bushels, and for Minnesota II bushels.
AT WOONSoCKET.
Special to the Globe.
WoONsOCKET, Aug. 5.-Diligent inqui-
ries from farmers living in various directions
from this, and personal observation, war
rant your correspondent in stating that the
yield of small grain of every variety through
out our tributary country will be the best
ever harvested, while corn is promising a
splendid crop. One experienced farmer re-
piled to our question to-day: ''Neyer
saw such an abundant yield of all kinds of
grain during my farming experience of
thirty-five years" And so the answer
comes from all. Farmers are all cheerful.
and will find themselves generally relieved
of much Of their financial embarrassment
when the harvesting is over and the crop
marketed. WOOnsOcllet business men. who
are largely interested i'll the success of this
years crop, are well satisfied with the out
look and trade is already reviving.
AT YANKToN.
Special to the Globe.
YANKToN, Oak, Aug .5.-The heavy and
continuous rains during the past three days
may have an injurious effect Oh the crops.
although there is no great apprehension yet.
1t is raining tonight throughout Southern
Dakota.
AT wAsECA.
Special to the Globe.
WAsECA, Mimi, Aug. 5.-A run
through three towns in this county shows
that grain is down more than former reports
indicated. More especially is this true of
oats. Barley is all cut and out of the way.
Blight is everywhere to be seen, and the
chinch bug is Oh many farms. IN some
places grain looks ripe, but when examined
it is found that the bug has got in his
work. Better weather could not be de-
sired, and grain is going into shock quite
lively. The bulk will be harvested by
Saturday.
IN GENERAL.
The Northwestern Miller of to-day will
say:
The crop outlook in this section is better.
Since July 30 the weather in the north has
been cool and pleasant and very favorable
TO the growing grain. Some local storms
in Northern Minnesota and Dakota have
caused the loss of a few thousand acres of
wheat, but aside from this the conditions
are excellent. Reports are still coming i'll
that the damage from the hot and rainy
weather of two weeks ago was fully as
great as noted at the time. In many sec
tions, particularly in the southeast, latest
reports are more unfavoTable than those
of a week ago. The damage. which was at
that time not noticeable to any great extent,
is now showing itself. Many fields which.
ten days ago, looked to be unframed, are
now showing evidences of blight. This is
true of the entire spring wheat belt, but the
greatest damage is confined to late Sown
wheat in the south. To sum UP all reports.
the condition is briefly this: In the south
ern tier of counties in Minnesota the crop is
badly injured by blight, rust, and a two
thirds crop is about all that is expected
Some counties will not raise more than half
as much as last year. In Western Mime
sofa and Southwestern Dakota the crop was
too far advanced to suffer severely, although
there is considerable damage there. In North
Dakota and Minnesota the crop was
not in the proper stage to receive great
injury Had the hot weather come ten DAYS
later, the crop of the whole northern part
of Dakota and Minnesota would have
blghted AS tits, nearly every field shows
more or less damage. A letter from Crooks
ton. written on the Sd, says the tops of the
heads show blight in very many cases. and
in some fields on low ground the grain is
injured from to Is per cent. The best
promise at present is along the Northern
Pacific road from Fargo west The condi-
tiOns have been more favorable in that sec
ton than in any other. The crop of Min
nesota will be hardly an average one, say
80, 100000 bushels. In Dakota the in
creased acreage will make up for much of