St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02
ID farmers are putting in fax as fast as

| IS progressing timely, the weather Delng very
favorable. The principal part of crops here
will be flax, of which there will be about
one-ffth more sown than last year. Oats
are about all sown and in some places just
showing above the ground. Very little
wheat grown for market purposes.
Ottawa-The seeding in this vicinity is
about completed, except in some places
where tie land is low. Crop is principally
wheat and oats very little flax.
Madelia-There is about the same acreage
of wheat and oats as last year, a little more
flax and little less corn and all small grain
except flax, and it is starting very good so
far as heard.
MISUNDERSTANDING and seeding some
what delayed by cold and damp weather.
Farmers busy seeding flax.
Administering proceeding slowly;
chiefly damp weather.
Drake-Weather has been quite favor
able for seeding the past week. Wheat,
oats and barley about all down; farmers
busy sowing fax.
Luverne Grain doing nicely; wheat and
oats showing out of ground; flax nearly all
sown; no corn planted yet; weather cool
and favorable for small grain.
Rock Rapids-Wheat, oats and barley all
sown and doing nicely; flax about half
Sown.
Doon-Wheat and oats seeding is about
finished; but little, if any, flax has been
Sown, and no corn planted The acreage
of all kinds of grain will greatly exceed that
of last year.
Beaver Creek-Seeding progressing favor
ably; weather favorable.
Valley Springs-Oats, wheat and barley
all sown and coming up nicely; not much
flax sOwn yet.
Sioux Falls-Seeding about finished with
marked increase III acreage, especially flax.
Planting is well under way, with weather
favorable and prospects good.
Hartford progressing fiuely.
Small grain all in except fax, Ground in
good condition. Weather cool.
Montrose-Small grain mostly all in eX-
cept flax. Weather mostly cloudy and cool.
Ground in good condition. Some wheat up
and looks good
ShakOpee-There seems to be about an
average acreage in this vicinity this spring.
Nearly all small grain in and in good con-
ditiOn. No winter wheat i'll here to speak
of. Farmers seem to regret they did not
put everything into wheat in view of the
pending difficulty between England and
Russia.
st. Peter-Seeding somewhat delayed on
account Of rain, but is well advanced, how
ever, and prospects good Flax half sown;
prospect good.
MankatO-There is marked increase in
acreage of wheat in this vicinity compared
with last year, also slight increase in fax.
Oats and corn about same. Small grain
nearly all in ground; every prospect for
good crops.
Sioux City-Acreage of wheat and fax
in Woodbury. county will be larger than last
year. Farmers have got all small grain in.
Hubbard-All small grain doing nicely;
no planting done yet
Meuiam-There is considerable decrease
in acreage of wheat sown in this vicinity
and farmers seem to favor corn and rye
more than wheat. Very little fax raised
in this vicinity. All winter grain looking
well.
Alton-All grain coming up good, weather
favorable, and prospects good for good
crop.
Blakeley-Seeding in this vicinity not
half done yet. Wheat is the principal crop
here and as near as can be learned the
acreage is about the same as last year. No
flax is raised here.
JOrdan-Small grain about all in; very
poor growing weather.
Herman-Crop prospects very good; corn
and wheat principal grains; little oats.
Blair-Very little done since last report.
Grain that is up is very uneven. Weather
unfavorable.
Coleridge-Wheat and oats coming up
nicely, flax being sown on old ground and
coming up i'll good shape.
Harlington-Wheat doing well; oats and
flax all in; corn planting will begin next
week.
EASTERN DIVISION.
Rush-Owing to the heavy snowstorm Of
Sunday and Monday there has been 10
seeding of any account done since last re-
port. The number of acres in winter wheat
about equals that of last year.
Lake Elmo-Wheat and barley are not
all sowed yet. If the weather keeps nice
for two or three days they will have those
in by that time.
North Wisconsin Misunderstanding in
this vicinity about two-thirdS done. If
weather continues fine farmers will be
through in four or five days. Acreage of all
kind of grain soWn about the same as former
years.
| NORTHERN DIVISION.
Ormes-Owing to the lateness of spring
in this vicinity seeding has barely COM
menced. About the same acreage in seed
here as last year with exception of wheat,
which will somewhat exceed last year. No
fax.
Stillwater-The seeding of small grain
about finished here, and farmers have COM
menced preparing their land for corn.
Acreage same as last year.
Hammond-But little seeding has been
done the past week on account of the snow
storm of Monday.
Burkhardt--At present there is about
one-half the acreage in seed as compared
with last year, which is mostly given to
wheat and corn. Last season it was mostly
given to wheat. The farmers are still seed
ing; crops are looking good.
Boardman-The crops for 1885 so far
sown in this vicinity (to-wit) wheat, oats
and rye are a fair average in acreage to the
crop of 1884. Very little winter wheat in
this vicinity; what there is looks fair. 1,
Hudson-The seeding in this vicinity has
not been finished. The acreage for wheat
and other small grain will be about the same
as that of last year. Prospects are very
good, although the weather is a little too
cool.
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