St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-08
Reports From Various Localities in Min
nesota and Dakota Concerning the
Present Crop.
The Damage in Localities Differently Els
timated-False Statements Being
Circulated.
Accident at Hastings Hawkeye
Democrats INSTRUCT Death
on Train.
News From Various Points in the
Northwest Cleaned by Globe
Correspondents.
Crop Prospects.

bllt"'ldl 10 Jic ClObc-
GRoroN. Oak. Aug. 1.-THE crop is
the all-absoIbing topic now. Farmers and
mechanics alike have common interest in
the crop. During the day the town is very
dull. but towards evening farmers come III
for mail and trading. Diiigent inquiry mas
been made concerning inc report % rust
and blight. " hat can be the use OF START
Ing the damaging reports recently circulated
about this valley crop? As Mhole Tue
average from the county viii pe il2h' me
wheat is very clean and WCll hheu' Ohll
tharm can come from the lies about rust ana
lbIight. and we are naturally indignant at
them. II is for the interest OF al 10 be
loDeSt and candid. ana al honest farmers
slara Georecate such damaging reports.
%TvelD-thjug indicates as good crop as three
wears AGO. The warm weather has brought
forward the corn crop finely. IN spite OF the
7nouthlv froSts. Farmers VIII cut just as
soon as is practicable 10 avoid the early
fTOstS.
Blue EARTH COUNTY.
Spocjal 70 the Globe.
MANKATo. Aug. THE few farmers
who have time 20 visit the city report
good crop in every direction. A. Turner
of Eagle Lake saws the corn in MS vicinity
never looked better and that the small
g1ainisvcry GOOD. Joseph MAY, who raises
T.
that he never saw a better prospect for Il
good crop Of wheat and that The quality Is
unusually good. the heads lOnr. We'll .ilicd
and plump. Col. Smith % RGpdGu finished
cutting his small grain about the middle OF
the week and SAYS that upon examination
Ir finds very small percentage Of the
wheat in any way affected by blight or rust,
while the oats and barley are better than
usual Through the county at large the
small grain ia already in the shock, few
turner's beginning 10 threSh to-day. Al
most the universal verdict is that the sea-
son is more thau an average one. OF course
we have our chronic croabeTs who would
moi be satisfied ii every acre yielded fifty
bushels and the price was Sl.50 per bUshel.
.TDgiuper Smith. Of the Chicago, MilWau-
lee Il St. Paul railroad. says that his crop
will average about twenty-five bushels Of
wheat to an acre. all Of the best Fife.
DAY COUNTY.
Special to the Globe.
WEBSTER. Oak. Aug. THE state
ment made that blight exists in grain be-
tween AndOy1r and Mlbnk is not true.
The most dilgent inquiry has failed to dis
cover q single case OF blight in the territory
banned The harvest in the hills is well adj
Vanced and the crop is heavier than ever
known before. The berry is bright and
clean. Here record a prediction: Before
the st OF January the wheat from the
s.oteq1S or hills will be in bigger demand.
formilimg purposes. at higher prices. than
thai produced in any other part Of the
Whole territory Of Dakota. We have had
ar abundance Of rain, and this. with the
WARM weather. viii make our corn crop Ger
tain. There is a large crop growing,
\ WET HARVEST.
Special 10 the Globe.
WATERr0wN. Wis. Aug. This sec
ton is going through the ordeal OF wet
harvest The barley is Ill cut, but cOnsld-
cradle OF the crop still remains in the shock
TOO wet to be stacked or secured il bins,
and the result is small portion is dam
AGED by sweating and growing On the av-
craze the crop is a good quality
and Yields fully forty bushels
10 the acre, with berry that
is colored however, from the excessive
rains. which viii lessen the price from to
10 cents a bushe. 4 new pest is reported
in portions of Jefferson and Dodge counties
in the appearance Of grassh0ppers iii large
plumbers. which are ravagIng the oats. corn
and other crops to some extent. They are
the kind that have always been known here,
but they now appear in great numbers.
FALSG ALARMS.
Special to the Globe
I8ktIO. ljdA.- -Al-' g. al -lltIi -NNf0 ~
dav with a number OF large wheat-growers
in the vicinity Of the bonanza farms
about Casselton. they express the opinion
Ethat the recent reports OF damage to whea
lin Cass county OF % 10 50 per cent. are eX-
acgerations for purpose. Judge Good
rich. cutting 500 acres three miles from
Casselton, says he never had finer wheat
IT is not damaged in the least, is a large
7,orfc,t grain and will average over tWent,
bushels to the acre. J. c. Gill, cuttin!
=. O00 acres. says the damage by the weathe
is very small He believed the yield il
Gas, county and most counties north vii
be greater than last year. On some OF tn
largest farms the seed was put i'll badly, re
ducmg the yield.
SCOTT COUNTY.
Special to the Globe.
SuAKopEE. Mimi, Aug. Farmers O.
the prairie surrounding the city will fms
the cutting Of grain tomorrow. In til