St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-15
NOTES OF THE HARVEST.
The Crops in Localities Not Satisfac-
tory to the Farmers,
While In Others Good Yield and
Fine Quality Reward Them.
AROUND GRAND FORKS.

Special to the Globe.
GRAND Forks, Oak, Aug. 14.-Har-
veSting has commenced in good earnest in
this vicinity, and binders are being driven
from daylight until dark in all directions.
The weather is all that could be asked, the
days warm and pleasant and the nights
cool and clear. By Saturday night thou
sands of acres will be in the shock, and in
majority of instances the Sabbath will not
not stop the work. The last week has de-
yelOped shortage in the estimated yield,
and the best judges now estimate the yield
at from fifteen to eighteen bushels per acre.
Various causes are assigned for this, but
probably the extreme hot weather of the
1rst week in August had much to do with
it. There has been an unusually large
number of thTeShing outfits sold here and in
adjoining towns, and it will result in the
crop being secured in the shortest possible
time, the practice of threShing directly
from the shock prevailing. From the best
information obtainable, there will be an
effort made by the farmers to hold the crop
OF 1885, as far as possible. for fair price,
/ for there is a widespread belief that the
visible supply has been largely overeSti-
mated.
AROUND vOLGA.
! Special TO the Globe.
| NOLGA, OAK, Aug. 14.-Wheat and all
other small grain are cut and will yield bet
| ter than last year. No storms have visited
this section to damage the crops and had it
| not been for the extreme hot weather a few
| days ago the quality would have been much
better. With the present prospect business
bids fair to be good this fall and our mer-
chants are laying in large stocks. \ small
amount OF new wheat has been marketed,
| grading No. , and averaging thirty bushels
per acre. The Sioux valley will have Il
claim on part of the bakery henceforward.
| AROUND woONsoCKET.
! Special TO the Globe.
WOONsoCKET, Oak, Aug. 1.-THE
| threshing season is fairly upon us. Har
veSting has been success, and the farmers
are now about to reap the reward of their
seasons laborS.
GRAND FORKS.
| Special TO the Globe.
GRAND FORKS, Oak, Aug. 14.-Har-
veSting is progressing all over the valley.
| The yield will not approach the first esti-
mate and will be less than last year.
MooRHEAD.
! Special to the Globe.
! MOORHEAD, Mimi, Aug. 14.-It has
/ just been discovered that the HeSSian fly
has ruined a large portion of the wheat in
/ this section of the country. Wheat that
was thought to be tlattened by the hail and
wind proves to be in many cases knocked
out by the HeSSian fly. Your correspond
ent visited 4 farm near the city this morn
| ing and found that the wheat would not
| yield over ten bushels to the acre. The
same piece promised twenty fifteen days
| ago. The crops in the Red river valley
have been Overestimated. The storms,
hail, wind and Hessian lily have done more
| damage to crops than the farmers them
selves or the newspapers are willing to adj
nit.
HOUSTON COUNTY.
| Special to the Globe.
! CALEDONIA. Mimi, Aug. 14.-HOn. r.
/ +. Thompson. a Fillmore county legislator
was in town Wednesday. The reported
bad condition of spring wheat in Houston
county is fully corroborated by farmers in
terviewed on the subject. Many fields will
not be cut. The majority are hardly worth
cutting Now and then one of Sea Island
wheat will yield fifteen to twenty bushels
of good wheat per acre. The weather con-
tinues bad, it having rained nearly every
day since cutting began.
GOODHUE COUNTY.
Special to the Globe.
RED WING, Minn., Aug. 14.-The cold
wave which struck this section Thursday
has materially aided the damp wheat and
will prevent great amount of grain FROM
being badly damaged by sprOuting. AL
though the prospect of a good crop is little
better than heretofore. the average yield
will probably not be much over half that of
last year. Stacking has commenced and
most farmers will finish next week. A little
threShing out of the shock has already been
done
MANTORyILLE.
Special to the Globe.
MANTORvILLE, Mimi, Aug. 14.-Har-
vesting is about over and many of the farm
eTs have commenced stacking. The farm
ers report that the wheat of this county will
not on an average go over ten bushels per
| acre.
In General.
Special to the Globe.