Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-11
NORTHWESTERN CROPS,
REVIEW OF THE SITUATION IN MIN.
NEs0TA AND DAKOTA.

Enects Of the Drought stIn Noticeable
Despite Recent Welcome kains--south-
ern Minnesota Prospects Much BETTER
than Usual Southern Dakota Affected
by the Dry Weather.
A St. Paul dispatch gives the following
resume of the crop situation made since
the recent rains, and from reports OF more
than 500 correspondents;
In general terms the crops are In much
better condition in Minnesota than in either
Of the two Dakotss, and notwithst anding
the general drapght there are still large
tracts throughout the wheat areas where
there Is promise Of an excellent yield.
Along the main lines OF the Manitoba In
Minnesota, westward almost TO Tintah and
GAINESVILLE, there is "a vast area including
nearly dozen of the chief wheat growing
counties of the State, within which the
grain for the most part looks well, and in
some sections never gave finer promise at
this stage of growth. 1t has a strong and
healthy appearance. Is OF good stand and is
heading out finely.
A good crop.is looked for In this section.
Otter Tail county promises an average
crop Along the Manitoba & Sioux Falls
limo from Wilmar TO Marshall the wheat
also appears for the most part to be In
good shape for several miles on both sides
of the line. In the lower Red River val
ley the crop is poor and thin without q
doubt. and it Is too late for it to receive
much Improvement A large area around
Grand Forks, including Grand Forks
county and part of Trail, and extending
as far west as Larimore, has very
promising look. Near Kelso and Burton,
in Trail county, there are fields that will
yield eighteen to twenty-five bushels to
the acre, according to present prospects.
In Walsh and Pembina counties, along the
river, the prospect is about the same as at
Grand Forks. On the Minnesota side OF
the valley, in Marshall county, north Of
Warren, and in portion OF Kittson coun-
ty. very good crop will lee harvested.
In Northern Dakota, west of Larimore
AMI in the Devils Lake region, the yield
will be very small, although the prospects
have been somewhat mn roved by the late
rains. In the Turtle mountain region,
however, TIE crop Is in good shape or
the North Dakota crop outside of these
areas it Is to be said that it is generally
poor, but is spotted by areas of greater or
less extent which will turn out good
yield. The wheat on the Missouri slope is
i'm better shape than in other sections,
though it was injured by the hot weather
a week ago.
In southern Dakota the crop Is in very
poor plight, only a small urea north Of
Aberdeen, in Marshall and Brown counties
and portions of Day and Clark counties,
giving promise OF anything like fair
South D akottSSa had tbs succnmbed to the
droa hi, and elts,ough There Is prospect
that the grain will be Of good quality it
will probably not average over half a
crop. Returning TO Minnesota, the north
era counties, north of the region along the
Manitoba main line already described, will
fare POORLY, though rain will probably
help them out a good deal. The grain
has an old, stunted look, and the hot winds
have stripped Off all the green leaves
burning up the plants, root and stalk.
Wheat and oat fields head out at four to
six inches high.
1t is in central and southern Minnesota
that the wheat crop seems to be at its best
In half a dozen counties of the southeast
ern portion IL is in poor condition. but
with this exception, the outlook is very
good, especially in southeastern Minnesota,
the Minnesota river valley and in most Of
the counties composing the southern tier.
Even in this section the crop is peculiarly
spotted, adjoining townships and even adj
joining fields, displaying very diverse re-
suits.
On the whole, however, the yield in
southern Minnesota will be good, far above
a. ----r- 49, 80 ss-~,-'ss s--eVs az
the conditions continue favorable. Fillmore
and Freeborn counties send in excellent re-
ports. Oats may be q little short, but all
other crops in southern Minnesota are do
ing we'll Corn and fax have been back
ward, but are catching up, and vegetables
are in fourishing condition. Southern
Minnesota will, therefore, taking all kinds,
turn out as large and as fine crop in the
aggregate as has been harvested there for
years.
Northern Iowa advices are to the effect
that it is too dry for small grain, but corn
is doing we'll. Reports from over the Me-
braska division of tho Omaha railroad
represent the corn crop as in excellent
shape, and all others as doing well.