St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-10
SIGNAL SERVICE BULLETIN.
Crop Conditions as Shown by OBJ
server Healy.


server Healy.
The temperature was seasonable in
the upper part of the state and few
degrees warmer than usual In the south
ern division. The extremes were 96 deg
at La Crosse on the I'd and 3S deg at st.
Vincent on the 5th. Average for the
state, 69.4 deg, a decrease of 4 deg since
last week. The rainfall during the
week is as follows: Duluth, 1.79 inches;
La Crosse. 1.60; Austin. 1.50; Monte
video, LA; OrtOnville, 10; Alexandria,
.63: Morris, 81; Rolling Green, .53; Red
Wing. .4S; Moorhead, AZ; st. Vincent,
Al; Brainerd, 2S. More than the aver
age amount of sunshine prevailed.
Rain is still needed for corn, potatoes
and pastures in some localities. Har-
vest is nearly completed in the southern
half of the state; it is half-done in many
of the central counties, and wheat is
nearly ripe in the extreme northwest.
The estimates on the spring wheat al
ready harvested range from twO-thirds
of a crop to Is bushels per acre.
Reports of Correspondents.
Rochester-Harvest nearly finished and
crops very poor
Morris s-Harvest1ng commenced: crops
fair; temperature. 81 deg. on the 9TH.
Luverne-Hail storm Sunday, Aug. 3. dam
aged crops slightly; late oats wheat and a
few pieces corn suffered most.
Moorhead-An crops in this locality in
good condition.
Ortonville- Crops looking fine; harvesting
commenced first Of the week.
Red Wing-Harvesting Of small grains
nearly completed; corn and potatoes need
more rain. "
La Crosse-The wind and rain storm Of the
Sd seriously injured some crops in this
vicinity.
Elk River-Harvesting in this vicinity
about finished; weather has been hot and
dry and unfavorable to growing crops.
ST. Vincent-W Gather favorable; harvest
ing of barley began Monday, the 4th; some
oats also being cut; both crops promise good
yield; wheat looking splendid and nearly
ripe.
Alexandria-Wheat not coming out as we'll
as expected; the estimated yield is 12 to 10
bushels per acre.
Crookston-The grain, while in the milky
state, was shrunk by hot, dry weather, and
farmers now report about tWo-thirds crop
of wheat; only half crop of potatoes ex-
pected.
No. 1: some stacking has been done; the
rain of Sunday did great deal of good to
corn and potatoes, and started grass.
Montevideo-Grain about half cut; hail
storm of the 9TH destroyed all standing grain
in a path about six miles wide and thirty in
length; corn damaged some.
Austin-Harvesting is about all done; late
wheat is good: early is blighted some; oats,
in localities, blighted some; flax and barley
good; corn and potatoes need rain.
Granite Falls-Graln nearly all in shock
and some stacking done; wheat will be
above the average yield and grade No. l
northern; very few indications OF blight and
rust; all other crops good.
Preston-Very little rain; need more for
pastures potatoes and corn. although corn
is doing well: small grain all cut and prom
ises to be a fair crop; oats is light.
probably average fourteen bushels per acre;
fax and barley doing we'll corn and pota
toes need rain; potato crop win be light
Rolling Green-Harvesting finished, stack
ing well under way: some fields of oats will
be light, owing to ripening prematurely; the
hail OF the Sd did great damage to fax and
corn south and southeast OF here.
New Ulm-Weather favorable, especially
for field work; threshing grain is now in
operation; rain fell on the Sd.
st. James-Harvesting of wheat and o ats
completed, and stacking well along; proba-
Bile yield of wheat ten to eighteen bushels
per acre; oats and fax very good.
Detroit City-Grain ripening well: harvest
ing about half done; crop better than antici-
pated.
Wadena-Hot and dry winds ripened the
grain too quickly and the heads are not well
filled; the wind has also crinkled the grain,
which will cause slight loss.
misunderstanding hardly begun; nearly
every one having; crop good.
Wabasha-Grain is about all cut; wheat
and oats not SO good as expected, probably
two-thirds of crop: corn is doing irstrate,
but it needs more rain.
Shakopee-Spring wheat nearly all har
vested; the best information obtainable puts
the yield at fifteen to eighteen bushels per
acre; corn and potatoes need rain.
Glencoe-The hot weather of the past two
weeks has blighted wheat and oats. and these
will probably be not more than two-thirds of
a crop,