St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-17
1T WAS SOMEWHAT COLDER.
The State Weather-Crop Bureaus
Report for Last Week.


Report for Last Week.
The weather-crop bulletin of the Min
nesota weather service for the past
week shows that the thermometer took
a decided tumble in nearly every por-
ton of the state. The lowest tempera-
ture reached was at st. Vincent, where
it went down to SO. The report in de-
tail Is as follows:
The temperature which prevailed over
the state was below reasonable aver
age, except in the west. where it was
normal. The lowest was Sc deg. at st.
Vincent OH the 9th; highest, SO deg. at
Moorhead and st. Paul on the 18th:
mean for the state, 64.1, fall OF 5.3
since the preceding week. Following
are the weekly measurements OF rain
fall: Moorhepd, 1.22 inches; Red
Wing, LOS; Brainerd, 81; S. Vim
cent, .6S; Pennington, so; Crooks
ton, .33; Ada, rs; st. Paul, .23; and
lighter amounts at several other stations.
There was plenty of sunshine during
the week. These conditions favored the
growing crops, and reports are more en-
couraging than they have been for few
weeks past. The unusually low tenn
perature in the Northwest on the 9th
inst, caused no damage to wheat. Esti-
mates of correspondents this week
places the yield of wheat per acre at
l4M bushels, which is slightly above
the average for Minnesota for the past
twelve years. Harvesting Is nearly
completed in the western central part Of
the state, and it is fairly commenced in
the Red River valley.
REPORTS OF CORRESPONDENTS.
Currie-Good many farmers threshing out
of the shocks; fax and oats yielding we'll.
Very dry here.
Brainerd-Grain averaging well potato
crop will be light; hay good. Quite cold the
past week.
Morris Barvesting well along; threshing
| from shock commenced. Weather, fine.
demonstrating nearly all done. The
| dry weather is very injurious to corn crop,
potatoes and vegetables. Rain nee d3d very
| much.
La Crosse-Harvesting Of principal crops
| in progress; good average yield reported.
MantorviIle- Harvesting is completed and
some stacking done. Corn is doing fine and
promises to be an extra crop.
MISUNDERSTANDING nished; stacking
and threshing being pushed; wheat yield. 10
| to 10 bushels per acre; oats, 80 to 40;
| fax, 10; dry weather has made short crop
| of corn and potatoes.
Red Wing-Late grains; corn and late po-
| tatoes have been greatly benefited by recent
|
the yield is good; pasture lands are i'm.
St. James-Stacking nearly done; some
wheat has been threshed. and graded No.
and No. 2, and averaged from 10 to 16
| bushels per acre; oats, flax and corn will be
very good.
Detfoit City-Very little rain IN the past
seven days; fine harvest weather, with cool
| nights; harvest will be nearly completed here
| in three days more.
corn. Weather now cool and clear. Thresh
ing shows wheat half crop, about No.
grade. Writer wheat better. Barley two
thirds Of crop. Colored oats half crop
light. Flax and seeds very fair. Potatoe!
| plenty, but small, owing to dry weather.
Glencoe-Wheat and oats are all cut, and
most of it stacked. Wheat will run from II
to Is bushels per acre. Oats are light. Corr
looks well. Hay crop is good. Flax look
we'll.
Shakopee-Fine shower on the 18th great!
benefited corn. Late potatoes and pastures
Harvesting nearly all done and few far
mers have threshed, and am confident M
former estimate Of from 10 TO lS bushels
wheat to the acre is about right. ,
Notwithstanding in operation all owe
Marshall county.
Grand Meadow-Grain all cut but fax.
Much stacking done. Pastures very dry
Need rain.
Moorhead-C in excellent condition.
Montevideo-Grain cutting finished. Stack
ing one-third done. Wheat averages 10 to i
bushels per acre, of inferior quality.
Elk River-Harvesting finished. Weathe
pleasant and warm. Growing crops retarde'
by lack of moisture
st. Mountaineering somewhat impede
by rains. Late sown wheat backward
Warmer weather and sunshine needed.
Redwood Falls-It has been cool and yer
| dry Corn and potatoes need rain. A grea
deal of threshing is done from the shock
Wheat is yielding from Is to 20 bushels pc
acre. Grade. and 2.
Granite Falls-Too dry; wheat about hal
stacked, and in fine shape and good quality
good SO far; ditto corn; potatoes about half
crop and in many cases less.
Rolling Demonstrating about done; som
oats threshed. yielding from 20 TO 40 bushel