Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-04
ICE IN WHEAT NM
GLOOMY REPORTS rno.
NORTHWEST NOM
Futile Efforts to Diss,n..
Building Fires-Th. the F.,
spread Affecting Miuns.s
=, ana Manitoba-Harve.,,nrm,s'
Seven Degree.

~. Seven Degree. Below Fra,
The reports which ooa ss'.sin
North Dakota wheat fields ne frou
couraging character. s are Of
~. At cSo oIe,. Grigss CONT.
wa was . =. heavy freeze, ice formiansss
cooked, and wheat in s ha.e 81
process Of cutting is d enock {.
thermometer ,lIinn;Na reached the t r.sze q.
At midnikht, and at 10 in 'itIbe .
stood At rs degrees Farmo,.nae nd
had placed straw on tho nas gem
the fields, and most eyervhn nSreh
night a1aa t, and tended their smud i ssf
vas OF no use, for what l i,He
there was came from tho sont t,e :.
lied the smoke in the wro na'n a an
About IS per cent. Of III. ,e alfe
.hock. The Thermometers rs sra IN
% at several points in Ramss u " "
Ind ice was found on the heads ~ -
n many fields. Smudge fire s' W. ul
started until late in the nirh t wen
feared they did little good. 'A'' and
About 50 per cent. of the oro;,
IN that region. ~'a'a
Villages along the northern ho,,
port that the temperature was ' III
not much above 90. 1t was ss III
Dina, "a at Rol!o, IS at Cando s Nv
st. John. 1t was cloudy, how unu
The last two points named.
Manitoba reports are h)acl
point in the province shows that tha
perature was from 20 to a. 'Ae
The wheat there is still in I'M
and a large percentage Of it will
.otal loss. Oliver DalrYmple. No,.,j
zota's great wheat-grower, said
the condition of the cro Is'N'
ae estimated the frost had ds d., i
tbout one. seventh of tho entire s, y
and cats crop in the Red River VI y
from Fargo to the British possess
The last freeze would, of course
luce the figures, and he feared
sixth Of the crop would be-
stroyed. On the night of the first st
,ne-half Of the wheat acreage had
untouched by the harvester Ha
that ell the wheat uncut at that
has had what is called = sbraod, /,
This wheat will be equally IS uood
milling purposes IS No. hard, but
farmers will receive grade lower
explaining the action of the frost on
uncut wheat no said the amont NJ ;
age would altogether depend on the
dition Of the wheat berry at the tin
tho frost. The wheat standing "
had turned to dough but had not rim
would not be materially injured By
severe frost. 1t would only result
corrugating the surface OF the q
which would destroy its brightness
cause it to lose a grade. The vhea
the milk would be an entire loss vi
ever there was a frost below 80 desd
Tho straw would turn to yellow
might deceive even the most eypersI
farmer, but the grain would never
out Of its milk state
A Duluth dispatch says: Ban
Trade men received reports from
Dakota that frost seriously nj
late sown wheat throughout tMa
while letters about the prfG
indicate that more damage was
than had previously been ESTIMATED
A Church's Ferry, N. d., report
The thermometer registered 20. Ic
found on the heads of wheat in
fields. Farmers tried smudge fire
large extent, but some think the
not commence soon enough, sor
them waiting till almost freezing
before starting the fires. About
cent. Of the grain is cut, and halt
balance is ripe. There is no fir
Cando or St John, but it was he;
Rolla.
At St Vincent, N. D., it was
grees, the same as the former cold
but there was apparently much b
frost. About 70 per cent. of the {
harvested.
At Pembina, N. D., it was 70
grees below freezing.
All over Manitoba the damage is
liable. The thermometer was fro
to five degrees below freezing a
the province. A great quantity
wheat is still green.