St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-23
ODDS AND ENDS.

"There is lots of talk about tremendous
crops that will never be verified said Henry
Feig, the statesman from Kandiyohi county,
at the capitol Yesterday. 1.-The farmers make
an egregrious error in overestimating the
yield. 1t is better by far to say they have ten
bushels to the acre, and then realize fifteen,
than it is to say they have thirty bushels
when it is only half that amount. There are
some farms in our county that yielded thirty
bushels, but there are more that fell below
twenty bushels. Where the soil is poor the
crop has been light
AT Howard Lake, by the way he pur-
sued, 81 saw farm that threshed out forty
two bushels to the acre, but this is an extra
ordinary instance. How is the corn crop? 1t
is promising. If the frost VIII keep back for
three weeks we will have an unusually heavy
crop. The cold weather in July was a seri-
Gus drawback, and in some fields 1 noticed
that il actually turned yellow, but it is get
ting all over that now. The weather has
been almost perfect this month. Corn is
growing rapidly. and vegetables OF all sorts
seem to be coming right along.
1.-The state fair is going TO be grand sue
cess I'm coming down, of course, and all
the farmers promise that they will give the
fair an exhibit and a visit 'The fair has
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ceipts have been large, and the only reason
that there is a deficiency lies in too extrava-
CANT management The system of giving out
complimentary tickets for illustration, has
been carried to the extreme. Passes have
read for the holder and ladies. These tickets
have ordinarily passed through a whole
neighborhood, and all the women that could
be found have had the benefit. This year a
pass is only good for the holder and one
lady, and they are not transferable. That is
the proper way to do business
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Joel Heatwole, the sagacious editor-farmer
of Mortified threshed 1.S00 bushels OF wheat.
He lost no time in shipment but put his crop
aboard cars and sent it in to Minneapolis
where he sold it at So cents a bushel. Secre-
tary Bertram, OF the dairy commission, was
aetuated by like impulse He thresned his
product and Immediately shipped it to the
Minneapolis market. But fortune seemed to
be on his side His shipment came some
what later than the willy SJoel's and the
market had made marked change mean
while. Bertram received over a dollar a
bushel.
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zone dollar bushel for wheat sounds like
a big price," said Gen. Becker, of the railway
commission, yesterday. 1--WE are told that
Europe will take all our wheat tive do not
ask too much for it. Now, is 81 bushel too
much? l think not, and I think it is per
fectly safe to anticipate that the market will
rule Whereabouts. We all remember that the
price used to be s.. 80 a bushel here, and Eu-
rope bought 1t up just as readily as when we
sold it for 60 cents.
Now, if | was farmer and was in debt,
would sell off wheat fast enough to meet
my obligations If were a farmer and not
in debt and owned a warehouse of my own,
l would store my wheat and sit quietly back
and expect still higher price, but do not
fancy that 1 should care to store my wheat IN
public elevator
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The labor commissioners department is
going largely into the question of mortgages
of farms in the state, and the force is now
engaged in compiling statistics of the year
1881, and these are to be placed in contrast
with the same of the present year, to show
whether or not the debt of the realty inter
ests OF the state are increasing or decreasing.
just what it will indicate, even in the event
the debt of this sort is larger now than it was
ten years ago. is a problem that political
economists disagree upon in the methods of
solution. Some argue that an increase in
mortgage debt, especially if it be brought
about by land purchases, shows simply a
further aecumulative spirit on the part of
buyers and Spectators, and that 1t does not
indicate an increase in poverty.
"Itis shame" said state official yester-
day. that the thing in the corridor should
be torn up and left in this shabby way for
three weeks What in the name of common
80, oil
in Just as good condition as the balance of
the building am sure. 1t leads one to be-
lieve that the one aim is to use up the $4,000
appropriated. Then those steps. True, the
old wooden apologies were a disgrace, but
these gigantic stones-there is a ludicrous
disparity between them and the building"
IL
Balloon aseensions have come to be all the
rage in the Northwest. and nearly every party
that takes an outing has an aeronaut and a
parachute jumper accompany them. Thls
form of amusements has its perils and
dangers for those participating directly in
the ascension, but does not deter many of our
citizens from becoming engaged in this
pastime as a matter of business. The latest
one to enter the ranks of balloonists as a
manager is j. j. Ahern, who proposes TO give
exhibitions in, around and about our SUI
burbs and lakes His first attempt at South
ST. Paul was not what might be
called a roaring success, but with a
little experience he may come out
all right and he soon will be able to make
the jump himself. as well as fill new bal
loon in case some one should run off with
the old one. Charles Christian is also said
to be studying the science, and says it is the
greatest thing he ever heard of. His CONVEX
sation is balloon all the time, and it is cur
rently reported that he has now in course OF
constructions wind bag that will make all
others in this part of the country look like an