St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-29
THE Frost DAMAGE.
Reports From a Large Number of
Wheat Fields.


Wheat Fields.
DETROIT, Mimi, Aug. %. -Postmas-
ter Day, of this city, has written to all
the postmaSters in this county and also
to the White Earth reservation, asking
if any damage had been reported in
their neighb0rhood by frost. All of
them, except White Earth, report little
or no damage, except to garden truck.
Yesterday he received a letter from the
postmaster at White Earth. stating that
III that vicinity 529 acres were destroyed
in one place and 260 in another, and he
estimates the loss at Il, 900 bushels.
MONANGO. \. D.. Ang. 2S.-The har-
vest is we'll advanced, and farmers are
in good spirits over the prospect of an
abundant yield. There was a heavy
frost Saturday night. which nipped
beans. potato vines, ETC., and curled the
leaves of corn, but no serious damage
has resulted. the wheat beng ripe
enough to escape damage.
MANKATO. Mlnn.. Aug. 2S.-Thresh-
ing is now general throughout the coun-
try, and very encouraging reports are
coming in. A number of farmers report
yields of from 80 to 40 bushels of wheat.
Owing to the hail or other causes,
a few fields have not yielded
over Is or Is bushels, but where
there was no external cause for the re-
duction, the lowest figures are 20 to "a
bushels. 1t is safe to place the average
yield in the county at from 25 to q
bushels. Oats are fairly good crop,
and will average 45 bushels. and per-
haps more. Flax will go 10 to 10 bushels.
Frosts have done no damage, while re-
cent rains have greatly improved the
condition of corn and potatoes.
DEVILS LAKE, n. d., Aug. 2S.-
There has been light frost every night
tor the past week, but it is not believed
that any damage to grain has resulted,
although green stuff has suffered. Har-
vesting is we'll advanced and a heavy
frost now would not cause near SO much
damage as if it had come earlier.
MooRHEAD, Aug. 2S.-From the best
information obtainabe the News says
that the damage in this vicinity by frost
which occurred last Sunday morning is
not very serious. No doubt exists that
the frost was heavier and more killing
in some places than in others, even in
the same neighborhOOd. From half
to One-third of the grain had been cut
when the frost occurred. OF the two
thirds standing less perhaps than one
third of that was green enough to be
and there, was injured.
CRooKSTON. Mimi, Aug. 2S.-There
has been absolutely no damage to crops
in this county from frost. Your corre-
Spondent has interviewed farmers from
all over the county and there is not one
who has seen the least indications of
damage. Even tomato and cucumber
vines were not touched.
GRAND FORKS, n. D.. Aug. 2S.- There
are no new developments as to the frost
damage. Farmers insist that the dam
age is extremely light and only. to late
sown wheat. This is confirmed by ex-
pert testimony, which says the injury
will be but from 3 to per cent.
HALLOoK. Aug. 2S.-Grain is not half
cut A heavy frost yesterday morning
will cause loss of at least 10 per cent.
1t is feared there will be loss to the
cutting wheat before maturity, as it has
shrunken considerably.
PEMBINA. n. d.. Aug. 2S.-One-third
of the wheat crop is unripe and dam
aged in some localities 20 per cent.
More than half the crop is cut. The
damage is not serious and is confined to
certain localities.
BUFFALO. Mimi, Aug. 2S.-This sec
tion of the country was visited by a
frost last night. the extent of which is
llOG hIlOM lie NOlH iIIuSGs UCWCNGsa UO
injured to some extent, as it is very
backward.
BISMARCK, n. d., Aug.--The damage
by frost last night is the lowest yet in
the Missouri valley and will amount to
nothing. FOur-tifthS of the grain was
in stack or shock. Corn was cut little,
but not enough to materially affect the
general crop. Garden truck suffered
the greatest damage. Twenty to thirty
five bushels to the acre is the song of
the farmer in this section, all No. 1
hard.
JAMESTOWN, n. D., Aug. 2S.-No one
is hardly able to tell yet what damage
frost has done. Leading farmers now
cutting wheat state that the grain is
badly hurt where not cut or dead ripe.
Fields are turning white and straw is
falling down. About One-third was cut
before the frost. Two-thirds is more OF
less injured.
FARGO, n. D., Aug. 2S.-There has
been no damage in Cass county by the
frost since Sunday night. The per cent
of damage in the county is small, in
some localities nothing. Near Page
the damage is said to be quite large.
Around Fargo only garden truck seems
to have been affected. In the entire
county perhaps to 10 per cent of the
crop was touched