New-York tribune., 1891-10-14
HEAVY LOSSES ON CROPS.
RAIN AND LACK OF LABoRERs DIsCoURAGING
FARMERS IN SEVERAL NoRTHwEsTERN
STATES

ST. Paul, Minn.. Oct. 13.-The weather OF the laso
few weeks has undone much Of the good that was
wrought by the fine weather early In the season III
North Dakota and the farmers OF the Northwest VIII
suffer losses reaching into the millions The damage
can as vet only be estimated, but that the loss VIII
he great there seems no doubt The railroads had
made special arrangements to handle great crop.
and tho farmers considered their own plans amply
sufficient But so great was the wheat crop that NJ
first II was almost impossible TO hire enough harvest
hands to secure the crop, and large part OF II mao
TO DO left standing in the shock Then 1t was founo
that the supply Of threshng gmachines was insucehI
and that caused delay which left fully half the crop
still I'm the fields nnthreshed when the rains came.
Pain has been general and abundant, and it is this
which has caused the greatest loss. There is sul
great shortage Of threshing outfits but the weather
has prevented work more than hah-time.
At jamestown, in the North Dakota Jim River Val
lev, rain and snow fell last night; 1t was showing
to-day and last week there was only one full day
wheat hreshing Reports are received OF grain
sproutlng In several stacks.
At Devil Lake, In the northern part OF the STATE
! heavy rain fell to-day, which Will stop threshhg
several days No grain has been stacked, owing to
the scarcity OF laborers Lakota. " D., reports snow.
hreshlng stopped entirely, and fears that unless the
weather clears soon much Of the grain will be unit
IN hresh In the northern part Of North Dakota there
WILL however be loss from lack Of aborers tlan
| from bad weather.
Northwestern Minnesota gives about the same re-
port rs North Dakota. 1t began raining again about
Croolston Yesterday and continued all day. There
| have been only a few days OF dry weather IN four
weeks and farmers are getting discouraged IN IIav-
erse County and central western Minnesota the larger
norton OF the wheat has not yet been treshed ana
men and machines greatly needed. -,
| Fargo " De- oct. 10 (SpeciaD.-.-Eghty -hundredths
Of an inch Of rain fell yesterday Ii cleared up ast
night but this morning 1t clouded up and there has
| been drizzle all day. This storm, coming so soon
after several other showers, has greatly injured the
| wheat In Rchand, CaSs and Dckey counties II IS
probable that at least oncha of the grain has been
| threshed Half the remainder IS In the stack III
sargent and Ransom counties not over onetllrd mas
been threshed and It is possible that one third OF te
crop has been stacked in Grand Forks In Walsh ana
Pembina counties not Is per cent OF the grain
has been secured. Little stacking has been done ID
Trail County about one-third Of the grain Is tresned
and small proportion Of the grain IS stackeu lHo W
water stands several inches deep on many heds III
some parts OF Walsh County, and grain is thoroughly
Soaked The Turtle Mountain district and James River
Valley have about Onethird threshed and most OF the
rest has been stacked Wheat left in shock mas been
badly injured all over the state but some OIL id VIA
grade fairly well when threshed. IT has been placed
in stack TO sweat after being somewhat bleachea;,
Thcra has been much careless stacking thlS yeI a ~
! considerable grain which II was hoped 10 project III
this way is now wet through and heating.