The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-07-23
The Prospects for q Good Wheat Yield
In Minnesota and the Dakotas
Is Excellent.
Though II VIII Not BE as Good as Last
Year--A 25 Per Cent. Decrease
In Acreage.
Estimates Of Experts Who Hare TRAY
eled Extensively Through the
Wheat Belt.

ST.. PAUL, July 20. The Pioneer Press
says: Harvest time is drawing nigh and
an abundant yield Of wheat in Mime
sofa and the Dakotas ia assured. The
average viii fall somewhat short Of last
year, but will stand far above the aver
age Of the past thirty years, and this
win rank ais one Of the great crop years
Of the Northwest. The harvest will be
from week to ten days late, but the die
is cast and only q disaster of wide extent
can materially decrease the yield now
promised. The expert for F. II. Peavy
81 Co. has just returned from trip over
the Omaha road, taken to estimate the
crop prospect in the vicinities Of the ele-
vators Of that company. He stopped at
nearly all the points between the Twin
Cities and Sioux City. The vicinity Of
Henderson, Belle Plaine and Blakely
was visited by the heavy wind and rain
storm of Monday morning and the wheat
and oats were badly lodged throughout
that section. It is the opinion of the ex-
pert that the loss viii not be very large
on this account. From this vicinity to
Sioux City the wheat outlook is that the
crop win be fully up to last years.
The Northern Pacific Elevator com
pany has just completed q canvass Of
the wheat prospect in its territory,
which lies all in Minnesota and North
Dakota, on the Northern Pacific railway
and branches. The estimate from this
canvass Is that the wheat raised on the
lines win not be over from IS to 75 per
cent. Of the quantity produced last year.
This Is due In part to the fact that the
acreage Of wheat ID % per cent. LEI
than it was last year. The estimate 81
the company is made mp from : visit Il
fifty points scattered along the lines.
The harvest viii not begin before Aug.
%, and may be delayed till Sept. i.
The North Dakota Elevator company
has completed its canvass 81 the situa.
tion along the line Of its elevators, and
takes less hopeful view OF the situa-
tion than does the Northern Pacific Ele-
vator company. It's estimate is made
from visit to six points In Minnesota
and fourteen in North Dakota, mostly
on lines of the Northern Pacific railway.
tt estimates that the wheat raised at
these points will not exceed 90 per cent.
of the amount produced last year. This,
as in the other case, is due in part to q
decrease in acreage Of rs per cent. The
estimate is that about one-seventh part
Of the wheat raised here win be first
quality hard wheat, and as abundant
as last years yield.
w. o. Dodge q Co. have just com.
pleted an inspection of the Rcd Rive,
valley, the country west OF it to Devils
lake and east to the Rainly Lake rive,
country in Minnesota. They estimate
that the Red river valley win not turn
out over go per cent. of the wheat it did
last year. In North Dakota from the
Red river valley to Devils lake the
wheat is even better than it was last
year. In fact, the yield bids fair to bt
the best ever known there. The pity il
that the farmers were unable to seed all
their land, and the acreage will fall
somewhat short of last years acreage.