The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-21
Weather b.

Barnes-Past week noted for rain,
cool and cloudy weather; little aeed.
ing done. Lisbon-FArmers are hsing
seeders instead OF drills; reports from
the Harry Green farm that wheat sown
early with drills is rotting in the
ground.
Benson-Rainfall above and tempers.
ture below normal; farmers able to work
about half Of the time; ground cold and
vet; wheat seeded three weeks ago not
yet up.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. seeding
finished; 50 per cent. other grain sown;
increased acreage oil grain over last
year; wheat not injured by late frost
and storm and coming up nicely; Lords
burg-One month since first wheat was
sown and very little up yet; wheat is
not all sown yet; the great want is sum
shine.
Neutrality-suspicious. continues be.
low the normal and cloudy weather
general; what precipitation has fallen
has been in small amounts.
Burleigh-R Rainfall above and tenn.
psrature below average, with very little
sunshine; seeding about one.half com.
pleted; heavy rains from eighth to
twelfth, doing slight injury to wheat
and oats.
Cavalier-Oold, wet weather most Of
the week, doing slight injury to early
sown wheat. considerable seeding On
stubble.
Foster-The weather the past week
has kept farmers at Q standstili, being
cloudy, cold and wet. Sunshine and
pleasant weather needed.
Griggs-Wet weather still continues;
no sunshine since last report, except
Wednesday; weather has been unfavor-
able for farming operations. as we'll as
for early sown grain; acreage will be
less than anticipated on account Of I'M
favorable conditions.
Misunderstanding has been greatly de.
layed by rainy and cloudy weather the
past week. At Happen wheat sown two
weeks ago is coming up. but those who
have been sowing wheat threshed this
spring report it rotting.
LsMoure-Too wet the past week for
wheat to do anything; have had but one
day of sunshine in two weeks; warm
weather needed badly; seeding about
three.fourth done.
Logan-Slow work seeding, but far
mers taking advantage Of every oppor.
tunity; most of the wheat il the ground,
but barley and oats VI backward; in Q
few places, wheat is coming up strong. /,
Mcintosh = Heavy rains Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday; farmers max
ing fair progress seeding; no threshing
done yet; some grain injured in stack.
Morton-A great deal Of rain has
fallen past week, which has delayed
| spring work; very little sunshine, in
furious to low land seeding.
Nelson-W Wheat slightly injured by ex.
cessively cold, cloudy and wet weather
! of the seventh to tenth; only about 60
per cent Of wheat sown compared with
1891; very little oats, barley and fax.
Pembina-Pembina - Seeding re-
tarded by wet weather past week, al
though seeding is nearly flushed and
farmers are ploWing for oats and barley.
| Welford-Land very wet and little seed.
ing going on; farmers are getting very
anxious some of the early sown wheat
rotting in low places.
Ramsey-Oloudy, rainy weather hes
Suspended threahing and seeding pro-
crosses very slowly on high lands.
Ransom-Grain coming up very
slowly; precipitation on Monday aud
| Thursday; seeding about three fourthe
done for wheat; barley and oats mostly
to SOW yet; grazing good
Richland-The past seven days hive
been cloudy and cold, with very little
sunshine and rain on ninth and tenth;
seeding nearly done; wheat growing
ground getting in good shape.
Rolette-Very oool, damp weather
during the week. Very little seeding
done in the vicinity of st. John. Wheat
in the neighborhood of Dunseith is
growing finely.
Sargent Train coming up. but slow.
~. AZ o whole, prospects are better for
the county than last year, as the mois-
ture in the ground is plentiful.
6tark-Heavy rain this week and lit
tie progress at seeding. Warm, dry
weather needed.
Towner-Weather too cool to advance
crop interests; ground being 20 wet has
retarded seeding.