New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-09-07
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The Crop Sit MI lion Bushels
Less S! Than, Il 81 asst
&: ear 4.
4 Favorable Sentiment Regard
/ ing the Proposed Change Of
Grade.

|S ST. sPAUL, Mimi, Special. Sept.
short time ago when the Pros EER Parss
summed up the crop estimates for the
Northwest there were a number who put
their figures for Minnesota and the Dako-
tas at from 11o; ooo 600 toll 10 COO 600 bushels.
Nowall of5the guessers arebunched around
100 coo. 600, and the early conservatives are
being Endorsed ina large degree The re-
turns had not commenced to come in two
weeks ago, aid those who had been betting
high would not listen to the arguments OF
those who had been marking on the down
side. There were more oil the latter who
had been out and viewed the land and they
insisted that the crop would be q good deal,
shorter than the liberals were willing to adj
nit; but now nearly all are lowering
around the hundred million notch and
peace reigns.
The early threshings have shown that
appearances could not be fully relied on.
A field of grain that looked nice deceived
the owner when it was brought to a ,hreshS
ing machine test. and examination of the
wheat revealed the fact that in many in-s
stances the heads are not filled and there
are not the number of rows of grain per
head that the appearance would seenieto
Indicate Those who had examined the
{ elds early discovered this, and those who
relied on averages and the usual cour of
crops have had to revise their estimates to
the bull side considerably.
President Greenleaf OF tie MiEnea oils
chamber of commerce says 95 OO0,OO .o-
the three states. He believes these figures
II, l+sclr r
Campbell, OF Croker. Fisk & Co., puts his
mark at 95, COG, 600. He thinks
THE DAMAGE IS MUCH GREATER
than early estimates put It. Manager Pet
tit. of A. j. Sawyer q Co., was believer in
rs 900, 600 some weeks ago. He has no
hest alton now in. saying an even 100, O0O, 600
will suffice. He says there has been great
damage rom shrinkage of the berry. which
will affect the weight of the grain material
". A.. D. Null ord believes that 10000, 600
will cover the yield ofwheat this year. This
has no reference to the old wheat which
was unthreshed and which will come on to
the market this fall. Ina general way and
including the old wheat, lie would putthe
crop at 100000, 600 bushels. He does not
look for much No. / hard heat in he lot.
He thinks the crop west of Minneapolis
+
and rejected There will be little No. l
hard from the Northwestern his opinion.
J. ii. Peacock says 100 600, 900 will fit the
new crop. Soft is seen that sentiment has
changed. From these statements it will be
regarded as safe to put the crop of the three
states at 100, QUO 900 bushels. That means at
least 60. 100000 less than last year. SIT
But he.yield last year was phenomenal.
that the present isa small crop of wheat
It is but trife under the average, and so
mist be called good crop Minnesota
has been sufferer from severe storms as it
never was before. Nearly every section of
the state has been visited with hail and se-
we're winds that have cut grain down with
ont mercy or crippled it so that it could
not stand and receive the suns rays in per-
pendicular position. The hot weather that
came in the intermssion had disa bling
effect on the berry, and either crinkied it
or prevented lis rlpening at all. he sea
son N this regard Was
VERY UNUSUAL.
The something was true in a measure of
North Dakota but South Dakota escaped
the storms pretty generally, but at the
same time suffered more from the heat
The yield of wheat in that state W i'll be
much less than the early estimates called
Tor on account of late damage which has
materially reduced the yield.
There is plenty of evidence that country
estimates Of yields have in the main been
too high. Correspondents who predicted
yieldso 15and 20 bushels are compelled
to admit that the yields will not in many
instances be much above half of their
of11 0fi IONS In Ncfn
ports have been colored on tbs theory that
to tell the acts would in some way lnjure
the section, and so good yields were pre-
dicted where those who had investigated
knew that good yield was impossible.
The result was that those i'll the cities who
were depending on this in ormation were
deceived, and that Is why so many are now
engaged in the business of cutting down
+ their early estimates. There is generally
favorable sentiment among the grain men
regarding the
PROPOSED CHANGE OF GRADE
by the Introduction o. the old No. 2 hard
grade. While there was objection to the
plan of Inspector Clausen proposing a
change OF weight to let in portion Of
wheat now grading No. 2 Northern as No.
sl Northern, the els almost none to the No..
= hard proposlti on The objection made to
the Clausen proposition WAS that outside
and foreign markets would be unfavorablys
affected, but vi III No. @ lard itsw as thought
all trouble of this sort would be. wiped out,
and that the change would not be Objection
able to the, Exporter, while at tnesanle
time 1t would give the producer fail de-
clsion Of the matte, Tor all admit that this
crop presents some .specula rities. not< onl-
mon III the wheat crops of the North west.
While much of the wheat is ;cllu He'd and
shrup Ken that in itsel is not proving an
objection to the nlillers who Hpd that the
whea, possesses excellent lnllIilig 6ualffi
s and No Q N1rtherllsS work IiiGxiii IN