The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-07-27
FROG II 10 Is BUSHELS.
The 1893 Wheat Crop WIFI Be From
One-half to TWo-Thirds.
Estimates Made On Reliable Re.
ports From Nearly Every Town.

AsNs0eOS M0uC Uh AC1IdDlS Nc.
ports From Nearly Every Town.
Tie weather of the past two weeks
has been ideal weather for all crops.
The soft. -balmy breezes have cooled
the hot rays which have caused the
corn TO spring phoenix like into huge
stalks, just enough to allow the wheat
and oats to fill s2lendidly, and pro-
duces q vast amount of No. l hard
wheat.
Not that the yield of the county will
be any larger than predicted in these
columns several weeks since, or any
larger than predicted in a special to
the New York World, but the quality
will pc great deal better than could
have been hoped for at that time,
whep the wheat was springing into
the milk, and when it was feared that
the extreme hot weather would shrink
the heads, or cause lust, blight, ETC.,
or some other fatality that late small
gran crop is likely to fall victim to.
Reports from nearly every township
in the county received during the past
two weeks, or by interview with prom
inent farmers, no longer leave any
doubt as to the actual yield. The av-
erage of the whole is from one-half to
two-thirds crop in small grain, such as
wheat and oats, and if the frost holds
off until reasonable time, the corn
average will be superb. Barley is i'm
mense and rye is perfection. The
wheat yield is reduced by low spots
alone, which were either too wet to
seed last spring, or were too wet to
properly propagate the wheat and oats
that were sown, This has caused spots
of short grain, with heads that pro-
duoe only eight or ten kernels, but
generally this is No. l. On average
ground the heads carry from Is to IS
kernels.
Probably the finest grain Of all kinds
that has come to our notice IS that be-
ing grown,or nearly ready for the har-
vester, in the townships Of Redwood
Falls west through Delhi Kintire and
Swedes Forest, and towns adjoining
them. Of course, there are tracts of
poor grain in these towns, but gener-
ally speaking, the grain looks exceed
ingly we'll. The straw is high, the
heads are long, and they are filed
perfectly from top to bottom. Agent
Caswell, of the Van Dusen elevator,
after making careful inspection of
several of these heads that were gath
cred at random, last Thursday, stated
that it was No. l wheat, if the weather
continued cool for a few days longer,
and those days have elapsed with the
weather continuing cool.
There are several tracts to the south,
through Redwood Falls, New Avon,
Vail, Three Lakes and Morgan, that
have been called to our attention as
being very good, the stalk being Of
the average helghth, and the heads
long and well-filled. These will make
up the average for the poorer fields,
and will assist in making the average
county yield from twelve to fifteen
bushels per acre of good No. / wheat.
The reports from the Southern tier,
Brookville, Waterbury, Sundown, Will
low Lake, Lamberton, Charlestown
and Westline are all of the same tenor,
confirming the statements made above.
The corn crop, to say the least, and
to repeat, promises to be simply out
of sight. For the past two weeks, un-
der the influence of the warm weather,
one could almost imagine that he
could see the corn growing, and an
enthusiastic correspondent writes that
several stalks watched by him, grow
ing on his farm, grew,from one to two
inches per day. All that is to be
feared is an early frost, which might
prevent portion ofit from ripening.