The Redwood gazette., 1894-07-26

E.B. Hale was doing the south side
of the county for insurance business
| last week.
G. w. Everett informs us that he is
prepared to make Farm Loans on
Decided Land at 7 per cent you to fur
nish perfect title. Make your appli-
cation soon as possible. Office in
Vaughn building. 49-12t
Chairman Philbrick, of the county
commissioners, was complaining of
the extreme heat all of last Thursday,
up to about three o'clock. At that
time Will Mckay, sympathizing with
the chairman over the way Old Sol
was handling him, seized small piece
of ice from bucket of lemonade near
by, and quietly moving around to be-
hind the chasrman. who was busy
looking over an assessors book, drop
ped the piece of ice down his neck.
The chairman screamed and jumped
simultaneously. The ice dropped
downward, and before it was rescued,
it had melted into small proportions.
The delay in reaching it was owing to
the chairman having to remove his
shirt and collar. Since that time MIR.
Philbrick has been carrying padded
club around with him, waiting for a
chance to get at Mr.. Mckay.
The general summary Of the Min
nesota weather crop bulletin for the
week ending July II, states that no
rain has fallen during the week, ex
cept few: very light and scattered
showers on Tuesday and Wednesday
in the Northern~ and West portions
and on Sunday.sin the southeast por-
ton of the State. Drouth conditions
therefore prevail with unusual severi-
ty and it is wonderful how we'll the,
crops withstand it's effects. The tenn
perature was warmer than usual the
first and last of the week, with couple
of normal days intervening. On We'd
nesday it was unusually warm, with
maximum temperatures of hundred
degrees or more in nearly all districts.
The corn stands the drouth much bet
ter than any other crop and it is gen.
orally reported excellent, although in
many places the last two hot days have
injured it somewhat and complaints
are beginning to come in that the
leaves are,curling up and that it will
not ear without smore rain. Potatoes
are doing as we'll as could be expect
ed and are through blossoming in
nearly all districts. The early vari-
cites are quite small owing to the
drouth and the others will be unless
revived by the needed moisture. Com
plants regarding bugs are less num-
erous than heretofore, but the grass
hoppers are as: bad as ever. It is i'm
possible to generalize the condition of
small grain,:: other than rye, owing to
its unevenessl in consequence Of the
variability::in ::in rainfall. Wheat seems to
stand the drouth tbetter than barley,
oats, or flax and in the Red River Val
ley it is very::promising, as we'll as in
many other: places throughout the
State. 1t has been injured somewhat
during the week by hot winds and
more SO by .chinch bugs which are
constantly increasing their ravages
under the, to them, favorable weather
conditions. A Stearns county report
states that,the wheat on the sandy
land to be. tno good,i all dead from
chinch bugslsand ..drouth; farmers
blowing under,a burning and moving
it, while anothers from Renville coun-
ty states that the wheat never looked
better in this vicinity. It's growth has
been forced: too rapidly during the
week and the heads are inclined to be
shorter than those previously headed
out. What is now needed almost as
badly as rain, is spell of cool wealth
er for the next two weeks.
The barley harvest is becoming gen
eral and. some. has been threshed, but
no yields were reported. Oats are be-
ing cut in many places and this crop
on the whole is light. Flax is more
uneven than any of the other cereals.
Haying is progressing with excellent
weather:for..curing and securing the
crop. Yieldsssare reported varying
from half a ..ton to three tons to the
acre. Pasturage is: short and would
he greatly imDrOved bv rain. Some