St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-17
ALONG THE OMAHA.
The Crop VIII BE Unusually Large
This Year.

Repors at the general offices of the
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Oma-
ha company indicate that the crop of
small grains will be very large one.
Reports from Wisconsin, Iowa and Ne
braska are almost uniformly favorable.
Those from leading Minnesota and Da-
kota. towns follow:
Jordan-Weather since last report hot
and dry. Nice rain Sunday morning,
which helped all grain along. No ma
terial change since last report.
Mountain Lake-Hot weather during
the past week has damaged some fields
OF wheat, but not to much extent.
All barley and rye is harvested, and
wheat and oats are just commenced.
There will be a good yield of barley
and wheat and oats.
Hamilton-Wheat and oats will be
ready to cut in a few days. Blight is
reported in places, but as a whole the
yield will be the heaviest in years
Corn and potatoes are in good condi-
ton.
Minneopa-Farmersa are beginning to
harvest wheat and oats this week.
There will be a better crop than was
expected. Potatoes, with few excep-
tons, are all right. Corn looks fine
Early flax is about half harvested.
Mendota-All kinds of crops are look
ing we'll. Harvest has commenced
here. About ten days OF good weather
and all crops will be out of danger
Madelia-Barley is nearly all cut. But
little oats cut. Will be cutting pref
tygenerallyt latter part Of this week.
Hot weather has damaged wheat and
oats from 10 to Is per cent in this vicin-
1ty. Corn will be a good crop if we
get rains
st. Peter-AH barley and rye har-
vested, and farmers in several places
are now cutting wheat. A little dam
age is reported in some places from
not weather. A good rain Sunday
proved of Immense benefit to corn and
potatoes.
kasota-From present indications the
yle!d OF wheat and oats will be most
satisfactory. A small percentage has
been injured by the hot winds of
lew days ago, but more than an aver
age crop is looked for. Harvesting of
Wheat' and barley. and rye are being
threshed, some being of good ouality
and heavy yield. The rain Sunday has
greatly revived corn, and with favor
able weather more than an avera oe
crop will be gathered.
,Shakopee-The condition of crops in
inns vicinity is very fair. Rye and
barley are about harvested, and oats
Will be next week. The yield is large.
spring wheat doing well. but about Ok
per cent less than estimated early in
the season owing to dry weather.
aI,lpestone-Crops since last report are
storms or hot weather to iniure grain
Had nice rain Saturday night and
one sunday afternoon. Barley and rva
are being harvested. The average v!eId
Oh parley Is thirty-five bushels to the
Wbe.+ t a. Huch rye is grown here.
or favorable weather and it will he
ready 10 cut also oats and early fay
Dtndee-All small grain very heaVv
barley All cut and about half the
9a.s' w neat next week. Corn and
max need rain badly
Slayton-The crops are still y, ,ood
condltlon, no damage done. RarIev
ABOUT half cut. Some oats cut. TIay
doing well. ID
Winnebago City-About half Of the
UaIs are harvested, will be a good
but must have rain soon, as thev ave
neglnnlng to show the effect of dry
weather. vi
Magnolia-Crop prospects continue
promising. Barley harvest is in prog
T D and all agree yield will be large
rye is all harvested and barley will
be about all in the shock this week
NO damage by the wind or hail.
LuVerne-Barley harvest about half
zone Oats harvest will commence lat
ter part of week. Crops very heavy.
700. w neat Will cut next week. Nice
rain Sunday.
Ash Creek, Minn.-Barley nearly all
harvested in this vicinity and thresh-
ing begun; other small grain is being
harvested rapidly now. No damage
from hot weather or storms since last
report. Good refreshing rain Sunday
and last night leaves corn looking
well at present.
Valley Springs, S. D-Barley about
all cut: Oats and wheat harvest be-
gun. NO damage to small grain from
any source. Corn on low ground was
damaged by frost last week; this will
De about 10 per cent of the crop.
! Brandon, S. D.-Farmers claim frost