St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-24
BUT THERE WILL BE WHEAT
ENOUGH TO FEED A FEW
MILLIONS.
He Hears That There Is Consider
able Smut in the Red River
Valley.
SEES ONLY AN AVERAGE CROP.
Mr. Peavey, Mr.. CargiII and Mr..
Petit Talk More Hopefully
About the Outlook.

From present indications the
golden Northwest is assured Of a
bounteous harvest. The grain and
elevator men, who are in almost
hourly communication with the
farmers of Minnesota and the Da-
kotas, are more than hopeful. They
predict big crop for the entire
Northwest, with the glorious gifts
of the Goddess Pan most lavishly
distributed over North Dakota.
There, according to the judgment of
the most prominent players in the
great game of Wheat, nature has
fairly outdone herself. The 6 O e
has secured an expression of opin-
ion from the leading men in the
grain business, and with but one
exception they are enthusiastic over
the prospects for a splendid crop.
That exception is Charles A. Pills
bury, whose utterances are pessi-
mistic to a degree when compared
with those of the other gentlemen.
Mr.. Pillsbury expects only an av-
erage crop of wheat. Opposed to
him, however, are the opinions of
F. H. Peavey, Samuel D. Cargill,
and others. Mr.. Peavey, like Mr.
Pillsbury, does not look for
bumper" crop, but he does look for
first-class crop, considerably
above the average" To a Clio b e
reporter yesterday he said:
Il do not look for the bumper
crop that everybody has been fig
uring on, but I do think we are
going to have a frst-class crop, con-
siderably above the average. We
are getting favorable reports, ex-
cept in spots. The outlook is most
satisfactory. We are not quite out
of the woods yet, but the conditions
are first rate up to date
Mr.. Peavey had some agreeable
news considering the corn crop in
Nebraska and Kansas, which he
thought of considerable interest to
Minnesota people.
There is the biggest prospect for
corn crop in Nebraska and Kan
sas that I have ever seen in my
twenty years experience. My
brother spent all of last week going
braslla on special train and he
reports that the outlook is splendid
for a big crop"
CARGILL VERY CHEERFUL.
company, when asked what he thought
- i -, L.
were pretty good.
In North Dakota" said he, there
is promise of a very good crop. In
Central South Dakota crops were hurt
somewhat by the frost in June which
struck the wheat when it was in bloom
In Minnesota crops are fair to good
and in some places large. In a few
dry spots they will be a little short,
but on the whole, pretty good
THE crop Of 81 was a perfect crop
and we raised 15O,0O0,OOO bushels of
wheat, and the crop in North Dakota
gives promise in yield per acre as
much as it was then; South Dakota
and Minnesota not as much. We are
raising more rye, barley, lax, ETC.. than
in former years.
c. a. Magnuson, secretary of the
Northwestern Elevator company, takes
a very encouraging view of the situa-
ton. For North Dakota, as a whole -
said he, there is no question but that
120 per cent of an average crop will be
a conservative estimate; that is, from
present appearances. AS regards Min
nesota, 1 hardly believe the yield will
go above the average. In my opinion
the southwestern portion of the state
will not average over 60 per cent of an
average crop, and unless the northern
portion brings up the showing, there
will not be over an average yield
throughout the state. For South Da-
kota 1 would say, taking the decreas sed
acreage into account, and also the
large amount of other grains sown, the
yield will not be over from 80 to 50
per cent of wheat of an average crop.
There is such a diversity of opinions,
even on the same field of wheat, that it
is hard to arrive at a just conclusion,
but l think the above is a fair state
ment Of the situation at present.
SMITH NOT TALKATIvE.
P. B. Smith, general manager of the
st. Anthony & Dakota Elevator com
pany, did not care to say much in re-
gard to crop prospects. He did say,
however, that the reports received by
his company were uniformally favor
able, and that things looked very prom
ising. Further than this he declined
to commit himself.
F. R. Petit, the Minneapolis repre-
sentative of the Weare Commission
company, one of the very largest con-
Germs in Chicago, thinks well of wheat.
II think Minnesota and the Dako-
tas," said he, will raise 10000, OOO
bushels of wheat There are several
counties in South Dakota and Mime
sofa that will not have over half a
crop, whe } the land is sandy, but these
counties very seldom raise a full crop.
The general outlook is very promising
for quantity and quality both. feel
friendly to wheat at present prices on
account of the fact that our visible
supply is already small, is decreasing
and will probably continue to de-
crease during the next four weeks,
against a very heavy increase for the
corresponding four weeks one year
ago. The weakest feature in the situ-
alton is the light export demand for