Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-08-16

being cut O and, wheat and oats are ready
in places. No damage has occurred except
that the heaviest of some fields being badly
lodged. Smut is reported as being very
bad in some fields, others have rot seen it.
AS a whole it will not do much damage in
this neighbordOOd.
Hamiiton-Very u%nfavorable weather
for either haying or harvest, which have
been actively pursued during the past
week. The weather has been rather cool
and very wet. Barley harvesting is well
advanced, the yield will be good but of a
very dark color. The yield OF oats will be
decreased largely by smut, which was
never as bad here before; wheat harvest
will be in full operation this week.
RICHLAND.
Misunderstanding about completed.
Heavy rains latter part of week delayed
both cutting and threshing. Corn has i'm
proved a good deal.
sTUTsMAN.
Montpelier The past week has been
favorable for ripening all early grain.
Harvesting is in full blast. Haying is done,
it was supposed to be a short crop but there
is enough for home consumption. Rye,
oats and barley are a good crop. Wheat
chat | have seen is heavy and of good
quality, no smut. This week with favor
able weather will harvest all early grain.
SARGENT.
Harvesting small grain nearly through.
Crops will be saved in good condition.
Threshing will commence on the 18th.
Crop will average good.
TOWNER.
Sidney-Barley harvest will begin this
week. Wheat, oats and barley all have
considerable smut. 1t looks as if there
would be very little No. hard wheat in
thiS SlnfJnn pnTofnAS an1 rnrIn,- -,
mense. Corn backward.
~Clitford-Very little wheat cut. Early
soWn barley and oats in the shock. Har-
vest will not commence in earnest before
this week. Flax doing we'll. Corn thirty
per cent later than last veal. Some reports
Of potatoes rotting in the graund.
Mayville-LOtS of rain, no hail. Most of
the millet is cut. On Monday, the 18th
everybody will m cutting wheat.
Lots OF smut in blue stem wheat.
WALSH.
Edinburg-Heavy rains during the past
week, it it continues, as at present many
fields will be too soft to cut with binders.
Haying over some barley cut. Wheat and
oats doing we'll with immense weight on
Minto-Weather fine harvest progressing
rapidly. Smut scarce, lessons as the har-
vest proceeds, most men claim that they
have none in their fields but that it can be
found in their neighbOrs.
WARD.
POrtal-The weather is not favorable for
ripening grain, being too cool and too much
rain. There was a severe hail storm on
the 9th, doing considerable damage to grain,
and badly injuring the hay crop; 2T35
inches of rain fell inside of an hour.
BenZion-Rains have been keeping the
grain from ripening. Some early barley
has been harvested. Next week farmers
will commence to harvest wheat. If we
are able to get the crop IN the granaries
safely, there will be a big yield.
JacksOn-Halvest in full blast.
STARK,
GIadstone-A good rain this week with
some hail, damaging most fields from one
to two bushels per acre. Wheat harvest is
general, with cool nights. Some oats and
barley threshed which went forty bushels
per acre for oats and thirty for barley.
WILLIAMS.
Wi~lliston-First four days of the week
for crops, last three:days too cool
for corn, which is considerable backward.
Harvesting nearly finished.