St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-21
MUCH DAMAGE FROM SMU-
is SAID TO HAVE OCCURRED IN
THE VICINITY OF ST.
THOMAS.
LOOKS BETTER IN MINNESOTA.
Northern Pacffic1s Weekly Report
Shows Conditions to Be of
the Best.
Special to the Globe.

81. II1OhAS, N. L., july ZU.-Ine
greatest of excitement prevails in
this vicinity today because of the
discovery of smut through the wheat
crop. Several reliable parties who
Were out all day examining the
wheat fields go SO far as to say that
what wheat they closely examined
contained fully 35 per cent of smut,
and one party was overheard to
say that he had seen a large field
which was fully 55 per cent of smut,
which would make the crop utterly
useless. The wheat has to be eX-
amined very closely in order to see
it. This is very blue outlook.
Special to the Globe.
ST. VINCENT, Mimi, July 20.-Heavy
rain has been falling for the past
forty-eight hours and there are no
prospects of it's stopping. All grain is
fiat to the ground and in most cases
will never raise, owing to the rank,
heavy growth. Rust and smut are seen
in every field. Farmers are discour-
aged at the outlook. Some fields will
be cut for feed.
Special to the Globe.
MITCHELL, S. D., July 20.-This
section was visited by another electric
and rain storm. Over an inch of water
fell. The barn of Joseph Harker was
struck by lightning and burned to-
gether with some adjoining barns
Some very valuable horses We're des-
troyed. Loss, $1,000. Insurance car
ried, $3.50.
Special to the Globe.
WILLMAR, Mimi, July Cove had
the heaviest rain of the season here
this afternoon for an hour, with hard
hail and considerable wind. The indi-
cations are that the crops are badly
damaged.
LARIMORE, N. D., July 2O.-Quite
a scare was occasioned here this week
when 1t became noised about that the
wheat in this vicinity is damaged by
smut. The discovery was made by the
Elk Valley Farming company, which
has the largest acreageof any one farm
in the county. Their fields adjoining
this city show considerable smut;
some of the heads contain nothing but
ought to be. But they claim to have
about a thousand acres that was sown
with a special variety Of seed brought
in here by them that is clean and
healthy.
Although there is apparently a good
stand of wheat it is now predicted by
some of our best farmers, the closest
observers, that the yield will be small
are exceptional fields, of course, but
as rule, many will be disappointed.
MINNEWAUKAN,N N. D., July 20.-
Barley and rye harvest will begin in
five days. Early wheat will not be fit
to cut for two weeks. The hot weather
Of a week ago hurt wheat slightly, but
perhaps only on the highest ground
The present weather is good for grain
at this stage, being cool and breezy
1t is such weather, while the heads are
filing, that insures No 1 hard Nearly
all early-sown grain is very fine, while
the late sown will range from indiffer-
ent to good.
GRAND FORKS. N. D., July 90
Many of the farmers in this section of
y
crop by building grain houses, as pro-
posed by Supt. jerks. The rains of the
past few days have kept the crop in
good condition, and the yield still
promises to be gratifying. Railroad
Commissioner Curne, who has just re-
turned from trip through Walsh
county, tells happy story of the pros
poets there, where the farmers are eX-
pecting an immense yield. Pambina
county also lines up with big pros
poets. Harvest hands are arriving in
the state daily. Michigan is furnish
ing more than her quota of these peo-
pie this year, and all of them come
here under the impression that wages
will be big. Disappointment is the
only logical result. There are already
enough men here to do the work, and
with the large number sure to arrive
later, wages must go down to a much
lower figure than the average harvest
hand is expecting