The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-06-14

| about two hours OF the heaVleSt rain
this season this a. m. Farmers think
there will be quite lot of lodged
grain account its being so heavy on
ground.
Hartford. S. D.-This has been
another good week for the
growing crop in this vicinity.
Good growing weather and plenty of
rain. Everything looks fine and all
indications point to the biggest crop
we ever had.
Shakopee-Recent rains make it ap-
pear brighter than ever. Crop condi-
lions excel anything they have seen
for some years. The acreage is about
same as / have previously estimated.
Rye will no doubt be harvested the
latter part Of the month.
Dundee-All small grain and flax is
looking fine and growing fast. Corn
is making very slow growth, and in
lots of placeSYery poor standing, some
that was replanted fs-..up again, and
will soon be as good as the earlier, but
it needs warm weather.
Henderson-Crop prospects in this
vicinity continue favorable. The
ground is in excellent condition.
Wheat, corn, oats and potatoes all
growing well and looking in tirst-class
condition. Meadows and pastures
also in good condition.
Madelia-Grain growing rapidly and
looks well. Corn doing well but some
what backward on account of being
cut by frost, but will be all right it is
thought. Some damage done to corn
by the heavy winds OF the past two
weeks. Prospects very favorable now.
Brewster-All crops in first class
condition except corn. That which
was planted too early was badly cut
by frost, and considerable of which
had to be replanted. Fortunately.
only small per cent was planted too
early. Later planted corn is doing
we'll.
Grogan-After what | have heard
since my last crop report, that very
strong wind Of the week before the
last caused considerable damage, eS-
pecially to corn. A few farmers had
to plant their corn over. No damage
occurred last week and crops are do
ing nicely.
Beaver Creek-The crops have not
been known to look better for years.
Corn is coming up nicely and with
warm weather from now on, will grow
rapidly. The corn acreage is larger
this year than it has been for some
time and we may therefore look for a
heavy livestock business this fall and
winter.
Butterfield-The past week has
been favorable to all kinds of crops ex-
cept corn, which was slightly damaged
by winds blowing some of it out on
high places. The country through
this section is over-run with mustard,
and all kinds of small grain will suffer
some on account of it-prObably one
third; although crops are expected to
be above the average.
Spencer, S. D.-Crops of all kinds
continue to do splendid and never
looked better. Heavy rains Wednes-
day night lasting several hours and
again last night. The ground is
thoroughly soaked and in some places
the rain was so heavy that farmers
had to stop cultivating corn. Barring
hail and hot winds good crop of
small grain is now almost assured.
Avoca-The prospects for bounti-
full harvest grow better with each
week. We had a good rain today and
farmers report all grain except corn
doing finely. Barley is about heading
out and if present weather continues
three weeks more it will be double
the crop we had last year. Flax is all
up and looking fine. Wheat and oats
never looked better here at this time
of year.
Garden City-The condition of all
small grain is improving under favor
able weather. The fearful wind and
sand storm May 31st proved very dis
astrous to corn, near ly all corn where
the wind had full Tsweep being de-
stroyed. This has been replanted or
plowed under and sown to millet and
flax during the past week. Flax, both
early and late SOwn, is looking we'll,
wheat, oats and barley looking we'll
and prospects very t1attering.
Montrose, S. D.-Crops continue to
do well everything seems to favor
small grain for heavy crop; and from
present appearance there will be an
early harvest, considerable barley is
now in head. Some flax is still being
sown, also large quantity of millet
on ground where corn was killed out
by worms and frost. From all the
information l can gather at present,
the corn crop will not be over one
half an average crop, very few fields
are in good standing.
Ashton, Iowa-The crop prospects
still continue to be most favorable,
the small grain especially. Barley, in
some places, has already began to head
out. Corn, which has not looked too
well, has improved rapidly recently,
and there are no doubts but what it
will come out all right. Farmers re-
port that they do not remember of the
crops looking any better than they do
now at this season of the year; wheat,
oats and barley. Corn might have
been better. Weather favorable up to
the present time.
Mitchell, S. D,-Crops of all kinds
have improved greatly the past week.
Yesterday morning, the 9th we got
I of an inch Of water by Govt test
Withfavorable weather from now until
harvest will make better than an
average crop of small grain. Late
flax and millet is growing last and is
a good stand. The most of the corn of
this vicinity had to be replanted on
account of cut worms and gOphers but
the late planting is all up and grow
ing very fast. There is plenty of time
for it to make crop.
Ruchmora Tho poct wool, hoe boon