The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-07-31
HARVEST in PROGRESS.
Crop Reports Along the Omaha
Road are Generally
Favorable.
Occasional Damage by Rust, In
sects or Hail Reported by
Agents.

The weekly crop reports received by
Supt. Spencer from the agents along
his division of the Omaha road are
this week generally favorable.
Harvesting is in full blast, and rye,
barley and oats have generally been
cut, Beneficial rains dre reported
from almost every station, doing no
damage. Rust is not as bad as at
first reported, but army worms and
other insects appear in the reports to
some extent for the first time. Corn
and flax are greatly improved. The
reports are substantially as follows:
Hamilton-Harves of wheat and
oats will be general this week. Some
oats already cut. Damage to wheat,
| I think, has been Over-eStimated, and
will not exceed twenty per cent Corn
in good shape.
JOrdan-Wheata and oats about half
cut and will be good yield. No
| further damage is reported. Corn and
potatoes are doing well.
Belle Plaine-Some rye has been
| threshed and the average yield per
acre is sixteen bushels, and of poor
quality. Some winter wheat has also
been threshed. with yield of seven
teen bushels per acre, quality fair.
Rye, barley and winter wheat all
stacked. Damage done by rust and
blight not so bad as was expected
Corn looks good, with prospects for a
large yield.
Blakeley-Wheat in fine condition
and better than was expected. Oats
will be less than half crop, on &C
count of lodging so badly. Some
barley threshed and averaged fifty
bushels per acre. Corn never looked
better.
East Henderson-Wheat is ripening
fast and will yield from twenty to
thirty bushels per acre. About one
quarter damaged by rust. Corn will
be big crop, but potatoes will be only
about half crop, on account OF dry
weather.
LIE Sueur-Yield of wheat will be
good. Corn is in fine condition.
Ottawa-Farmers report some dam
age on account of rust and chinch
bugs, but expect good average.
St. Peter-Corn and potatoes in
splendid condition.
Lake Crystal-Some farmers report
near as can be learned wheat is in
very fair condition.
ST. James-Flax is splendid and corn
could not be beaten. Oats and wheat
will be about the same as last year in
quantity but not so good in quality.
There is much more acreage than last
year.
Grogan-Barley and oats almost all
cut and will yield well. Wheat is be.
ing cut and will also give fair yield.
Butterfeld-F and corn show a
big improvement over last week and
promise to be big crops.
Mountain Lake-The outlook fol-
wheat is much better than ten days
ago. Some farmers report their
wheat crop as good ds last year, while
the majority say the the crop is dam.
aged twenty-five per cent.
| Brewster-There is considerable
complaint that wheat is being dam.
aged by weevils. Oats is being dam.
aged by worms, and it is thought that
the crop will be badly cut off from
those causes. Barley is nearly all cut
is good yield, but the grain is stained
on account of rust and wet weather
Flax and corn good.
Worthington-Oau in good condi-
tion and very little damage by rust
Corn is doing well. Flax is in fine
condition and prospects are good fol
a large crop.
Sioux Falls Junction-Wheat will
be much better crop than Was at
one time expected. Flax Isl very
promising. v,.>
Sibley, Iowa-Wheat and Other
grain is doing nicely.
Sheldon, Iowa-Grain has been
damaged very much in the last week
by rain and hot sun. Farmers esti.
mate from one-third to one-half the
crop we had last year. Corn never
looked better. Potatoes fine.
Seney, Iowa-A very destructive
hail storm passed through here Sun.
day evening, lasting thirty minutes.
Hail from the size of hickory nut to
as large as mans fist fell until the
ground was nearly covered. All grain
not yet harvested and the corn crop
are about entirely destroyed. About
half the wheat and oats are cut and
in shock, which were slightly dam
aged. The storm only extended few
miles,in width.
LIE Mars, Iowa-Oats mas turned
out poor, and will not average forty
hnlc al 4
rot he cut. Straw is rank, but the
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