The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-07-03
STORY OF THE CROPS.

b. SmYth'S agents In southern MIN
nesota and South Dakota. All crops
are looking and progressing finely, as
a rule, except that rust on wheat is
more marked:
Jasper Wheat generally good
some fields badly rusted. Oats good
flax good, corn and hay never better.
Henry, S. D.-Wheat still al, ano
will head this week. Oats impossible
to improve. Ninety per cent of flax
in perfect condition. Corn nearly
knee high and perfectly clean. Will
begin cutting hay after the 4th. AL
crops have made marvellous growth
the past week. Weather is perfect.
Toronto, S. D.-Everything is good
Gary, S. D.-Wheat, oats, flax and
hay good, corn fair.
St. Wheat, 60 per cent poor
and rusty, 10 per cent only fair. Othe,
crops good.
Butterfeld-W Wheat rusty, all crops
fair.
Wheat not doing we'll
affected with rust, all other crops do.
ing well.
New Ulm-All crops good.
Worthington = Wheat very poor
full of rust, oats good, flax doing well.
Hundreds of acres of oats and barley
will be cut for hay.
White, S. -D.-Wheat is rusting
some on the leaves. Oats are fine and
will be heavy. Flax is looking good.
Corn is SMALL but the past few days
are hustling it good.
Hayfield-Wheat fifteen blu. to acre.
oats thirty-fve, fax fifteen, corn fifty,
hay two tons.
y Faribault-Everyth No. l.
Jackson - Wheat, some rust on
leaves, no damage. Oats best for
three years, flax good, corn improved
in last week, hay very good, and hay
ing has commenced.
Wheat, oats and hay good,
flax fair.
Springfield - Wheat, oats and flax
look good. Corn slightly backward,
but advancing. Hay looks good All
grain is heavy, lots of straw. Hay is
now being cut.
Lamberton-Eyerything very good.
Brookings, S. D.-Wheat and oats
fair, some badly rusted. Flax good on
high ground, poor on low, corn quite
good, hay good but full of wild oats.
Elkton, S. D.-There is some COM
plant of rust on wheat, but on the
whole crops are looking we'll.
Sleepy Eye-Everything good.
WATERFOWL, S. D. = Everything
good.
Volga, S. D.-Wheat, oats and hay
good, flax fair.
Castlewood, S. D. : Everything 100
per cent, except corn, IS per cent.
Wheat looks little bet
ter, oats, flax and hay good, corn
fair.
misunderstanding good
Lake Preston, S. D.-Wheat, oats
and hay good, flax and corn fair.
Estelline, S. D.-Wheat good but
some rust, oats and hay good, flax
fine, corn backward.
Heron Lake-Wheat and oats fair
and badly rusted, corn fair, fax and
hay good.
Lakefeld = Wheat and oats fair,
some rust Flax, corn and hay good.
Amboy : Wheat and oats very
heavy but slightly lodged. Flax good.
Corn fair, hay finest in the land.
Slayton-Wheat looking fair, abut
some rust, oats, flax and hay good.
ST. Peter = Everything very good
Wheat is lodging aud corn is small on
most places.
Mapieton-All crops are doing we'll
KassOn-Wheat improving, but
rusty All other crops good.
Watervile Wheat and oats fine,
corn fiue, hay good,
Rochester = Wheat crop will not
amount TO much, not much SuWn, and
barley are good. Corn never was bet
ter.
Dodge Center-Wheat rusty, half a
crop. Oats, flax and hay good, corn
fair
Gary, S. D-Wheat good, little
rusty, oats and hay good, flax fair
and needs rain, corn fair.
Winona Every day confirms an6
reports the story OF rusting in wheat
and oats, and falling grain by heavy
and daily rain storms.
Dodge Center Wheat rusty, oats
and flax good, corn and hay fair.
Pipestone = Everything is doing
well, with the exception of grain sown
in the stubble.
White, S. D.-Wheat is looking fine
and doing well. Oats is looking better
than wheat. Flax good, corn is just
beginning to grow hay is splendid.