The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-07-17
HARVESTING BEGUN.
Less Damage From Rust Than Was
Expected-Rain Needed.

Dy Supt. Spencer yesterday Indicate
that the weather the past week was
in the main favorable for the growing
crops. The harvesting of rye and bar
ley has commenced all along the line,
and the crop is large. The weather
has favored wheat, and damage from
rust will not be as great as at first re-
ported. Many localities need rain
for corn, potatoes and pasturage, but
no damage has yet resulted from the
lack of rain.
The reports, condensed, are as fol-
lows:
Hamilton-Most of the rye has been
harvested and the crop is very heavy,
wheat is badly damaged by rust,
some farmers claiming one fourth to
be ruined. Oats, corn and potatoes
good.
Shakopee-The harvesting of rye
and barley is about over and they are
a big crop. Corn is doing well.
Merriam Junction - Rain needed,
some damage to wheat by rust, corn
doing nicely, rye being rapidly har-
vested and looks fine.
Jordan-Rye about half harvested
wheat will be ready for harvest in a
few days. Damage to wheat by rust,
hail and Judgement will be about
twenty per cent; all small grain look
ing fine.
Blakeley-All crops doing finely.
East Henderson-It is claimed that
about one quarter of the wheat crop
is damaged by rust and will be good
yield but an inferior quality; rye and
barley have been cut and are in good
condition: corn is doing we'll; dry wea-
ther has hurt the potato crop some
what.
LeSueur-Rye harvest about COM
pleted and a good crop; wheat is doing
well, and is very little damaged by
rust. Everything looks favorable for
a very fair crop of ell kinds.
Ottawa-Rye is all cut, corn is look
ing well but needs rain, some damage
to wheat from rust; wheat harvest
will begin the last of this week; barley
and oats promise well.
St. Peter-Rye about all harvested,
and barley ready for cutting: wheat
and oats are fine, some fields of oats
estimated to 90 10 and so bushels per
acre, and wheat 20 to 25. Corn doing
nicely cut rain needed.
Kasota-Barley and rye about all
harvested. Wheat, oats and corn
promise good crop. -.
Belle Plaine-Rye and barley about
three-fOurths cut; some wheat fields
damaged considerably by rust, and
wheat ripening too fast; corn rand
potatoes doing well, but rain needed.
Madelia-Barley cutting has COM
menced, some oats will be cut within
ten days, corn improving.
Grogan-Harvesting will commence
about the middle of the week. Rust
is doing some damage to wheat. All
other grain looking fine.
st. James-All kinds of grain look
fine and barley harvest commenced.
Cutting of wheat and oats will begin
in about ten days.
Butterfield = Kahn needed badly,
wheat is not turning out as will as eX-
pected, it is very rusty, and farmers
say that the crop will not exceed s to
10 bushels per acre, oats not very
good crod, being damaged at least Is
per cent by smut. Rye harvest be-
gum
Mountain Lake-Wheat is damaged
by rust about 25 per cent. 1t is prin.
cipally the late sown wheat that is
damaged, and will probably grade
No. 2, rye and barley are being har-
vested, wheat and oats will be cut in
about two weeks. Everything else
doing.
Bingham Lake-Wheat some dam.
aged by rust but improving, all other
grain looking fine.
Window Wheat not doing well
and estimated at half a crop, other
crops doing finely, large amount OF
hay being put up.
Wilder-Crops looking we'll except
some pieces of wheat.
Heron Lake-Rust will decrease
wheat yield considerably, barley and
oats will be big crop, early fax will
be good, but late fax will be light on
account of dry weather, haying is well
along and is good crop.
Worthington-Rye and barley are
being harvested, oats will be big
crop.
Sioux Falls Junction-Wheat rust
ed in some fields. 1t is anticipated
the crops will be ten to twenty pei
cent, lighter than last year. Oats and
barley will be ten to fifteen per cent
heavier, Corn needs rain.
Bigelow-A few pisces of oats and
barley will be cut the latter part OF
this week. The yield promises to be
large, except wheat which continues
to look BID on account Of rust, corn
and potatoes look well.
Sibley, Iowa-Barley, oats and fia1
will be a full crop. some barley cut
last week. Some damage to wheat
| from rust.
Ashton, Iowa-Barley harvest has
commenced, wheat is doing much bet
ter than expected and will be fairly
good crop, other crops loo king well.
Sheldon, Wheat and barley
rusting considerably, harvesting will
be well under way by the middle OF
the week.
Haspers, Iowa-Barley harvest in
progress, oats and corn doing WELL
Seney, Iowa-Some early oats will
be harvested the latter part of the