The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-17

Hubbard & Palmer recently sent
out the following circular letter to all
of their agents:
please advise us what, in your
opinion, will be the probable acreage
of wheat, flax, oats, barley and corn
this spring as compared with last. We
should think there would be decided
change in many respects on account
of low prices of the past season.
Kindly give US this information as
carefully as possible and oblige,
Yours very truly,
HUBBARD & PALMER"
The answers have been received,
and show that there will be decided
increase in the wheat acreage, more
corn and less oats, flax and cbar-
ley. The following is condensa-
tion of the letters, and the informa-
tion which they contain is important
at this time:
Lake Crystal-Wheat, increase %
per cent. No change in oats, corn
and barley. More pork is being raised.
Flax, increase 25 to 80 per cent, be-
cause of low price and light crop.
Garden City-OatS and barley de-
crease one-half or two-thirds, and
same decrease in wheat and fax.
Large decrease in acreage of corn.
Vernon Center-Flax, not one-half
the acreage of last year. Increase in
wheat acreage, but decrease in barley
and oats.
Amboy-FlaX, increase one-third,
oats one-fourth, barley stationary,
corn and wheat increase one-fourth.
Winnebago City-Wheat, increase
sixty per cent: flax, barley and corn,
decrease twenty per cent; oats re-
main the same.
Ledyard, Iowa-Wheat, increase
100 per cent; fax, oats and barley, in
crease 25 per cent; corn about sta
tionary.
Madelia-Wheat and corn acreage
will increase, and oats and flax de-
crease.
Bingham Lake-Wheat, no change.
Oats, barley and flax one-third less.
More corn than ever will be planted.
rewster-Wheat, increase 25 per
cent; decrease in oats and barley.
Twice as much corn as last year.
Flax, no change.
Mountain Lake-One-third less
oats, more corn, 40 change in flax.
Buttertield- Twenty-Five per cent
, more wheat, less oats, no change in
barley, corn and flax.
Dundee-Considera more wheat,
good deal less barley, less flax, and
about the same oats.
Lime Creek-One-third more wheat,
less oats and barley, about the same
of flax and corn.
Slayton-Ten per cent more of
wheat, thirty per cent less of flax, no
change in oats, five to ten per cent
less of barley, ten to fifteen per cent
more corn.
Lake Wilson-More wheat, less corn,
much more fax, and less oats and
barley. ~
Rock Rapids, Iowa-Less fax, other
grain about the same.
Lunt, Iowa-Wheat, increase 20 per
cent; oats and corn decrease 16 per
cent; barley no change.
Doom, Iowa Small increase in
corn, taking the place of oats and
barley, otherwise no change.
Wheat, increase 25 per
cent, and rs per cent less barley, and
no change in oats, corn and flax.
Luverne- There will be decrease
in the acreage of barley of nearly fifty
per cent, also decrease in acreage of
oats, an increase in wheat, corn and
flax, the last two the heaviest.
Valley Springs, S. D.-Less barley
more wheat and oats, and no change
in flax and corn.
Sioux Falls, S. D.-More wheat and
flax and less barley and oats.
hdIUlOIU. .. D,-LcSS UdIlcy duU
fax, wheat, oats and corn about the
same.
Montrose, S. D.-Wheat, increase
10 per cent; oats, decrease 10 per cent;
flax, decrease 40 per cent; corn in
crease 10 per cent; barley, no change.
Salem, S. D.-More wheat and corn,
less fax, no change in oats and
barley.
Spencer, S. D.-Llttle change.
Fuller. S. D.-LesS barley and flax,
no change in wheat and corn
Mitchell, S. D.-One-fourth less
wheat.
County Auditor Chas. Hensel, Re-
gister of Deeds A. LindstrOm, and
Judge of Probate John Peterson, of
CT pafar yicitad tho Pl1o To- n