The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-10


Mayer-Weather since last report has been
generally fair and cool. Wheat and oats are
about three-fourths cut. Oats will be splen-
dld yield. Wheat will be better than was
thought week ago and will be about three
fourths an average crop. Corn and potatoes
promise to be a good crop.
Lester Prairie-Harvesting is about one
fourth done. Yield promises to be little be-
low the average. account of chinch bugs and
rust. Harvesting is progressing rapidly and
VIII be finished in about week. Quality
will be poor. Corn about half crop.
Silver Lake-Harvesting about half-done.
Wheat will yield very poorly, average from
jured by rains late frosts, hot weather and
chinch bugs. Oats will be a good crop; also
corn promises good. Potatoes fair, some
places good, some bad.
Hutchinson-An small grains look good.
Harvesting well under way. General condi-
lions fair for successful crop. Farmers say
wheat will be of fair quality and the yield
will average about Is to 20 bushels per acre.
WILLMAR & SIOUX FALLS LINE.
Raymond-The weather past week has been
favorable to the growing crops; cloudy and
cool, with several light rains. Not more than
ten bushels of wheat per acre is expected in
and corn is expected Barley is now being
cut Oats and wheat will be ready to cut
IN about week or ten days; about two
weeks behind last season.
Clara City-The outlook for wheat is not
as bright as two weeks ago. The straw is
tai, but the heads not filled out we'll. Will
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and oats will yield fairly, and some has been
cut Weather last week favorable.
Maynard-Harvesting has been started.
Condition of crop is poor. Straw heavy, but
heads not filled out, and grain itself small.
The weather past week has been wet and
cool. Ground is very soft in low places.
Granite Falls-About one-third OF harvesting
done and fair yield expected. Frequent
rains doing much to delay harvest and will
cause great loss to grain left standing too
long on that account
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Is cut. Yield will average from 10 to 20
bushels per acre. Rather too much rain,
which is liable, if continued, to make wheat
grade low. Corn splendid crop.
Observation-Disclosures past week rather I'M
favorable for crop on account of rains and
heavy winds. Most farmers harvesting now,
but delaying some on account of heavy and
wet condition of ground Average yield
wheat will be about 10 bushels per acre. Oats
and barley about 80 bushels per acre. Wheat
Will be rather poor quality.
Russell-The weather past week has been
favorable Had it not been for rain last night
Thursday harvesting would have been
The yield is placed at an average of: Wheat,
10 bushels; barley and oats, between 30 and
40 bushels; fax, bushels, and corn, about
90 bushels. Most wheat will grade No. 2
northern. Other small grain will be No. L.
Florence-Oats will go about 40 bushels per
acre; barley, 30; wheat is expected to so Z to
Is bushels per acre. The cool, wet weather
is a benefit to it.
Ruthton-One heavy rain since last report.
A good yield of barley, oats, fax and corn
is expected. Wheat blighted by wet weather;
average yield of about ten bushels per acre
is reported. Harvesting we'll under Roadway
on early sown grain; general in about one
week.
HoIland-Wheat harvesting has begun, but
the crop will not average more than half-crop
this year. Barley and oats will be good crop.
Corn is about two weeks late on account
late planting, but doing finely now. A few
days wet weather during last week has de-
layed harvesting some.
Pipestone-Barley harvest completed. Pros
poets for yield good. Hessian fly doing con-
siderable damage to wheat. Estimated yield
about bushels per acre Flax in good con-
dition at present time.
Jasper-Weather past week has been very
Wet farmers having some trouble running
machines. Barley badly colored on account
of rain; Hail the first of the week will re
duce the receipts Of this station about 10
per cent.
Sherman-No bad storms since hail last
week. Prospects $4,000 bushels grain this
season or a good half crop. Barley all cut
and some wheat.
Garretson-Twenty per cent crop this vicin-
ity damaged by hail July Is; 1000 acres grain
cannot be gathered; balance of hail district
of 900 acres will yield five bushels Of wheat
per acre. Other grain in proportion. FIFTY
thousand acres will yield: Wheat, 10 bushels;
barley, 80; oats, 90 Weather past week
cloudy and showery.
Sioux Falls-Wheat, oats and barley dam
aged to some extent by rust. Yield not as
good as anticipated. Average: Wheat, 10
bushels per acre, quality fair; oats, 80 bushels,
quality good barley 80 bushels, quality fair.
About all barley and 60 per cent of wheat
week; corn and fax doing well.
Lennox-Weather favorable past week for
growing crops; sufficient moisture; 80 per
cent of small grain cut; small amount OF
stacking done; very small amount of fax
sown. Prospects for corn, fax and potatoes
good as last year. The estimated yields:
Wheat average 10 bushels oats, 80; barley
90 quality good with favorable weather I'M
til maturity. Corn, % bushels. General
prospects fully up to last year.
Davis-Weather favorable for growing crops;
light showers. Ground in good condition.
Corn and potatoes growing fast; up with
season. Wheat. oats and barley about all
cut Some stacking done in the vicinity
Quality good; yield fair.
Viborg-About three-fourts of the grain is
harvested. No threshing has been done this
week on account of wet weather; but little
stacking has been done so far. Considerable
shock thresh!ng will be done in this vicinity.
Wheat oats and barley are damaged a little
10 to Is bushels per acre; barley and oats
80 to 40 bushels. The corn crop is very good
and is about up to the season. Weather has
been very favorable the past week for grow
Irene-Small grain all harvested except flax.
Threshing has commenced. Wheat crop is
estimated at about 10 bushels per acre; quail
ty good. Oats. 50 to 80 bushels per acre;
quality good. Barley and rye is not raised
for shipment. Corn is in fine shape. Weather
favorable; for past week, partly cloudy; cool
rain.
misunderstanding nearly done, but has
been delayed some by wet weather. Wheat
will yield about Is bushels per acre. Oats
and barley. % to So bushels per acre. Corn
is in good condition and doing well. Very
little threshing has been done as yet. Weather
has been favorable the past week for growing
crops.
WATERFOWL & HURON LINE.
APPROXIMATELY and rye all cut and about
of tha Nvhoa bor cfpn 10
average yield of wheat will be u bushels per
acre. All grain and ground in good condition
and can be easily harvested.
Lousburg-Barley all harvested. Farmers
are just beginning harvesting wheat. The
average will be about Is bushels per acre.
Ground in good condition.
Bellingham-Grain cutting became general
early in the week, but has been making slow
progress on the account of wet weather. The
grain ripens very slowly. The crop promises
we'll, although the yield will fall short of
the first estimate. The average will probably
be from II to II bushels per acre. The week
has been mostly cool.
Nassau-Gra.n CT all kinds doing we'll.
Wheat harvest is we'll under way and farmers
are expecting an average yield under the
present favorable conditions.
Albee-Crops advanced rapidly during the
week. Barley all harvested. Wheat about
one-third cut; will average about IS bushels
per acre. Two good showers since last re-
port.
South Shore-Barley harvest is in full blast.
| Wheat rpening fast; will begin harvesting
| It next week. Flax. oats and other produce
| doing well. Average Yield expected. Wheat
II; barley, 30; oats, 40; fax, 10 bushels per
| acre. Weather during the past week delayed
| harvesting on the account of rain.
| Watertown-Crops have done finely in the
| last week and some have commenced cutting.
| We are having too much rain lately for har-
vest. Wheat will average about 10 bushels
| per acre. Oats from 20 to 40 bushels per acre.
Flax II bushels per acre.
.Hazel-CrOp conditions are not at all favor
| cutting down