The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-08-19
H. M. HITCHCocK & Co..
REDWOOD FALLS, MIMI.

REDWOOD FALLS, MIMI.
Attorney A. G. Dolliff and n. NJ.
Aune made trip to New Ulm, Mon
day, closing up an insolvent estate.
In the case of Seaman VS.. Grimmer
it has been decided by the defense to
allow Scanlan to take judgment with
full costs, and then, Grimmer is to ap-
peal from the judgment entered.
Col. Frank Ring left here yesterday
for his old home in Winnebago City,
going by rail to Sleepy Eye and then
overland with his bicycle. He will be
absent two weeks, during which time
he will attend the district Epworth
League convention at Fairmont, an Or
ganization of which he is -presi-
dent.
The members of the Redwood Falls
base ball club have at last secured
grounds within a few blocks of the
business portion of the city, Messrs.
F. M. Isham and E. G. Greene, repre-
senting the Laird Norton and Winona
Lumber companies, having given the
club the free use of the block of land
previously occupied by the lumber
companies on the south side of the
city near the Northwestern tracks,
The boys have already commenced
the work of leveling off the ground
and expect to have good park in a
very short time.
Several threshing outfits started up
last Monday within radius of three
or four miles of the city. One or two
of them we're obliged to suspend op-
erations on account of the damp con-
dition OF. the grain to be threshed.. The
average yield of wheat on the small
amount threshed was from 8 to II
bushels per acre. The wheat turned
out was of the No. 2. grade. Some of
it was offered for sale at local eleva-
tor and it was locked nine cents per
bushel on account of it being new
wheat. There will be very little No.
wheat in Redwood county this year.
The weekly crop bulletin for the
week ending Monday, Aug, 9, follows:
In the first half OF the week the tenn.
perature was below the normal; in the
latter part it was very slightly above
it. The northern part of the State has
had very little rainfall, or none at ell
during the week, while the southern
half has had scattered showers, those
in the southwestern counties being
heavy. The spring wheat harvest is
we'll advanced in the southern half,
many farmers being nearly finished,
while in the Red River Valley, the
harvest is just begun. The handling
OF the cut wheat shows that expecta-
tons as to yield, even on the more fav-.
ored soils, have been placed rather too
high. Owing to the early frosts, rust,
blight, excessive moisture, etc., the FL
ling has not been as generous as hop
ed for. In the southern and south
western counties, the uncut wheat is
beginning to crinkle down, and fears
are expressed that the wheat in shock
may suffer from the heavy rains.
Some reports say that the upland
wheat in the Red River Valley is a
good crop. Barley harvest is finished
in the south, and oats are about ready
to cut there. Oats have rusted badly
in places, but the crop is generally a
fair to good one. Some stacking of
rye and barley has been done, little
threshing from the shock, showing
fair turn out as to yield, though the
color of the barley is very dark. The
rains have interfered with these opera
tons in most counties. Haying on
uplands is nearly finished. Potatoes
are doing we'll. Corn has grown rap
idly during the week, the best now be-
ing in the ear. The stand is poor, and
much corn will never mature, but if
frosts keep off till September 18th, it
is thought that fair crop will be
saved, The apple crop is small.