The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-06-04
OMAHA CROP REPORT.
Cold and Dry Weather Has Kept the
Crops Back.
Frosts Have Done Some Injury
Which Can Soon be Overcome.

unfayOrable, in spite of the froSts,
continued cold weather, and the alb
sence of rain. The crops have made
very little progress, it is true, but
wheat has stooled out finely, and with
warm weather and the rain that fell
yesterday and last night rapid growth
will be made from now on. Corn is
the most backward. Frost mas cut
garden truck and corn in most places.
The following is the detailed report:
MAIN LINE.
Mendota-Wheat and oats fine. Too
cold for corn, looks poor.
Shakopee-Cold weather and frost
has done much damage. Small grain
making no progress.
Jordon Rye and wheat doing well,
will DE good crop. Potatoes and
corn backward.
Belle Plaine-Cold and dry weather
has kept crops at a standStill. Con-
siderable damage from frost.
Blakeley - Weather unfavorable.
Wheat needs rain. Corn not coming
good because of poor seed.
East MISUNDERSTANDING Of differ
ent crops about same as last year.
Wheat favorable. Corn and potatoes
suffering from cool and dry weather.
LeSueur-Small grain looking we'll.
Corn coming up nicely.
Ottowa-Small grain doing nicely.
Kasota-All small grain in good con-
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Mankato-Small grain looking well.
Minneopa-Small grain looking bet
ter. Considerable corn rotting and
will have to be replanted.
Lake Crystal Condition of all crops,
except corn, very fair.
Madelia-Small grain doing well;
corn just coming up.
Grogan-Small grain doing pretty
well. FrostS damaged corn and pOta-
| toes.
St. James-Crops looking fine. Cool
weather has helped wheat. Warm
weather now wanted.
Butterfeld-Small grain doing we'll
Corn not coming up good; much of it
rotting, and will have to be replanted.
Mountain Lake-Crops in this
vicinity, except corn, are doing nicely.
The corn, however, looks fairly we'll.
Bingham Lake-Small grain looking
fine. Corn backward. Prospects for
big crops good.
Brewster-Corn badly damaged by
frost. Small grain in good condition.
Neutrality-suspicious. growing very
slowly because of cool weather.
Sioux Falls-Crops looking fine, but
somewhat backward, especially corn.
Wheat acreage about same as last
year. FrostS have done no damage.
Bigelow-All small grain looking
we'll; corn backward about coming
up because of cold weather; some
fields being replanted.
Sibley, Ia.-Farmers say cool wea-
Their all right for small grain but bad
for corn.
Ashton, Ia-Small grain still look
ing good some corn dried out and be-
ing replanted; that planted deep is in
fair cOnditiOn;rain and warm weather
needed.
Sheldon, Ia.-Grain not improving
fast, too cool and dry.
Haspers, Ia.-Small grain in good
condition, corn coming slowly. much
of it being replanted because of poor
seed.
Seney, Ia.-Crops growing slow be.
cause of cool weather, corn coming VI
all right but looks yellow, everything
about two weeks behind last year.
LeMars, Ia.-All grains coming or
we'll. Conditions favorable to large
crops.
ELMORE LINE.
Garden City-Small grain looks
we'll, but shows the effects of dry
weather, corn is very backward, the
frost froze the corn close to the
ground.
Vernon Center-Crops of all kinds
are doing well, except corn, which il
backward.
Amboy-All crops doing we'll.
Winnebago City-Weathe has beer
too cold and rain is needed, but the
crops are not suffering, only KEPT
back.
Elmore-All crops looking we'll, corr
nearly all up, needs warm weather
PIPESTONE LINE.
Dundee-Small grain is all right
but not growing much, corn need
! warm weather, heavy frost cut al
garden truck and corn badly.
Slayton-Heavy frost froze corn ant
vegetables badly.
Hadley-Cold weather has allowed
wheat to stool out, but has been baC
: for corn, frost has cut down the corn
Lake Wilson-Grain looks we'll, il
spite of the cold weather, some of tn,
corn has rotted in the ground and hat
to be replanted.
Pipestone-Heavy frosts have dam
aged grain slightly.
SIOUX FALLS AND MITCHELL LINE.
Rusbmore Everything is favorable
. if we could have good rain, as thu
, ground is very dry on top.
! Magnolia are looking as wei
e as could be expected, although rain i
4 badly needed.
2 ELuverne-Small grain is doing well
but would be benefited by more rail
and warmer weather. We have hat
one nice rain during the week.
] Beaver Creek-On account of poo
1 seed, nearly half the corn had to b
| replanted. Frost and cool weather i
making other grain backward, rain i
needed badly.
Brandon-The past'week has beef
: favorable for wheat, crops are not sui
e fering for rain yet.
Siouv Polls n -Gronc ORC crop