The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26
That is all Now Wanted for
Growing Crops.
All Small Grain Generally Looks Fine..,
Wet and Cool for Corn, Some Be.
ing Replanted.

| places some particular grain is reported
poor and in few sections some dam
age from frost is reported. Corn was
not all planted at time of report, and
only in few places was it reported as
up. In many sections it is being re-
planted because of the cold wet
weather which has rotted it. The early
conditions still continue good for all
crops except corn, and the corn weather
is always in the three months to come.
Tracy-All small grain looks we'll.
Edgerton Wheat, oats and barley
good; flax and corn not all in; grass
good, Plenty of rain.
St Peter Wheat, oats and barley
good; corn nearly all planted
IL Cleveland-All small grain in good
condition; grass good, corn not all
planted.
Good Thunder-Wheat, oats, barley
and flax looking well: corn not up yet;
wild grass looks well. Acreage of grain
about as last year.
Sleepy Eye--Wheat, oats, barley and
grass good.
Montgomery-Wheat good, never
looked better; oats and barley also
good. Too cold for corn; grass good.
Luverne--Wheat looking fine; oats
and barley good; very little fax sown
Cold for corn, some being planted over;
wild grass good, clover killed.
ST. Clair-Wheat and oats good, flax
fair grass good
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Hayfield-All small grain looking
well, and stand good. Corn up only in
| few places, grass growing fine.
| West Concord-Wheat, oats, barley
and flax growing finely, grass looking
| we'll.
Fulda-Wheat, oats, barley, flax and
grass good
Slayton--Wheat very fine, oats, bar
| ley and grass good; corn some damaged
| by wet, cold weather; hail and rain the
21st, no damage.
| Tyler-Wheat and oats good, other
grains not all in yet; grass good. Too
much rain.
| Lake Wilson-Wheat, oats and bar
| ley good, but were frosted some in low
places. Corn about three-fourths
| planted, present indications poor,
Grass good.
| Madison Lake-Wheat looks we'll;
oats not very good, weather too cold,
corn all planted but needs warm
weather, grass growing slow on ac-
count of cold,
Lake Crystal-Wheat, oats and bar
ley, especially where drilled, is good;
wild grass good, tame grass poor.
| Minneota-Wheat, oats and barley
good; flax and corn about one-half in;
grass good; cold and wet.
! New Ulm-Wheat, oats and barley
very good, also grass
Sanborn-Too cool for natural growth
of grain.
Lamberton-- Wheat, oats and barley
good, fl AK not yet sown. Rainy.
Lake Benton-Wheat and oats do not
| look as we'll as last week, too much
rain Barley nipped by frost.
Wheat, oats and barley
good, some damaged by wind; fax slow
coming up. Grass growing slow. Cool,
rainy and windy.
Jackson--Wheat very good, oats
good, barley some damaged by storm;
fax acreage will be large on new
ground; grass best in years; about
three-fourths corn planted, some re-
planted.
| ST. Charles-Very little wheat here;
oats and barley look well; less flax than
last year, but crop looks well; corn
about same as last season; grass pro-
misses short crop. ....
Rollingstone-Wh and barley in
good condition. covering the ground
fax just coming up, corn all planted.
Janesville-Barley and wheat look
ing good and oats are coming on fine
flax hurt some by frost: grass looking
fine. ~
Waseca--All small grain good; grass
is good though the cool weather holds
it back some.
Blooming Prairie-Oats and wheat
good, but the former show the effects
Of frost; barley not very good; wild
grass backward, and tame grass COM
ing slow. ri
Adrian General condition of all
small grain good; corn coming slow,
grass fair.
Trosky-Oats fair, wheat good rather
cold and wet for barley, also for corn;
grass good.
Worthington-All kinds Of small
grain doing WE'LL 80 per cent of corn
will have to be re-planted.
Cottonwood Oats promise good
crop, wheat looking fine and barley a
little thin; fax iszjust coming through.
Grass looking fine.
| Lewiston--Oats and wheat good;
barley and fax fair; grass good.
Elysian-Oats and wheat looking
fine; very little barley or flax. Corn
coming slow; grass doing we'll
Heron Lake-Oats, wheat and barley
good but late; flax very late
Jasper Small grain looking fine;
grass good; wet and cold for corn, some
will have to bereplanted.
LeSueur- Oats and wheat good, corn
backward, no change in grass.
| OMapleton--O and what looking
we'll: very little barley but looking
well; fax looking fine; clover winter
killed; Present prospects are fine for
good crop.
Plainview--O wheat and barley
| good, corn and flax and grass fair,
| Eyota--Oats, wheat and barley good;
20 per cent less flax than last year, and