The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-10

| weather Conditions Throughout
Minnesota Are Good and Reports
From Manitoba Are Bright-BOth
DakOtas Will Harvest Fair Crops.
Harvesting generally well under way is
the report of crop conditions issued by
the Northern Pacific yesterday and
| covering the past ten days Throughout
Minnesota favorable weather conditions
and good prospects prevail. Reports
from Manitoba indicate a bright outlook
for harvesting, while the Dakotas will
harvest fair crops. The report is as fol-
lows:
Minnesota Division-Harvesting is now
well under way, with good PROSPECTS IA
| VorabIe weather having prevailed during
| the past week. Some threShing of wheat
| has been done, with an average WELD or
Y TO 10 bushels per acre. Better returns
lnan these are expected in most places.
Rye that has been threShed yielded ID
| bushels per acre. Oats are pronounced
a Poor crop here and there, but in many
districts good yields and quality are look.
| ed tor A number of showers are report
| ed, which were helpful to corn and pota-
| toes. On the whole the outlook for this
! harvest seems satisfactory.
| Little Falls & Dakota Branch-Harvest
! IS progressing under favorable weather
conditions, and good crops are expected
| Wheat has suffered some from rust ana
| u!ouSht, and estimates of the average
! yield now range from L to 13 bushels per
acre oats Will be a good crop Corn and
| potatoes have suffered from lack of mois>
! lure A heaVy storm Of rain and wind
| swept portion of the country tributary
10 thls branch, doing considerable dam
| age.
N. P. F. & B. H. Branch-Tbe wea+be,
was favorable for harvesting. and n1oSt
| OF the wheat will be in shock this week
1t Is dl1ncult to estimate the average
Yield Some say the yield will be light
and the quality poor; many expect an
! average crop, while others look for a
"bountiful harvest" Corn, potatoes and
| vegetables have suffered from want of
| ram. oats are looking we'll
Manitoba Division (south of Canadian
! boundary)-Harvest has commenced in
many places, and will be general next
| week. Harvest hands are scarce at nres-
| ent Reports from stations along thi,
| pfanch, as far as Grafton, are quite fa-
VorabIe; indications point to a fair WELD
OF Wheat, more flax than usual, and good
! crops of all kinds. North of Grafton lies
! the district which felt the severity of lasT
| week hailstOrm and here the crops will
| be reduced, but from those fortunate sec
! returns are expected.
In Manitoba-Reports from Manitoba
1ndlcate a bright outlook for all crops.
| Wheat is ripening rapidly and is veil
headed out, with prospects of a Iaren
y1eld-20, % and so bushels per acre being
aFeely y taIked Of Harvest will begin
| ABOUT the ZOth Of August in most parts
! although In one district fields will be cnf
| thlS week oats, barley and other grains
| doing well. An excellent croD of hav Is
! being put up. Roots and vegetables are
crop.
Dakota Division-The weather of the
past week was cool, with showers in
| some places, and has greatly heIned tho
| crops to recover from the effects of the
! previous heat and drought Indications
now now point to fair crop of all grains
! FlaX especially promises a large WELD
Harvest is now quite general
| Montana-In the GaIlatin valley the
| yield of all grains on irrigated lands will
| De good; While on unirrigated soil the
crops VIII not amount to much Weather
OF the past week has been generally
warm and dry. In the Bitter Root val
ley ley weather has been warm, with some
showers, which have helped the grains
on high lands somewhat, but inteTfered
with haying. Agent Livingston advises
that that n not weather has injured hay, and
that 1t will not be more than two-thirds
crop. Elsewhere in Montana conditionS
appear generally favorable
MORA, Mimi, Aug 9-The harvestino
oL wheat In this county has fairly com.
nenced and more than an average Weld
! Is looked for by the farmers. The what
Is plump and of good color. The wheat
acreage in this section is much increased
TINS season. light potato crop will he
raised this fall in this countv The
acreage is larger than usual but few
potatoes are found tc the hill.
LCNG PRAIRIE, Mimi, Aug. 9-(Spe.
GALA much needed rain fell here Ies
terday and last night, which viii i,eIn
out the corn and late potatoes. which
| were suffering for rain. The farmer.
on the prairie are nearly all done cutttno
| their wheat 'Ils
REDWOOD FALLS. MINI. Aue O
Nv |o ilelus IoI! 9I wheat IN Redwood county
I~Ne oeen threshed and two farmers are
| deeply disappointed. One field voc +t,at
of A. H. Seebeck He expected his aio11+,, -t,''
acre tract to go from eighteen to twenty
puSneIs per acre. 1t yielded only II 70
bushels of wheat, that were rejected al
! the elevators. Another field wac +bot
Oh II. u Everett, which had the appe1r-
! ance OF twenty bushels per acre. the
tlireShlnS machine only turned out about
ten bushels Of No wheat.
FARK RAPIDS. Mimi. any rbo,,
was heaVy downpour of rain all yes
teroay Grain was ready for cutting and
| much Damage was done to wheat
| FERGUS FALLS, Mimi. Aug. Pima
| grain was seriously damaged last niob+
! by the heavy rain. Farmers say thai #
Is down so that it cannot raise It is too
wet to harvest today
| I4ANGDON, Mimi. Aug o Sboo1,
threshing is now progressing rapidlv in
| this locality. The yield Of grain is much
better than at first expected. Wheat and
fax mixed averaged from eighteen to
twenty bushels per acre, while oats in
many places went from forty 10 forty-five
! bushels per acre.
BATHGATE, N. D., Aug Q.-The first
wheat cut seems to be fine sample and
good yield. 1t has been rainy and that Is
doing lot of damage to the heavy crop
The hail has done no damage to the crop
| tributary to Bathgate