The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-06-16
RANK GROWTH.
That is the Report That Comes
From the Grain Fields.
Too Much Rain is the One Cry inat
Comes From All Directions...Dry
.. Weather Badly Needed.

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Minnesota points for the week ending
Time 18th, indicates that grain every
-vhare is making a very rank growth, IN
-qs.s4 too rank growth, as there is dan
..sar of lodging, The burden OF all CT
tbs reports is too much rain. The
zrronnd in low places is under water.
Corn is suffering considerably because
ahs exceeding wet weather has prevent
81 ftseuitivation, some fields not yet
having been touched, Good weather
from now on would relieve the situa-
don 1muchly and bring about fine crop
conditions except on very low grounds.
following is the report in detail.
Window Crops of all kinds have
<bssn in good shape. Heavy rains yes
Esszjlay and last night Do not know
the extent of damage to crop.
Vernon Center-Too much rain, low
sgEound under water, Grass very heavy.
Norseland -Oats, wheat and barley
Locking fine and heavy, flax and corn
good, grass splendid.
Nicol et-Wheat, oats and barley too
heavy, fax and corn partly drowned,
grzss partly under water.
Horton-Wheat, oats and barley
extra heavy, fax and corn improving
fast, grass good.
Lakefeld-All kinds of crops are
heavy, danger of lodging.
,8ackson-Oats good on high land
wheat very good, barley some damaged
on low ground, fax good, corn very
wgeedy. good on high ground, grass best
IN years.
CoGtonwood-Oat and wheat looking
well, barley the same with few excep-
fions, corn very backward, grass extra
good. On some of the low ground crop
gone " .,ty
New Ulm-All small grain and corn
good. Heavy rains and some hail.
St. Clair-All grain and grass good,
s2lso corn.
El9in-All crops looking good.
Plainville- grain, corn and
grass good.
Pipestone-Oats, wheat, barley and
6iax good, corn doing fairly well, grass
good.
Iuyerne-Oats, wheat, barley and
fax good, corn backward. grass best in
years
Lamberton-Whe oats, barley, fax
and grass good, corn backward.
Minneota-Small grain on high land
good, corn poor.
Iona-All crops good,
St. Peter-W Wheat and oats fair corn
small, grass good
Madelia-All crops good, but too
much rain, threatens to drown corn
and fax in low places.
Mountain Lake-Wheat and corn
fair, oats, barley, flax and grass good.
Lake Wilson-Small grain and grass
good, curn late but fair
EuIda-Grain and grass good corn
Eair
Springfield Wheat and other grain
and grass good, corn fair.
LeSueur-Oats, wheat, fax and grass
good, barley fair, corn average.
Waseca- Oats, wheat and corn good,
barley. fax and grass fair, low mead
a1ws well flooded.
SIayton-Oats, wheat barley and
lax very fair, corn coming rather
SLOW, grass very SOOu.
Eyota-Oats, barley, wheat and grass
good, fax nothing extra, corn not very
good.
New Richland--Oats and wheat
good, barley and grass fair, flax and
corn poor.
asper-Small grain good, corn thin
and weedy, grass never better.
Cleveland-Small grain growing too
rank, corn doing very well, grass very
heavy.
Sleepy Eye-Oats, wheat and barley
growing most too fast, flax; corn and
grass good.
Russell-Too much rain for co IN,
wheat fair to good, other small grains
and grass good.
Eairmont = Small grain and grass
good corn fair
Ellsworth = All crops except corn
good
.Amboy Magnificent stand and
gpe With, but too much rain. Must get
dry weather or grain will all go down.
Worthington : Every thing is under
writer.
S6ewdrtville-All crops are in fine
condition, except there is too much
straw and is lodging in some places
Janesville-Corn in fine condition
and grass good.
ELECTROMAGNETIC good and heavy
stand; oats extra heavy, may go down.
Barley good, corn good but too wet to
cultivate, tame grass good, wild grass
TOO wet.
Kasson-Wheat and oats good; too
anUch rain for barley, fax, corn and
yrass good.
Rochester-Crop prospects are good.
Viola Wheat, oats and barley look
GIne and very rank fax and corn very
coed, grass heavy crop.
Garemont = Wheat not very good,
oats and barley not good, flax and corn
not fair, grass good.
West Concord--Wheat,o oats and bar
Eey very heavy; fax good, corn fair.
8loomingP Prairie Crops looking good
but zoo much rain.
Lake Benton = Early seeded wheat
gco6, late seeded looks thin and full of
weeds; cats. barley and flax good, corn
Eairly. good, grass fine. =,
Candy = Wheat fair, good on high
ground; oats fair to good, fax and grass
rood corn backward. ss4s. ~, .4~~te IA