The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28


| Traverse-still dry. One-half an average
1 crop Is all that can be expected of wheat:
| oats promise better. With plenty of mois-
ture flax would make good crop.
| Stearns-Drought continues. There is no
| hope Tor grain on light soil. and nothing
] for stock very scarce; no hay except on
river bottom
McLeod-A dry, hot week. Wheat and
/ oats are heading out very short and thin.
Pastures are dry and almost bare. With
| the most favorable weather wheat may
| be worth cutting. Corn doing well: po-
| tatoes are also doing well, but will need
rain very soon.
Renville-The drought continues Grain
| is suffering and getting poorer every day;
oats are practically failure. num-
Der of fields will not be cut. Some OF
| the oat fields are dry enough to burn. Hay
will not exceed one-third Of a crop. Peat
meadows are still withered and will yield
nothing. Rye and barley will yield from
one-third to one-half a crop. number
Of fax fields are dead. Potatoes stand
well corn fair; wheat is beginning to turn
brown.
Wilkin-Hot. dry week. with the cxcep-
ton Of light shower on the 10th. Wheat
Is damaged from one-haH to four fifths; tim
othy Is failure corn poor stand. Late
fax is sprouting nicely.
Otter Tail-Still continues dry. On high
land wheat is heading very short and thin;
hay an entire failure; corn and potatoes
growing slowly.
Pope-The week has been hot and dry.
All grain is in bad condition and that on
high sandy land Is entirely beyond help.
Oats and flax are practically failures; wheat
must have rain soon to make half crop.
Corn and potatoes are doing fairly well.
Cass-The weather has been hot and dry.
Grain almost ruined; hay crop light.
Todd-Drought unbroken. Tame hay Is
total failure; wild hay will be half a crop.
Wheat cannot yield more than Ave busnelS
per acre. Corn and all vegetables at
st2ndstill.
SOUTHERN SECTION.
Rock-No rain this week. but the shower
Of last week increased the length Of the
straw. Glover haying is general. with less
than half . crop. Corn averages two
are fine.
Brown-The past week has been quite
favorable. and everything has improved
since the rains of last week. There are
now prospects Of fair crop Of wheat max
and corn; oats will be Z failure.
Faribauf-During the week the weather
has been favorable for all crops good
shower occurred on the goth. Only half
. crop is expected.
Ktcc-week hot and Cry. Wheat head
ing out very short; chinch bugs are work
ing in winter wheat. Corn and potatoes
are the only crops that are making good
progress; everything is drying up. \.
Lyon-GoOd rains fell on the 20-23d, and
with favorable weather we now feel sure
of halt a crop o. wheat and barley. Oats
will be from one-fourth to one-third OF
crop. and will probably be too short to
bind Corn, max and potatoes now give
good promise OF crop. The rain has also
helped prairie grass. Some portions OF
the country were not reached By the iats
showers. where some barley had been plowed
up, and oats are complete failure.
Pipestone-This hos been = dry, hot week.
Grain lie looking better. but IL still likely
TO dry out Corn 10 growing rapidly, but
It has poor stand: hay II almost a fail
ure; potatoes look we'll.
Murray-The weather hae been dry and
warm. Corn L. doing we'll and other grain
ls doing better than could be expected.
Dakota-Drought conttnues unbroken:
grain will b too short to bind; corn 10
uneven. ssss
Mower Drought nnbroken; All sarly sown
grain looks fairly we'll: corn II all right.
Wabasha-yerT dry: harley headed about
u inches higA. fye VIA ~ cast neat meskS
corn doing very veil.
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