The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-07-27
COUNTIES.

Observation-Disclosures all look
fine, except flax, there is only about nalf
a crop Of that; some rust showing in
the wheat. Minnie Lake. All crops
except flax are looking good. San
bornrGrain looks good, except some
flax; no damage from heat.
Benson-Niles-Everything looks ex-
cellent in the crop line; fax is blossom
Wheat all headed and looks fair; oats,
barley and flax improving and with good
weather, will make half a crop; hay
good on upland.
Cass-Davenport-Wheat lis filling
fair; potatoes are good. Buffalo =
Wheat is filling we'll; flax improving;
barley harvest will begin this week.
Warren-Grasshoppers are still doing
damage, and hundreds of acres of grain
have been drowned; the present outlook
does not promise over two-thirds of a
normal crop; Grandin - Hot weather
is developing the injury done by the
are turning yellow. wheat is damaged
nearly one-half; fax is poor.
Cavalier-Homen-Wheat all headed
and never looked better; oats and bar
ley are looking very fine; haying this
week. Around Langdon, Dresden and
Wales the wheat is about half-headed
and looks promising the oat crop, with
few exceptions looks fine; flax on new
land is doing well, and most of it in
blossom; that on old land will not be
worth cutting. Milton-Everything
growing fast; flax doing better, but
quite a lot of it has been plowed under.
Dickey-Ludden-On the fourteenth
the hot wind caused some damage to
grain, but was followed by showers,
cooling weather for several days.
Wright = Corn improving rapidly;
wheat rusting some, probably not
enough to prevent filling; late sown
grain full Of pigeon grass and cannot
yield much barley and oats generally
look we'll; millet getting big.
Observation-Disclosures of all
kinds doing very we'll. Glencoe -
Showers and hot weather have forced
things along rapidly. Hampton-All'
crops doing we'll, especially corn; laying
in progress.
Observation-Disclosures doing we'll:
wheat heading out and looks good;
everything dong well except flax on old
land. which is not worth anything.
Melville -. Crops of all kinds doing
finely.
Grand Forks-McRae-All crops do
ing we'll ; a little rust on the late sown
grain; haying has commenced; the yield
is good OH low land, but somewhat thin
on upland. Niagara-Barley and oats
doing we'll; some wheat fields slow to
head and a little rusty; flax will be
about half a crop in some fields, in
others it will be a total loss: haying
will this week. Gilby-No
damage to crops yet; wheat looking
fine. Thompson-Grain turning fast;
some barley cut haying progressing
rapidly, with very large crop; late
sown wheat heading very slowly; heads
on all wheat only about two-thirds the
proper length.
Griggs-Cooperstown-Dry weather,
and not too hot, has benefited all crops:
having in progress with a good yield.
|Hannaford-Wheat and oats are main
tanning their high standard; flax inn
proving.
Logan-Napoleon-The past week
has been. very hot, but has not damaged
the crop in this vicinity.
LaMoure-Griswold-Al crops look
good, except fax, which only. promises
a light. crop. Dickey-Weather con-
%tin,.es very favorable for flax, cor and
millet. y
McLean-Coal Harbor-While the
heat has been excessive, still it has done
no. damage to crop. Weller-Early
wheat is nearly filled.
Morton-Sweet Briar-Wheat looks
fine and prospects are very good; hay
is a good crop oats are fine s hot
weather has done nc damage here.
acknowledging in progress; wheat
ripening; no damage by hot weather.
Nelson-Lee-Wheat about all head
ed and looks healthy !; oats and barley
very fine fax has been improving late-
ly, but nothing can be4told as to what ii
may turn out. Bue-Everything very
good SO far /; hay will be an excellent
crop: wheat is doing nicely; flax is inn
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES maturing
test !: hayins In progress weather fine.
ISL. Thomas-Grops of all kinds doing
well some barley viii be cut this week.
SLe5yden-,NVMlhea looks excellent and
promises well oats, and barley aresonlys
aiir ldax IS coming back to its natural
color Bit willsSbs poor crop. Bath
Egate--WheatS IS urflirlg saa little wild
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