The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16
SOME CROP REPORTS.
They Show a Much Better
Yield Than Was Expected.
Much No. | Wheat Reported, and Some
Fields Yield as High as Is and 80
Bushels. Some Good Dat
Yields.
Mapleton Enterprise:

Wn1l0 GnS nOU WEATHER. anu urOuUu I'LL
doubtedly affected the crop the injury
was not SO bad as anticipated and the
threshing machine is telling differ
emit story. 1t is said that there would
be no No. 1 wheat at all but this does
not seem to be the case as reports from
Amboy AMI Vernon indicate consider
able No. grain in that locality, and
there are many fields in this section as
shown by repocts where the grain
not only yields very well but also grades
high. AS matter of fact rhe tesults
are fully equal to the average year in
and year out. Among the reports that
we have been able to secure are the
following:
Aug. Nienow, Beauford, 300 acres,
about 10 bushels per acre, grade No.
2.
Albert Jenrich of Beauford secured
a yield of 20 bushels per acre Of very
good No. 2 wheat if it is not No 1.
George Sellers. of Beauford secured
$40 bushels o. good No. 2 wheat from
80 acres, or 10 bushels per acre.
From Sd acre field of flax Mr.. John
Drews of Sterling secured 423 bushels
or very close to IS bushels per acre.
John Stephens secured yield of IA
bushels per, acre of fine No. 2 wheat
from an acre tract adjoining the
village.
VIM Morris had an s acre field
which yielded 80 bush els per acre of
No. wheat, his entire crop of 70
acres averaging only IA bushels per
acre.
Mrs. Tillie Krengel secured but s
bushels Of No. wheat per acre from
her field. This low yield is accounted
for by the ravages of the chinch bugs.
Otto Beise, who has been farming
the August Beise farm in Medo, Sc
cured 40abushels of oats per acre and
10 bushels of wheat, the latter grading
No. 2.
At Madison Lake, according to the
New Era, Frank Haskell secured %
bushels Of wheat per acre. Walter Hill
90, and Pat Murphy %, the latter be-
ing No. 2.
John Bobenhorst, Mapleton, 80
acres, 1,500 bushels or an average of
1873 bushels per acre. Says grain is
fully equal to last year when it graded
No. 1. Oats 80 bushels per acre.
A note from W. D. Sprague says all
grain west of town is good and that
as far as heard from no wheat has
averaged less than 20 bushels per acre.
Eugene Roberts securing yield OF
81 bushels per acre.
John Loomis of Sterling is we'll
pleased with his crop. Says by clean
ing it that his wheat will go No. 1.
He secured a yield of 30 bushels to the
acre. A small patch of oats, 80 acres,
turned out at the rate of 70 bushels to
the acre. Who can beat it.
County Commissioner Borchert re-
ports 90 acres of wheat which turned
out from 13 to IA bushels of No. 2 per
acre. His flax gave every promise of
being fine but the machine found but
70 bushels on 10 acres. His oats aver
aged "a bushels to the acre.
Our Beauford correspondent who lis
ever wide awake to secure the news.
sends the following crop reports: He
says James Leary secured yield of 30
bushels per acre from 40 acre field /;
R. Goebel 90 bushels per acre Matt
Carl, barley %, oats 81 and wheat II
bushels per acre; Ernest Nagel 60
acres of wheat at 10 bushels per acre,
oats go bushels; Fred Frey reports only
four bushels less wheat than last year
but says the quality is not nearly as
good; from 1914 acres Mr.. James
Maloney secured 4 26e bushels or an
average of % bushels per acre which,
considering the average, is one of the
best yields in this section Geo. Sellers
had 80 acre patch which turned
out 10 bushels per acre. From st.
Clair comes startling reports of all the
wheat yielding from % to 80 bushels
per acre, the average being about %.
They say the kernel is plump and of
good color, but small. Here the kerr
mel is much shrunken and will grade
mostly No. 2.