The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
TOO MUCH MOISTURE
Barley Harvest Seriously Delayed
by Wet Fields.
WONDERFUL CROP IN $. DAKOTA
uailstorms in Scattered LocaHties-
EARLY ThreshinG Returns .ta
at Yankton. ..g- @s.

Specials to The Journal. 2.
Winona Mimi, July 26.-Crop condi-
tions are being very closely watched. The
frequent rains are not desired by the
farmers, but it is not believed they will
\ do any great damage except In scattered
localities. Around Winona there has been
a little discoloration according to reports
from farmers Conditions along the line
of the Chicago & Northwestern road
west of here are reported as follows: =
Winona to Owatonna-In the barley section
harvest is we'll advanced. The wind lodging
the grain has made it difficult to harvest,
but farmers are in every instance harvest
ing all the crop, and it is only question OF
quality, which will now be determined. Some
o! the oats, however, lodged so that there
will bs damage
South Dakota has promise Of the finest
crop in the history of that state Barley
harvest Is we'll under way. Monday wheat
harvest will begin, and on all the early
grain through Minnesota and South Dakota
and by Aug. harvest will be general. The
wheat crop Is practically out Of danger of
anything except hail and severe storms,
weather conditions being favorable. A large
head, we'll filled with large, plump berry,
will bring surprising results when threshed.
The season is later than expected on account
Of the extreme wet weather. On the whole,
this division we have the largest crop
prospects produced, with the quality Of
wheat promising good and the quality Of
barley at this time uncertain.
Flax harvest is also beginning, so that the
only future crop not determined> Is corn.
This is making rapid progress, present wealth
er conditions being favorable. 1t depends
largely on the month of August to determine
whether the corn crop will mature 1t Is
two weeks late, but has a healthy appear
ance.
Albert Lea Mimi, July 26.-The crops
in this county are suffering for dry wealth
er, as rains are frequent and so heavy
that haying cannot be done, and the rip
ened barley cannot be harvested. The
small grain other than barley Is not yet
ripe enough to cut, but few days more
and all will be ready, and with wet wealth.
er there will be no chance to save either
wheat or oats. Corn is growing so rank
that it will require very late fall for it
to ripen, and there is thus a danger Of
losing that important crop. The ground
Is by far too wet for potatoes. With
showers almost every day the prospect
for a harvest is not as good as might be
desired. Reports reach here that on
Thursday afternoon a very destructive
hail storm passed over the southern part
OF FaribauEt county, passing from west to
east, the storm seeming to have it's orr
gin In eastern Martin county. A wide
strip Of country was stripped of all the
crops duu uduy ldIuefS Will nave uotulHS
to harvest
Watertown, S. D., July 26.-Nothing but
general hail storm or long prevailing
hot winds can prevent South Dakota from
harvesting one of the most bountiful
crops in It's history. Predictions are free
ly made by good Judges that an average Of
eighteen to twenty-five bushels of wheat
to the acre will be threshed in this por-
tton of the state, and the entire state is
practically as good. Not only will the
crop be bountiful, but the quality also
promises to be No. 1. The heads are en-
tirely filled with plump berries, which are
SO far developed that they can hardly
fail to mature into first quality wheat.
The acreage Is also the greatest in the
history of the state. The Journal cores
pondent measured hill of corn in the
field of O. P Kemp, Just east of town, and
found it seven feet in height. 1t was not
an exceptional hill.
Yankton, S. D., July 26.-Threshing in
Yankton county has begun in a small way
and returns indicate splendid yields of
all kinds Of grain. J. H. Hoxing Of Violin
has threshed forty acres of rye which
went thirty bushels to the acre, and Alec
McGregor of the same locality, reports a
yield OF over thirty bushels to the acre
for his winter wheat Oat harvesting is
we'll under way and the yield will be large
with no poor fields to cut down the aver
age. Spring wheat harvest is just begin
ming and the crop will be a record break
er, although there is a smaller acreage
than usual. The hot-weather of the last
few weeks has brought corn forward and
that will also be an up-to- the-limit crop
Madelia, Mimi, July 26.-A destructive
hail storm occurred about o'clock Thurs
day afternoon four miles east and south
east Of Madelia. 1t seems to have COW
cred territory about three miles wide,
and at least five miles long, and in this
area there Is total destruction of crops
Hail is reported to have fallen in some
cases as large as mans fist, and even
stock was injured.
Marshall, Mimi, July 26.-One Of the
most destructive hail storms known in
this vicinity occurred at noon yesterday.
A strip of country thirty miles long and
six miles wide was struck and the crops
totally destroyed, including grain which
county suffered the greatest loss. Only a
strip of Eastern Lyon county was affected.
No damage west of here. d..
Grand Forks, N. D., July 26.-The Sc
verest electrical storm Of the season
terday. Vivid and continuous lightning
kept the sky in a blaze. Several farm
buildings were struck. -
Battle Lake, Mimi, July 26.-An cleo
eric storm passed over this village yester-
day. The lightning struck Andrew Sim
onson's house and barn, killing a COW.
The bolt damaged the house badly and
scattered the furniture in all rooms. A
heavy rain fell north Of the village, but
no damage was done to crops. ~
Jasper, Mimi, July 26.-A heavy rain
fell at Jasper yesterday afternoon. South
and east hall did much damage to stand
ing grain. l - .tl