The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-05
GRAIN CROP MOVES
Seasons First Shipments Made in
South Dakota. >>-.'s. II =. !. ....?',->~ + !? =
ELEVATOR MEN ARE PREPARED
Mcleod County's Invasion of Wild
Oats-Harvest General in =
the Northwest. =: @@ =

the Northwest.
Specials to The journal. 80
Sioux City. Iowa, Aug. 5.-The moving
of the small grain crop in South Da-
kota has begun on the lines Of the Will |
mar. & Sioux Falls railroad, and Will begin
the last of the week on the Milwaukee
and North Western. The elevator people
have~been preparing for the big crop by
building and enlarging The Atlas COM
pany, which hns some thirty-flve houses
on the -sWilIInar & Sioux Falls. has en-
1arged almost every one; the Cargill has
built four and Independent operators have !
put up fourteen others. Enlargement and
building have been going on on the other
lines. The railroads Of South Dakota do
not expect difflculty in moving the, grain,
because the elevators are almost empty
throughout the country and can take
grain as fast as Brought Ito them. 4
jamestown, N. D., Aug. "a week Of
showers and cool weather has been fine
| for late crops. The weather has greatly
advanced fax, and fields that looked as II
| they would not amount to much, having
| been sown in the middle of June and poor
ly put in, now give promise Of yielding
fair crop. Wheat is filling niesly and the
crop of the James River valley 1sSgoing
to be immense If nothing happens to 1T
in the next two weeks. The heads are ALL
in the fields and the stand is good Oats
will make an immense crop. Z
Hutchinson, Mimi, Aug. 5.-No correct
estimate Of the crop situation in Mcleod
| county can be made without taking into
! account the kavoC wrought in many To-
calities by wild oats. 4 Journal corre-
spondent made a trip of twenty miles yes
terday north from Hutchinson. A novice
in farming would have pronounced per-
4 haps one-half of the wheat fields to be
! fine fields Of cats, SO completely is the
their resemblance to the real article. The
timber region Is afflicted the worst, but
/ similar reports come from numerous
4 prairie farms, the. hot, dry season and
i high winds following seeding seeming to
i have spread the weed all over the county.
4 Well posted farmers predict that the wild
j oats invasion Will next year reducs the
more, and elevator men at points like
:; Hutchinson, where there are seven good
sized elevators, are beginning to realize
} that IN the near future some Of their
e houses must close or do losing busi-
ness. The former wheat acreage will be
occupied by rye or barley, the early cut
ting Of which destroys the pest, or by
corn. 1t simply means less wheat and
more corn and~hogs and dairying.
Fergus Falls, MINI, Aug. 5.-Harvest
began In earnest In this section OF the
) state to-day, and the grain Is comins
3 down at a tremendous rate. In several
4 towns the hessian fly his done q good
2 deal of damage, but sven In these the
: yield will be fair, while those sections
Of the county that have met with NJ
= calamities ore going to-, have bonanza
d yield. The oats harvest is already wei
along. Oats are going to yield even bet:
. / ter. DrODOrti0nAte1y. than Whaa I.
I Bird Island, Mimi, Aug. 5.-Harvestinf
3 is under full headway. Barley is cut ant
4 most or 1t stacked. 1t will be big crop
IS Wheat IL q good average of best quality
:. Oats Will be the largest. Yield for man!
9 years, and the quality No. l. Flax AMI
y potatoes will be fine and corn IL cornini
Z on fast. II frosts hold off until abou
y Sept. 5 the corn crop will be heavy. TAX,
1t all around this section will have on,
Of the best and largest crops ever raised
There has been numerous storms sine
harvesting commenced and grain is tan
: gled, making 1t slow cutting.
g threshiiig il this i vicinity dt vas M that 81
. field Of barley on the farm of william
b Reynolds OF Barry. The Yield was 6
! grain. Tie acreage 81 barley is small I
this locality, but the season has bee
an ideal one for q large yield.-Enong
binding twine has already been sold a
& this point to bind q million andsa Hal
Bushels Of wheat, and the harvest
barely tsG uIider way. All told there, is, ~
hands, and d shortage IL feared.
II Miller, s.. D., Aug. 5-v4More perfect har
ID vest, weather than prevails here could nG
d. be desired. Barley and oats. have bee