The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
.NORTHWESTCROPS
The Corn Crop Is Not Very
Promising.
Small Grain Is Growing Rapidly and
Some Lodging Is Noted---FIax
and Hay a Large Crop.

The st. Paul Dispatch last night
gives quite comprehensive crop re-
port of the northwest, from which we
clip the following. In summing up.its
reports, it says:
r The crop situation in the northwest
is still dependent upon the caprice OF
the weather While there has been toe
much rain, practically insuring con-
siderable loss in corn, there is yet
time in which a good crop of small
grain may be harvested. To accom-
plish this, however, dry weather
should prevail during the remainder
of the season. The stalk is unusually
tall and considerable lodging is al
ready noted by Dispatch correspond
ents. This.condition would be aggre-
waited by further rains. Rust has not
appeared to any great extent because
of the low temperature that has pre-
vailed.
= Flax is making great growth and
promises to make up for any loss that
may be sustained to other small
grains.
Hay and pasturage could not be
more promising.
Albert Lea, July 1.-The close of
another week brings harvest that
much nearer at hand. Some fall rye
will be ready to cut the last of this
week or the first of next, and the
crop is good, but the acreage is not
large. Some wheat is headed and in
bloom, while other fields, like oats,
are just heading out. but this week
will see all of the small grain headed.
The wheat heads are long, and if they
fill well the crop..is sure to be heavy
one, but there has. been too much
rain, and even with the cool weather
of the last two weeks it has been too
much for wheat, and the harvest will
be later than last year. Barley and
fax are doing fairly well, but much
of the latter was sown on low land
and it has been partially drowned out,
so much so that the crop will be con-
siderably damaged. Corn has made
small progress the past week, the
temperature has been almost to freez-
ing several nights and the days were
not warm. However. the stand is good
and with hot, dry weather this month
and August the yield will be up to
the average. Potatoes are very
promising and some early ones are
on the market from the local gardeners,
and the price is expected to drop
very materially within a few days.
The indications are that the crop will
be very heavy throughout the county.
Haying has been commenced and,
except where the water has been too
plentiful, the crop will be a large
one. Some new hay has been on the
market at $40, but the demand was
not heavy and the price will soon drop
to the normal one, which is from
S. to ST.
Huron, S. D., July 1.-Bsrring
strong wind and heavy rainfall in a
few sections crops in this viciniy
have made good progress during the
past week. Wheat has made marked
advancement in stemming,,and heading,
and with reasonably favorable
weather from now on the crop will
as last season. The plant is strong
and firmly rooted, and color excellent.
No damage of consequence will result
and rye are in fine condition, and
with few days warm sunshine will
be in the last stages of maturity.
Corn, in most fields, is doing we'll,
although the crop generally is back
ward because of cool weather. Fields
cut by frost are recovering and where
it was thought the stalk was killed
there are excellent chances for good
crop. In fact the damage to corn will
be very much less than at first
thought. Some fields are weedy, be-
cause of excessive rains, but the corn
in nearly every part of the country
gives promise of more than an average
crop. Millet, fax and oats are as far
advanced as could be expected pota-
toes are sustaining their place in the
list of good crops" in spite of the
injury by frost. New potatoes are in
the market, and it is believed there
will be an abundance for home con-
sumption and thousands of bushels
for shipment. A few farmers complain
of washout Of crops on hillsides, and
destruction by water in low places
The rainfall for the month of June
has been exceptionally heavy and the
ground is sufficiently moist to keep
crops in the very best condition for at
least three weeks.
Winona, Mimi, July Crops
along the lines of the North Western
road west of Winona are now another
week nearer harvest, and still there
are nothing but the rosiest prospects
for bumper yields in all grains, with
the possible exception of corn, but
there is plenty of time for that to i'm
prove before harvest. This weeks
report from along the North Western
line says.
During the past week there has
been one exceedingly heavy rain COW
ering the entire territory, and there
was later lighter rain over large
portion, so that at the present time
the country is thoroughly moist.
All barley is headed out, and farm
ers are in the midst of securing their
hay crop 1t can be safely stated at
this time that the hay CROP barley
crop, rye and oats crop, are practically
secure, the wheat crop yet to be deter
mined.
Early wheat is now just beginning
to head. On account of the wet
weather TO date harvest will be
slightly later than anticipated, but
will begin about the 10th of July.
With even fairly good weather from
now on one of the largest wheat crops
this country ever produced will be
harvested.
Frosts have done damage to the corn
crop in sections of South Dakota.
This is particularly true from Kranz-
burg to Faulkton, and from Wclsey to
Brookings, where it is estimated that
a damage of from 10 to % per cent
was done by frost. With favorable
weather since that date it is possible
that much of this damage may yet be
overcome, although at the present
time it is yet undetermined how ex-
tensive the real damage is. South of
Iroquois the damage seems to have
been greater to point as far south as
Hurley, and it is safe to say it is