The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
THRESHING STOPPED
Long-Drawn-Out Rains in Important
Wheat Growing Sections
of the West.
No Threshing May Be Done This
Week-Losses Said to Be
Unavoidable. ~:
Specials to Tho Journal.

Grand Forks, N. D., Sept S.-The worst
rain since the harvest started began here
Sunday morning and has been falling al
most continuously ever since. A portion
Of the time it came in sheets. There has
been no threshings since that time any
where In North Dakota or northern Min
nesota, and even with the best of weather,
not bushel Of grain will be threshed till
Friday or Saturday. The side Of the
shocks not reached by the sun will be
good stiff winds there will be no grain
threshed at all during the. week.
JAMESTOWN, N. D., Sept. 8.-Threshing
Is again at a standstill in the James River
valley. There have been but four days
Of good weather for threshtng since the
grain was ready, and farmers figure on. a
late season., Reports of the yields are
so far very favorable On the Fred Da-
Wis farm, near Spiritwood, a yield Of forty
bushels an acre is reported. The land
was In high state Of cultivation. The
wheat was Of excellent quality on the
sisson farm at spiritwood and yielded
twenty bushels an acre. So.
Aberdeen, s. D., Sept. s.-About IN
inches Of rain has fallen. in Aberdeen in
the past twenty-four hours and the coun-
try Is soaked, the stacks of grain being
wet in deeply in cases where they were
not built in the best manner. This makes
close. to 81 ;: inches Of rain here since
Aug. 1. Reports indicate that the rain
was general thruout the, northern half Of
the state >c..,.,z, - az ,,,,,yv.. - =.
Fargo, N: B.. Sept s sSffEThe weather OBJ
server states that tteJrainfall yesterday
and to-day aggregated 4 few fractions un-
do not remember SO big a fall TN the same
period or that crop conditions from that
cause were ever so critical. It is feared
that tho the grain may dry ont, the land
will be so wet that it will be a long time
before threshing rigs will be able to be
hauled about the fields and roads. :.
Crookston, Mimi, Sept. ga heavy fall
of rain visited the Red river valley to-day
and yesterday. The precipitation Sunday
did not exceed 0.15 inches, but yesterday 1t
rained the greater portion Of the day
The local government observatory regis
| ters 1.65 inches. The rain was general
over the valley, and It is probable that
damage will result to grain standing In the
shock. The wet weather. of the last two
! weeks has placed the grain in a position
where 1t will begin to grow If the weathe,
should come off warm. If the weather
Econtinues cool and clears the damage will
be slight. -s a. -.
Breckenridge, Mimi, Sept. Sim.
providence on the part of hundreds Of Rec
river valley farmers will do much to abate
the benefits Of crop shown by careful
investigation to be unusually good. Thou
sands OF acres of grain that ten days agt
would have threshed q bright, clear ant
clean No. l northern grade, has lost
grade and may lose two because it's own
} ers thought it was easier to thresh from
the shock than to protect their harves
by stacking 1t. The extent of the loss l.
, immense. Conservative authorities say
: will run into many thousands Of dollars
! White Earth, Mimi, Sept. s.-The con
tinual rainy, wet and cool weather of tn
, past three weeks continues and is caus
, ing much damage among the farmin,
communities of the reservation. Thresh
, ing has commenced, but is greatly ham
, pered by the wet weather.
Groton, S. D.. Sept. s.-Rain last nigh
stopped threshing again for two or tire
days. @ -. I
Morris, Mimi. Sept st rained her