The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-08
over THE STATE
Crop Conditions as They
Are Found BY Special
Correspondent of
The Dispatch.
GENERALLY VERY SPOTTED
In Places Prospects Are
Fairly Good; But Gem
orally Report Is
Unsatisfactory

Under date Of July3Oth, the spe-
cial travelling crop correspondent of
the daily st. Paul Dispatch writes
as follows from Grand Forks
'Weather and crop conditions
have not changed materially since
a week ago. There has been a good
deal of hot weather and a few show
ers Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day e days of stihing heat, with
a south wind which seemed to
drive the heat in rather than carry
any of it away. This was broken
bv a storm on Friday night, from
which a considerable portion of
the valley received the best wetting
that it has had since last fall. The
precipitation at Grand Forks meas
ured LOS inches by the government
gauge. The storm reached quite
Il distance north Of Grafton, and
south as far as Grandin, though
there were dry streaks here and
there. This rain, while too late to
do many Of the crops any good, has
materially aided those that were
not too far advanced, With a good
deal of the grain crops it will make
little difference. but potatoes and
root crops will be greatly benefited
corn has been helped and the past
ures have been freshencd up.
The barley harvest is under way
in the southern counties, and a few
fields of wheat have been cut. Fur
Their north there is no cutting to
speak of, but some will be done
this week. AS a rule the heads are
reported to be filling fairly we'll,
much better than was expected in
view of the hot parching days we
have had.
"Opinion as to the yield contin-
ues as far from unanimity as vel
No one asserts that the crop is
good. All are agreed hat there is
l,,4 ,- ,,o+~- - +n> o@o%, Wv
ing any considerable area Of con-
tiguous and compact territory in
which there is a good crop. That
section is the Mouse river valley
and territory adjoining, the greater
part of which is in the counties of
Ward and Bottineau. There the
conditions have been all that could
be asked all the season, and there
has up to the present time been
nothing in the way of a setback.
A little hail storm in the vicinity
of Kenmare occurred ii little over a
week ago, but did small damage.
Friday, the country north of Minot
was visited by a rain and wind
storm, in which u few small out
buildings were overturned, but the
crops are said to have suffered lit
tie, if any.
Through ii belt Of country stretch
ing north and south from Devils
Lake the crop is ruined and already
the farmers are blowing up their
fields, to be ready for another year.
This is the only portion of the north
half of the state in which there is
any general blowing in of the crop.
Elsewhere there are isolated in
stances of it, but as a rule the farm
ers think the crop will pay for cut
ting. OF course, there is also some
very good fields, and it is these
that will furnish the crop of the
state.
IL. G. Hazlett, Of this city, gen
eral manager for the Mccormick
Harvester Co., represents a concern
that is probably as mnch interested
in being correctly informed as to
the condition of the crop as any in
the country. Each year, MI. Haz-
lett files reports based on the best
information he can get. Last week
he reported that in his opinion the
wheat crop Of the state would aver
age about seven bushels per acre
of seeded land. The elevator men