Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19
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p. H. BERG Tells the Duluth
y Herald About
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the next ten days or two weeks, - said
::P....]H.s=Bsrg, of=Rierz, who arrived in
the city yesterday afternoon with
Congressman Buckman, Of Little
Falls, on a trip to the range.
Mr.. Berg is q prominent farmer
In his district and with Congressman
Buchanan and others is interested in
an iron property on the range, the OBJ
jective point of the present visit.
Harvesting in our district began
about two weeks ago and it has been
pushed along rapidly" continued Mr..
Berg. there has been plenty of labor
and the farmers have had nc delays
"The wheat crop is far from being
what we expected of it early in the
season. We have had the same
trouble from rust that has been ex-
perienced in other wheat growing
sections. This is particularly true
of the late wheat. The season was
late this year and the late wheat
did not have time to ripen before the
rust attacked it. The early wheat,
of which there is not so much in our
county. turned out pretty we'll for
the reason it had time to ripen.
II have two farms and would esti-
mate my wheat crop to run about 10
bushels to the acre.
''Before the wheat was cut 1t was
ore Of the finest crops that u person
ever looked at, in fact it promised to
be bumper crop, but close examin-
alton of the plant showed that while
the head was still green the stalk was
dead for short distance below 1t and
anybody can readily understand that
the head will not fill we'll under those
circumstances.
''Threshed out, the berry, still
green, is full and plump, but we know
that when it dries out it will shrivel
and in that process will lie the short
age. 1ntsead of a nice plump berry
We will lii ely get silver Of bran.
The heads of wheat in many in.
stances were six inches long and GER
tainly gave promise that we regret
to say will not be fulfilled.
The species of rust that attacked the
wheat in our section this season is
much different than that we have OK.
perienced In former years. We have
had rust that attacked the stalk about
the leaves and to such an extent that
walking through q wheat field would
give PERSONS shoes the appearance
Of having walked over an iron ore
dump.
"This season. however, the rust at
tackled the stalk near the head and,
while it did it's work. it was not 90
noticeable. IF the wheat was ex-
amined closely the rust was found to
take the form of black streaks long
itudinally to the stalk and at close in
tervals around the same.
''No, the farmers are far from being
discouraged at the outlook. Of course
We have not done as we'll as we ex-
pected, but experience has taught US
that it ia best to figure on some sort
of setback for it it does not come
to Us In one form 1t comes to us in
another. We expect to make the best
of the matter and will probably plant
as much wheat another season, If
not more, with the hope Of doing
better another year..
Mr.. Berg saws he has become very
much interested in macaroni wheat
and thinks strongly Of putting in an
acreage Of that variety another season.
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