The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-08
THE RAIN SENDS
WHEAT A.KITING
Spring Wheat Area Thoroly
Drenched-Two Cars Sell
Here at 81.
Reports From the Southwest Indi-
cate Bad Conditions in Win
ter Wheat.
Two cars Of No. northern wheat
sold this morning at the Minneapolis
Chamber Of Commerce for 81 bushel.

Soaked from head to root by re-
peated rains, and drenched again last
night, a large grain acreage in CEN
trail and southern Minnesota Is al
most drowned out. The doWnpour of
the past twenty-four hours put a
heavy handicap upon the wheat crop,
already backward in places by two to
three weeks, and standing in urgent
need of good growing weather to
bring 1t along.
Since Friday the prospect has been
changed materially. A week of I'M
favorable weather finds the growing
grain practically without indication
of further development, and continual
ton of the present wet weather would
make the situation very serious for
the northwest.
Heavy Rains General.
Up to 8 am. the weather report
showed lis inches at Grand Meadow,
Mimi; $50 at Montevideo, and 1872
"a and Worthtngton 90; Minneapo-
lis had IA and st. Paul .5S. Lari-
more, N. D., had an inch and can
stand it. Huron, Aberdeen, Mitchell
and Redfield, S. D., showed .49 to 80
inch. This precipitation in south
central Minnesota is not bad In itself,
but it Is not what Is wanted. Wheat
must begin growing soon If 1t is ever
going to catch up, and weather that
will make it grow is what is needed.
The Red River valley had only. a
sprinkle last night, which is consid-
cred very fortunate, as 1t Is on the wet
valley lands that the most backward
wheat is found,
e. M. Epson. whose farm lies near
Grand Forks, reports the outlook dis
couraging, Most of the wheat started
late and will have hard work to pull
II,
from now on. OK
Winter Wheat Suffering.
Local grain men have kept the
wires hot and every important south.
west point has been sounded. That
the winter wheat has been damaged
very seriously Is the general report
One wire reads: Hard rains at Kan.
sas City last night and this morning
Lawrence, Kan, reports heavy rair
and wheat all lost. Wires down anG
can't get information from west. Was
down to river last night and saw 1,50(
shocks Of wheat go by in thirty min
utes in the Kaw river"
HI. Y. Jones, who recently covered
the southwest, says the floods have
undoubtedly done serious damage tt
winter wheat, and that all crops have
been set back, both In the northwes
and southwest. Oklahoma City says
"Rained all over the state Of Kansa
and there was over one inch rainfall
at Kansas City last night"
Kansas City wires that advices from
Wichita showed 40 per cent damage
Damage West of Mississippi.
The bulletin Of the Modern Mile
of st. Louis, issued at noon today
said:
Special reports as to what effec
rains have had on the crop in tn
winter wheat territory show that tn
situation Is worse west Of the Missis
sippi river in Missouri, Kansas an,
Nebraska and the territories. Thresh
ing is delayed in Texas, but the dam
age to the crop is slight. In most O
the country west of the river cuttin
has been suspended by rain and dam
age by rust is reported. Kansas ha
been the worst sufferer. Most CORE
.spcndents say that a continuance o
rain means serious loss. East of tn
river and in the southeast the harves
Is delayed, but little If any damag
is indicated. Tennessee reports mos
of the wheat cut, but that some !
sprouting in the shock.