The Mankato free press., 1905-08-11
Farmers Have Bumper Yields;
Corn Is a Hummer.
Wheat Up 10 175,0O0,CO0 Bush
els In Three States.
Black Rust Has Gone No Seri-
Gus Damage, 'Tis Said.
From Tuesdays Daily.

Chicago. Aug. S.-From statements
furnished by railroad general officials
of the granger lines. and reports from
special correspondents in the several
states, bumper crops are in prospect
throughout the west. Every farmer this
year is golden farmer. Granaries and
elevators are groaning in anticipation of
the loads they will have to bear. Rail
road officials are preparing moving facil-
tiles from figures that break records
Twelve states that produced total
of l.6O6, ,962 ,O46 bushels of corn in 1904,
will have crop aggregating 1867 ,39G
bushels more than that amount this
year, if present conditions meet with no
unexpected change The same states,
producing 354,724,26 bushels of wheat
last year, have yielded an increase of
ll2.037 .2S6 bushels this season-more
than 30 per cent.
Oats show a gain in the same terri
tory, according to indications, of more
than l00.000,000 bushels over the 6So.-
Sl0,245 bushels produced in 1904 And
in spite of this remarkable outlook
prices have been maintained at a high
notch.
Wheat, the finest crop in ten years
and in some areas surprising any pre-
vious yield, now past all danger from
rust and other ills caused by the wea
ther. is now in the hands of the har-
vesters, or practically ready for them.
Harvesting will be general throughout
South Dakota today.
Corn, several days ahead of the crop
at this time last year, and its percent
ages of bushels to the acre running
ahead of the 100 mark, is bursting to
and beyond the Mississippi like a potted
plant under a magician's wand. 1t is a
moving picture, it is growing so fast
out in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.
Danger from frost is remote, owing to
its advanced stage.
Small grains generally, throughout
the so-called granger states, promises
exceptional yields, while the hay crop is
above the average in most sections.
There never was a time in the memory
of the statisticians when prospects have
been so bright for all manner of crops
taken together.
1t is estimated that the three spring
wheat states-Minnesota an dthe Da
kotas-wil harvest l75,000,0O0 bushels.
Their total last year was l54,O0O,00
bushels. The coarse grains-barley, rye,
oats and fax-indicate full average.
The Minneapolis Journal of last eve
ming said:
Black rust, which caused such appre-
hension by its appearance on the wheat
plant few weeks ago, has apparently
not done serious damage, according to
the latest Van Dusen- Harrington crop
bulletin. The plant has been very gen
orally inoculated, but, fortunately, the
rust failed to mature and favorable wea-
ther has sent the wheat along to ma
turity in advance of it. Present in
dicat are that Minnesota and the Da-
kotas will harvest an average crop of
wheat as to quality, though spotted"
as to quality.
Investigations made this week by L.
d. Marshall and others go to show that
there will be probably more smut, both
loose and covered, than ever before
that there will be large amount of
blighted wheat and a certain proportion
of shriveled and rust damaged grain
also, large percentage of undamaged
grain and almost certain large proper
tion of milling wheat than on the last
crop
Mr.. Marshall has now completed three
trips, one object of which was to de-
termine the value of the lightweight
seed which was, by necessity, so largely
used this spring. In reports made June
and July 5, Mr.. Marshall stated that
he had found that the lightweight seed
had produced plant apparently equal
to the plant from good seed. These