The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

day pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with receiving stolen
goods, was before the court this
forenoon for sentence. County At
torney Schmitt examined him, and
he will be brought in for sentence
at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
The suit of the Sharples Separa-
tor company VS.. H. M. Quinn was
on trial this afternoon.
From Fridays Daily.
j. W. True and N. L. Hurst re.
turned this morning from a three
hundred mile automobile trip through
Southern Minnesota and their report
on the crop conditions is not encour-
aging from all of the territory west
of st. James and Fairmont.
Leaving Mankato they went out
south through Amboy, Winnebago,
Delavan, Easton, Keister, Bricelyn,
Blue Earth to Fairmont. Through
all of this district the crops are in
fine condition. Corn is away above
the average and small grain gener-
ally is magnificent. Occasionally
there is a rather poor piece of grain,
but it is very rare indeed through
this district.
From Fairmont West.
From Fairmont west the effects of
the draught begin to show and Is
more severe as they proceeded west
through Welcome, Ceylon, Dunnell,
Sherburn, and Jackson. Through
this district there is occasionally a
good field of oats, but the oat crop
generally will be decidedly short
even if rain comes at this time.
There are a good many good fields
of wheat, barely and rye, but these
grains show the effects of the
draught more or less and an esti-
mate of Is per cent of a normal
crop would probably be high at this
time, although immediate rains may
improve this condition.
Corn in Good Condition.
The corn is good through this Sec
ton. UP to the present date it is
away above the average at this
time of the year and the estimate is
that it will stand ten days or two
weeks more without rain. If rain
does not come by the end of that
time the corn through this district
will also be seriously effected.
jackson West Grain Is Poor.
From Jackson west through the
western part Of Jackson county, the
eastern part of Murray and southern
part of Cottonwood the damage is
almost total to all kinds of small
grain. At very rare intervals there
is a good field of early rye or bar
ley, but generally the small grain
will amount to practically nothing
unless they get immediate rains.
The corn through all of this dis
trict is still very good and will
stand a continued draught for prob
ably ten days or two weeks, but if
they do not get rain within two or
three weeks corn also will practical
ly nothing.
Pastures Dried Up.
The pastures are all dried up
through all of this section and while
the farmers are generally in very
good condition financially and can
stand loss of one years crop there
is now serious question with them
how they are going to keep their
livestock the balance of this year
and next winter OF course, good
rains would produce immediate re-
suits in pasturage and there would
be a great deal of millett and other
fodder grains sown to produce feed,
but if the drought continues it will
necessitate the disposing of practi-
cally all the cattle, hogs and sheep
through this part of the country
which would be a severe blow. Much
more severe than the loss of the
grain crop.
Where the Conditions Improve.
From st. James east the cOndi-
ton improves quite rapidly. To sum
up the general situation through
this district the only thing that will
save this section from total failure
will be heavy rains within the next
week or two. 1t is understood by
reports from others that this condi-
ton exists quite generally along the
northwes tern line from Sleepy Eye
east to the state line.
From THURSDAYS Daily