New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-08
BUMPER CROP FOR
MINNESOTA FARMS
BROWN COUNTY CROPS CON.
sIDERABLY ABOVE THE
AVERAGE.
EARLY THRESHINC SHOWS THAI
FARMERS WILL GET EX-
CEPTIONAL YIELDS

Minnesota is in for record crop thu
year! This is about the time of the yem
when all the newspapers start talking
bumper crops, but this year, in spits
of tendency toward 'shard times fon
which some as usual blame the admin
stration, and others the European wa1.
there is good reason to believe that ttlihs
crops will break several records.
The moving of crops this year VIII not
result in a money stringency. Accord
ing to a statement issued last week by
the Capitol National Bank of St Paul
the surplus reserve money of all the
banks in the United States which can
be used to move crops exceeds $730OOO,
900, while last year at this time the banH
had only $41,OO0,000. This is a noya
situation, as crop moving has aalwau
brought about considerable fna8-
cial pinch.
The purchasing power of the Amer
can people is greater to-day than ever.
before in history, and will steadily in
crease for the next few months at least.
That our crops will be tremendous r
generally conceded, and the total farm
production will exceed in both quantity
and value all previous records.
On the other hand, corn, oats AMI
some of the smaller crops will probably
fall short of previous. estimates, butts
decline of several percent from present
expectation should not be considered 4
calamity, as even with such reductions
our crops will be record breaking.
Frost Danger Passed
The slight frost which struck this ter
ritory last week has given place to Wat
mer fall weather. September, accord
ing to weather bureau, will be a warm
month, which is just the thing for the
late corn crop. Last week freezing
temperatures were reported at Fessen
den, Grafton, Pembina, Larimore AMI
Mimic, N. Oak. Flax was the only crop
slightly damaged as the corn in that par
OF the Northwest is not very important
With two more months of warm Meathe
even the delayed corn crop will come UP
to its usual standard. The Unitea
States Department of Agriculture is urg
ing this year as never before, the use Of
the silo, in utilizing all the commercial
value of the corn crop. Silos are not
very plentiful in this part of the state,
but with the advance of more sdivefsi
fled farming they will become as numerous
as they are in states farther east. Il
takes season like this to bring TO the
farmers the Importance of silage, in.
saving late corn crop as well as in uti-
lizing the by-products Of normal-yer
crop.
Crop Near New Ulm.
Reports coming in from Nicolla
County this week indicate that this sec
ton of our surrounding territory hzz
nothing to feel discouraged about
Early wheat, around West Newton. Il
showing up better than wheat which
was sowed late in the season. ALTHOUGH
threshing has only started, several far
mers report good yields. VIM. Rick
gives yield of early wheat ranging from
Is to 80 bushels per acre; late Wheat
| from Is to 20 bushels. Oats, although
much of it had lodged because of the ez-
cessive rain, is yielding As to IS busheh
per acre. The corn crop is three weeks
late this year; and because it was about
three weeks early last year, many farmer
are beginning to feel that it will be toll
loss. With several more weeks of tbs
warm weather promised by the weather
man, most of this late corn will mature
in fine shape. The crops in the Mime
sofa River valley are just as good arr
and even better than on the uplanda
The soil is sandy, requiring much rain.
and with these conditions the abumdatn
rainfall this summer and the last fev
weeks of dry weather left little to be de-
sired.
Several reports have come in iron
threshers in Nicollet who have .bem
shock threshing. The average yield ais
about Is to 18 bushels of rye, 40 ITO us
bushels OF barley, Is to Is bushels III
wheat, and oats from 40 to SO bushels
There are probably some cases swher.
the yields will run considerably higher
and again instances where they will b,
lower, but these figures represent the
general average from the early shock
threshing. The average wheat yield has
been estimated at 20 bushels, most Of Il
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