The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-02
CROP PROSPECT IN
NORTHWEST GOOD
Surveys by County Agents In
dicate that Small Grains
Will be Average
RUST NOT APPEARING
Pastures Are Good for This
Season of the Year-Har-
vest Is Under Way

st. Paul, Aug. with harvest
ing in full swing over most of the
northwest, the crops appear to be
fulfilling predictions of good
yields of small grains, while pros
poets for a big corn harvest, per-
haps the best in recent years, are
excellent in Minnesota and the Da-
kotas.>
Reports of county agents indi-
cate good yields of small grains in
most sections of Minnesota, altho
few districts report only fair har-
vests, according to survey COM
pleted Wednesday,. In North Da-
kota and South Dakota, wheat,
barley, oats and flax are register
ing average or better yields thru
out both states, with corn pros
poets good to excellent" The rye
crop is short in the northwest and
the yield will be considerably be-
low the 1927 figure and the aver
age for the past 10 years.
The reports of good harvests in
North Dakota are supplemented by
review issued by a North Dako-
ia banker, P. w. Clemens, pcesi-
dent of the Northern & Dakota
Trust Co. of Fargo. He predicts
that the North Dakota wheat har-
vest will total 130,000,000 bushels
and will be the fourth largest in
the history of the state. Mr.. Glenn
ems also quotes opinions of bank
ers, public officials and heads of
business organizations in all parts
of North Dakota. These agree
that production of small grains,
other than rye and of corn, is GER
tain to prove good if not excellent
in their districts.
"The financial structure of North
Dakota will be strengthened fur
Their by returns from the 1928 crop
and, should grain prices make
some recovery, a period of pros
perity unparalleled in the history
of the state will follow" says the
Fargo bank review. Grain has
made surprising gains since mid
June" p
Satisfactory Roadway has been
made in the harvesting of small
grains in southern Minnesota,
while in central sections and in
the Red River valley the cutting
Of barley and oats have made good
advances. Several fields of spring
wheat in Minnesota already have
been cut and harvesting of durum
is expected to begin within few
days.
Heavy rains in July put past
ures and forage crops in very
good condition, the survey shows.
The hay crop Jagged during the
drouth of May and June but made
rapid progress in July. The black
rust scourge has not done much
damage to wheat anywhere in the
northwest, according to the survey
and oats have not suffered much
from red rust. The crops are be-
ieved to be safe from rust thru
out the territory, although moist
warm weather during the next
few days might cause some rust
development in northern sections.
A number of sections in Mime
sofa and the Dakotas report that
corn is tassehng and silking, with
indications pointing to the best
corn crop in years. Due to excess
moisture, the potato yield in the
Red river valley the cutting of bar
ley in potato districts is expected
to be below the average, despite an
increase in acreage.
Minnesota farmers report that
barley will average between 40
and As bushels to the acre, altho
in some fields the yield probably
will run around 25 or 80 bushels.
Oats will run between As and so
bushels on the average, with q
number of sections reporting an
expected yield as high as 60 BUSH
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