Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1896 — SPRING WHEAT CROP REPORT. [ARTICLE]

SPRING WHEAT CROP REPORT.

Yield in Three States Is 90,000,000 Bushels Less than That of 1895. The annual spring wheat crop report, prepared by the Minneapolis Journal, covers the States of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, and these three States are estimated to have raised this year 108,(XX),000 bushels, against 195.000,000 bushels last year and 120,000.000 in 1894. The acreage used is 9,500,000, about 1,500,000 more than is allowed by the Agricultural Bureau in Washington. The crop is not of the best quality, and it is yet a question whether a considerable acreage in North Dakota and Northern Minnesota matures because of possible frost injury. No allowance has been made for frost, however, in this computation. The late wheat is filling nicely, and promises a good yield if it is not injured. The State yields are as follows: Minnesota, 44,500,000; North Dakota, 36,000,000; South Dakota. 27,500,000 The estimated averages are: Minnesota, 12.8; North Dakota, 10.8; South Dakota, 9.4. The crop is very spotted, ranging in yield from two to thirty bushels. Cotn, oats, barley and flax are generally favorably reported upon.