Source: Dakota Rundschau, 22 August 1930 · 📰

From: Krasna, Bessarabia 1 July 1930

Dear Editor:

We are ready for the harvest, although it will not be as great as expected. The core of the winter wheat dried out and shrunk. Corn is okay so far. People already say that they have seen grasshoppers in the cornfields and all are worried. Reports from other villages already report of damage done by grasshoppers. No matter how many of the creatures are killed, they do not seem to diminish in numbers. We just hope to hang on for eight more days before we can bring in the harvest and start threshing. Then we can tally up the results.

So far so good. We even have a new king here, Karl II. We hope for better times.

We need better prices for our grains. Barley now fetches 20 Lei, corn 85 Lei and rapeseed 40 Lei/Pud. A medium horse costs 5-6,000 Lei, a cow is about l,000 Lei less. It takes a lot of grain sold at these inflated prices to even purchase a cow or horse.

A mishap occurred at the Mansuetus Folk home. He wanted to take his mower to the field when his horses shied and escaped across the wall. He was thrown off the machine and ended up under the wheel and was badly hurt. At least he is still alive, but the machine, which cost him 10,000 Lei, is totally ruined. The horses are unharmed. It was a horrible thing to witness.

Death List: Theresia, daughter of Thomas Wuitschik, died June 26. She was 16 years of age. May the Lord grand her eternal peace!

Maximilian Kahl is sending greetings to all the Kahls in Shields, North Dakota and is asking for the address of August Kahl. Is he still living?

In closing, I implore all Krasna natives to get the Dakota Rundschau and subscribe to it for your friends over here. It is the best bridge between our two worlds.

Greetings to the editor and readers here and there.

Joseph Braun