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MONDAY. SEPTEMBER II, 1903.
3uh LATE rRos r.
A loss Of millions Of dollars has fallen
unon Tho West, il tho Injury 10 Its great
agricultural staples from tho recent frosts
Tic earliest reports gave, as They always
sct forth, tho darkest side Of tho case II
Is ukual for the farmer to look out upon
lis freshly nlightea field aud lend moro
tlan full Wright to tho disaster. "Thls
gives MI the greater value 10 subsequent
reports. How <loes II prove TO be. when
time has bcca Afforded 10 allow maturer
juagmcntY we devote large space In
this ISSUE TO thcsc later reports, collected
from throughout tue entire breadth Of the
Northwest Incy a1e comprised IN clf-
cular from eco. IL tMttcndcn, General
Agent Of thc wheeler q Wilson Manu-
featuring company IN tAts city, made up
from reports OF local Agents OF that Com
rany throughout tho region indicated,
anu u.e'oes t'c intoso'a1'on os 1ura'sava ,
IS W W els.s'sf nssli' e'u. s.'. s ~
'e'e'epeo ~ '"o eona,e'.n "14 s :"
'hs s'o" a"s cioa,s ~ sas, $50 ~ .,,a s -ses
f!on u ea''.u l. ,.s.s.s ~ 49, :.'a.. ' 10y
IL WILL ce sten .nas .,aa w - ~. ~ GO. c.s.s s
we're IN INC ccn'fal eou..ss '. ~. es8'.
the great co'n:eton.ns ~
Feclahy III .oe e1u va. wy
n1cnc1ng WIN Asuhahec !" '.s sese.
sity, ttc uos' aas nleteusea III intcnsl9y
into aro9uo's' eoto' eaanpaaso, Douelas
ard Etgar counties. eouth OF thi3 latter !
county on 1bc eastern boundary Of tue
State, The damage mas oecn coapasaaTe'y
light; ou1 "cst"ard!y II has oeen pfeuy
seycse, though not 50 pao as IN ..e eastern
counties. !Alfc1 crossing the 1i'ino1s Cen
tral railroad, on Inc WIN tnc conh'ies OF
Edgar, Fermlil1on anu 11otlaois' thc dam
sge begins to gr'w 'es*' anu when The
Iississipllis reschcd' II Is very trliins
In Adams county there Is report Of "no
aaE,age;" but in Hancock county, the
Grst county north, the corn crop Is report
Cd "ene-thirl damaged" Alone the line
e lie Chicago, Burlington s Quincy r.
H., the damage has been very seyero in
srots. Bureau County, for instance,
seems TO Lave suffered almost as much as
Champaign County, but Woodford Coun-
II adjoining has rcputed a loss Of twenty
per cent. In the northern counties OF the
State, the reports brought in really were Of
most gloomy character; but later intel
'igcnce seems to modify the statements.
In Oy1c, Lee, Ninnebaso and Dehalb the
carly planted corn has escaped with but
little injury; but the late planted corn hns
been greatly da1naged--ln many places
entirely destroyed.
It Is TO be noted that In those portions
Of The State where the crops were stuntcd
by drought, the damage has been
unusually great, and In some ol
the central counties tho suffering caunot
tuil 10 be severe in consequence.
To state how much tho corn crop Of II.
liuols Ii damaged by the froste, would be
rather difficult matter; but if auy iu,
porlancc. CHI ;,s- i; ;;stscnrd q Ito cures
pondcncc which vc ,,uhlisl today. th
less cunnot fail TO be fullv onc-fonr,1, q
the cntitc crop Of TIC State,
There Is q very general imrressio,
amour NIL classes ,l,ut tl,c immensc ,,,c,t,,
~. 49,, go. mi. 80. .
~ u 100 40 ~ ooe'. "''sut y
luz - Nv @ "1s on!y " .ue 4unu. u.
y. oo'o'' A'"e'o,' Nae uaat''
al lne c'op u g'cat'y ae1cfiora1ed III u
nes' co1u eou'.1.cs' I'LL" tuuS 'ne a'noun'
INC ,nstcnah'ao's io1u w. 10 etca'ly u
nlh'sneo' lol IL - Inposs1ole 70 Keep I'll
souno aoo oanlageu sepata'e' ~ one
our correspondents REMARKS nero W
oe 70 NO. lo1n IN numerous corn al'
uicsS, ano enas WHICH, efaues No'
WIN DC very nao1e 10 neat ai1o oeeoH
o1umltan. 1his Is "nere Inc gre
danger lies in having crop OF corn dan
ageo ~ lfos'- IL VIII DC a dangerous III
cle 10 hanole, IN almost every paracala
shoulo tae farmers IN saose pao sp91
3eeo every ousne4 lucy nase' goeo aaa 81
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