The New York herald., 1863-09-26
The Crops I'm the West.
THE CROP REPORr- SHOWING THE EFFECT OF THE
RECENT FROST IN THs NORTH WEST.
Lox on A skrrIsg sEs'sI.


From the Chicago Post.
We print below reports from hundred aud twenty.
six different points u tho state Of Illinois, indiana, Wis
consn, Iowa and Minnesota, furnishing reliable inorrna
on % the Effects OF the frost upon the crops
In the Northwest Circulars addressed 10 eacb with
accompany ing blanks for fun report from each locality,
which were returned promptly Ibe letters from
business men well known and reliable in their own cca
ties and thus the from ch the present voiu
minous relative to the prospect for the fall
crops for 1858 ID these Ave Northwestern States are OF the
very highest order
tute mass Information of great value 10 the business
public, well as to the agricultural interest OF the
try, forming as they do, the most complete general
port yet collected the extent ard desiuc,iveness OF
the great frost We deduce from them important
and interesting general facts
That Throughout The wide territory covered by the
Information, crps on low and Cat ground suffered
in many cases being damaged nity 10 seventy ve per
entirely, or with slight injury.
That the frost iran In streaks," some localities
suffering severely. while Others only lew miles distant.
suffered but ltte
g. Thai the great frost belt" so h speak embraced
about two degrees W width extending from the
Mississippi eastward into Indiana far tho nlOrms.
ton goes. This frost belt lies between The fcrtieia
and forty secoi degrees o latitude the n- q Chicago
forming the uothcrn limit and tho iko Of Decatur and
Springfield me fouthefa Unit Within these limits (ex.
cepting the reg ~ The Mississppi rNer) the
dsmasc T. cfeps and Vices appears trym ~ Ihe reports,
limits either north SOUTH the effects o. tho frost seem
10 have been much lighter. Thus through the southern
and central tiers ~ counties IN Wisconsin and
the most northern tier IN Illinois the renorts
show average drnaseo not than twenty Ave per
cent wbc south o. the line of Decatur the general la ury
was comparatively slight This rems kabe crcam anco
may he IN rar accounted for by the TACT that II
forty degrees ess u The peculiar kind Of crops
raised which have suffered much south Of tht line.
bur the reYorts show the relative difference ia
resfco, 10 corn ac.op whch Il grown throughout the
Wnoc region.
L. Tnat wcst Z the Mississippi river the frost was
80 severe ia The same latitude 4 Of that
stream.
o. ihs, tho general average " IN ury orops In the
Nest u ess Tran reports previously Published have
shown IN tho ~ 10 rrnn covered BY tlic5e reports
tbe average damayn 70 ccrn, sorghum tobacco and
Other crops r,cnar a. the dincrebl localities (oxccpt
bucgwheatJ does aot seam . o2leoJ twenty i've per
rsnt
4 T',tt the now or oEprrnrntai crone 81 sorshm to-
barrn rDd cotton n1i suffered my creator extent
IT. Nprafti b. iha Cfu,f oi corn, huegWheat ANA
c,hcts. sprehr socns - have suffered almost exactly
II the sarc 4 1s eorn and n.Jra Tobacc, dii MOI
stapd u,e tlSk qs'c - wn BIZ did better thsn blos
wrc &. VII y 80 almost cNesS hire kigd load C0.
tlg tt src NaUirs killed. hHt the feet cnly .rn, a.
hat he cnluu rcNon rarot ha evtepdrs narthp ar IN
d0arfcy IS nv IN Ha farg 10 II AAa n0t kliod
asa bit ~ .hl5t A at gil, bob "a Nau tna whie no
facts 80 fr - provo tHi t0,ln. ~ Ordinary rettaa
vii IT. = ntc cr0t Il The rx'rer@ soutbern & iates IN
'mes wile ne new rfHitct, tprgulni, y Cstshlshsg
ia = 80 taar efe AHioDe thr grrA4 arf,rl'tlr At.
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