The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-09-11
The Ravages of the Late Frost.

We learn from our southern exchanges
that the late early frost had wide range.
extending over the whole Northwest and
down into the State of Kentucky, and
how much further south we are not yet
informed. ~
We have here another illustration of the
fact that whenever Minnesota is visited by
unreasonable frosts that regions several
degrees further south suffer more from
that cause than this favored north State
of the North:
THE FROST IN ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN.
From the Chicago Post of September 1.
From nearly all sections in the northern
half of Illinois, the most unpleasant &C
counts reach us of destruction to the crops
by the severe frosts of last week. That
veracious individual, >" the Oldest inhabi-
tant," has no recollection of such frost
visitation az this season of the year, sweep
ing down the crops by the thousands of
acres. In some sections the corn is totally
killed, and throughout the northern coun-
ties probably one-half of it is ruined.
Vines of all kinds are killed, including
every tender herbaceous plant. The leaves
of the grape are nearly all killed, with most
of the fruit. Tobacco has turned black,
and large part of the crop is ruined.
The frosts extended far southwark, and in
some of the central counties the damage is
said to be scarcely. less than in the north
ern. Mr.. Dunlap, editor of the agricultu-
raj paper at Springfield, says the cotton,
"Of which thousands of dollars worth of
the seed has been sold, warranted to
stand the climate, is gone beyond any
hope of even saving the roots, and the
humbug is thus early collapsed, as we pre-
dicted it would, on the first collision with
Jack Frost
Corn, beans, tobacco, tomatoes, sweet
potatoes, vines OF all kinds, potatoes, ETC.,
have seldom been so severely dealt by be-
fore the middle of October, as at this
writing. The corn crop is half lost, nearly
all OF the beans, tobacco and potatoes are
gone, while garden vegetables, between
drouth and frost, are quite "played out"
Sorghum is used up, and even prairie hay
is badly injured by drouth and frost COM
bined.
The result of the seasons crop is nearly
as bad as that of 1856, when our farmers
had to import corn for feed
The damage done by the frost in Wis
consin is doubtless fully as great as in this
State. The Milwaukee Sentinel says:
A heavy frost fell throughout this State on
Sunday morning, August 3Oth. 1t has done
considerable damage to corn and potatoes, al
though the forward condition of those crops
has saved them from utter ruin. In some To-
calities it arose to the dignity of freeze-es-
pecially upon low grOund-ice formed to the
thickness of one-fourth of an inch, and upon
den vines and vegetables have been seriously
cut, but the loss in that respect is insignificant
compared with the damage done to corn.
THE FROST IN IOWA.
WATERLOO, Iowa, August 3O.-On the
morning of the 25th, goth and 3Oth inst,
we had severe frosts in this section of the
State, which had proved very destructive
to corn, sugar cane, vines, &c.
THE FROST IN OHIO.
From the Cincinnati Commercial of Sept q
The unexpected and sudden change in
the weather last week, eliminated in
severe frost Sunday morning. We hope
Cuc ullN clCOLlc VlSlldUlOu Has taken lCS
departure. In some localities the vines
of sweet potatoes, melons, squashes, &c,
were badly scorched We learn, also,
that the tocacco growing in Green and
Montgomery counties and north of there,
has been seriously injured.
THE FROST IN KENTUCKY AND INDIANA.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 1.-Further accounts
of the effect of Sunday nights frost are
still conflicting Some considerable dam
age is reported in Henderson and Davis
counties. One grower in Henderson lost
twenty acres, and represents his neighbors
in the same condition. This grower has
been purchasing here to-day, and he and
Others here ordered their consignees to de-
cline selling at present. This movement
caused an advance Of one to two dollars
to day. Other eqvally reliable parties say
no tobacco has been injured in Henderson
and Davis except on low lands along the
river. We hear accounts of injury to the
tobacco crop from several points in In
diana