Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-04
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Cold Weather in the West-Ef-
fectS Upon the Wheat
and Fruit Crops.
Nebraska.

done mmeaSuIaDl6 BOOu. IL Is lnOugnL
that the late frosts have destroyed the
embrio grass-hOppers.
Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 3.-The following
is a summary from different sections Of the
State, showing the effect of the Saturday
nights frost upon the wheat crop:
MddisOn-The freeze Saturday night did
no material damage. The wheat crop is
very short, not to exceed one fourth the
usual crOn. The fIuit is all killed.
TeTTe Hdute-The wheat is considerably
| injured in this vicinity.
Kokomo-FrOm the besg information
that can be obtained, fruits Of all kinds arc
| seriously damaged, if not entirely killed.
| The wheat is frozen badly. The general
| opinion is it will not yield near an average
crop.
LOgdnspOrt.-The freeze Saturday did
not iniure vegetation to any great extent.
| Continued cold weather had kept every
| thing back. There will be no small fruit.
/ Apples are not injured. But little bad ef-
| feet on wheat and an average crop is ex-
pected.
NelU Albany.-Saturday nights freeze
| did no further damage, the fruit having
| been killed by previous frOsts. The wheat
| crop will be about the usual average.
! Ldfdgette.-The freeze of Saturday night
/ did little or no damage, except to fruit In
/ some localities. Wheat has been greatly
benefited by the recent rains, but in con
| sequence of the previous lOngcold weather,
it is generally conceded will not average
half crop.
Crd,rTOrdSUille.-The wheat is not seri-
ously damaged, but the prospect is not fiat
| tering. An average crop is not expected.
Saturday nights freeze did
no damage. The prospects is good
for an average crop Of wheat and oats.
Fruit all killed by the previous cold.
,JeferSOnUdle.-The wheat will prob
ably yield half crop. The fruit is
| killed.
Peru.-The freeze Of Saturday did
no perceptible damsge. The prospect
for wheat is as good, if not better than last
year.
RiclmOnd-The spring and winter
wheat will yield about One-third the
crop Of last year. The freeze about the
| middle of April ruined the entire fruit
crop, except apples, which will average one
fourth the usual yield. The light snow and
heavy frost of Saturday night will not ma
terially harm the fruit prospects, as the
weather, since the previous freeze, had been
too cold TO develop II.
IldidnGpOliS.-SO far as ascertained
there is no material injury to the wheat
crop. The fruit had been seriously dam
aged by the former cold weather.
ErdHSUule-The weather was very cold
Ice formed, but We have been unable to
learn Of any serious damage to crops. The
fruit was generally killed ten days ago.
Ohio.
COLUMBUS, May 3.-As far as can be
learned from conversations had with farm
ers living in this county, the freeze of last
Saturday did comparatively little damage.
On the high lands some fine fields were
touched, but in sheltered places and low
lands no trouble IS noticed. The wheat
crop Of this county will be much smaller
than usual, and an unusual amount has
been killed by the severe weather Of the
winter. Some Of the finest land Of the
county sOwn in wheat last fall is being
plOwed up. For this or some other reason, |
flour has advanced considerably during the |
past few days.
wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE, May 3.-The snow on Sat
urday and the cold weather Saturday night
throughout the central and northern pOr-
tiOns of the State did little or no damage
TO the crops. The ground was dry and tie
snow melted very rapidly. Rain is much
needed.
Kansas.
TOPEKA, May 3.-Reports from all parts
of the State say the prospects of croIs were
never better. The frost Of Saturday night
did no damage to wheat. There is con-
siderable Matching of young gasshOpPers in
some localities, but the cool rains are kill
ing them as fast as they appear. The
acreage Of wheat in the State is much
larger than last year, and more corn is be
ing planted than last year. All things
considered, the agricultural outlook in
Kansas is more encouraging than it has
been for the past three years.
LAWRENCE, Ks, May 3.-The frost Of |
Saturday did some damage to early vege-
tables, but none to wheat and oats. Fruit |
is Just coming into bloom and not sUf- |
ficiently forward to be severely injured. |
Crops of all kinds in this locality are look |
ing well. The late cool, damp weather has |
been very favorable for fall wheat, which is |
stOOling out finely. Farmers are well up |
with work, and a greater breadth than |
usual is under the plOw.
LEAvENWORTH, KS, May 3,-The re-
cent frost did very little harm in this part /
Of the State. 1t is claimed that the fruit /
and wheat are uninjured. The weather |
continues cold.
ATCHIsOS, Ks, May 3.-Wheat in this |
region promises a good harvest. The cold, |
moist weather of the past three weeks has /
had an excellent effect in repairing the /
damages during the past winter. The frost |
of Saturday did no harm. Spring work is |
well advanced. The acreage sOWn in all |
kinds of grain will be fully up to the aver
age, if not larger. The majority of our /
farmers anticipate a favorable season for |
crops.
FT. SCOTT, Ks, May 3.-There is every |
indication of good crops. The fruit is not |
injured. The frost of last Saturday night |
did no material damage to fruit or crops. /
There was but a small breadth of wheat /
soWn in this county last fall, but what was
sOwn is looking well. A large breadth of
corn is already planted.
Missouri.
st Joseph, No. May 1-RepOrts from the |
counties in the northwest part of the State |
lead to the beliefthat there will not be more |
than half a crop of wheat. On upland |
prairie it was badly winter killed, while |
that on bottom lands is not near so badly /
injured. a much larger area Of corn than
ever before will be planted. NOtwithstand- |
ing the severe freeze of last Saturday, the /
fruit, which had escaped up to that time, /
has not been injured.
SEDALIA, no. May S.-The prospects |
for good crops in this section this year are /
bad on account of the backward spring and /
very cool weather. The frost of Saturday |
injured all kinds of vegetables; corn is also |
injured, but not much is yet planted. |
Wheat is not far enough advanced to be |
hurt by Saturdays frost. Fruit does not |
appear to be injured generally.
Michigan.
DETROIT, May 3.-We have made care
full inquiry through the State regarding |
the effect of Saturday nights frost on the /
wheat. The general opinion is that it suf- |
fered no injury, having been fully protected |
BY several inches of snow which fell during |
Saturday, With few exceptions, our re- |
ports indicate prospects Of a much better |
crop Of wheat than has generally been eX- |
pected.
EX-GOv. JENKINS, of Georgia, tells a |