, 1875-05-04
THE CROPS.
Reports as to tho Effect of tho
Recent Frosty Weather.
Much Damage Reported to Eruits in
Ohio and Indiana.
Ths Grains GENERALLY Escape Serious
Injury.

AuN OlAAAS VeNeTHlly LhcAtV tAA0ab
Injury.
1Ep'AsArol1s, Ind, May 3.-Thc following Is =
summary from different scc.tona Of the State,
showing ths e1oct OF tbs Saturday night frost
Upon tho whcat-crop.
Madison-1lle freeze Saturday night did no
material damage. The wlscat-cro; In very short,
not to exceed one quarter shc usual crop.
Tsrre Hau,s-whoat considerably injured III
fotomo-Trom tho beet information ne can
obtain, fruits Of all kiniR werc seriously Jtu1-
aged. II tiot ontfrelv killed. The wheat-crop In
generally frozen hqdly. Tho general opinion
t r f fseezs Oh saray sri did no.
iujmre vegetation to any great extent: Contlt'-
ned cold woaslsor had Kept everything back.
There will bo no ANAL fruit. Apples injured bit
little. Tho Weather had no effcct OH Whoat.
An average crop Ia oxpecton.
Atw Atdany-Baturt]ay ulgllt'a freeze hne done
no further damage. fruits having bean killed !by
previous ftosts. Tho wheat crop Ia about tho
usual average,
l!tsIo or no damage. e1cep! 10 fsult III Botno
localities. Wheat ilaH hea1 greatly benefited by
roeefit rains, bns. in c"neelurhco Ut pEeTious
long cold weather. It IL GENERALLY conceded it will
HUI average uiFI uhil q CfH}.
f,rarfortlsriue-W Wheat no. seriously tamsee,l,
but tho prospects, arm not ilatserlug. An aver
age crop In not expected.
Observation-Disclosures nights freeze did no
damage. The rrospects asn good for ali average
wheat crop. Fruit all killed by Tie previous
cold.
J,ltrsonrile- Wheat ri probably yield half
q crop. fruits nil hillad.
I'eru-Tle freeze Of Saturday did no po7cepti-
bio damage. Tic proarect Tor wheat crop III
al good II not better .lihn last year.
Riehnond-Gpring and winter wheat will yield
about oue-lhid Of tho crop Of last year. Tito
freczo about tho middle Of April r,i4ned the
ent!ro fruit crop eKcept arplee. wl!clI w!tl aver
aud heavy frost Of Saturday night will not ma.
terfaliy harm t1nit prospects. nB tho Weather
since tho previous fseeze has been too cold to
develop.
no material injury to tho wheat crop. Fnlit.
lad been seriously damaged by former cold
woattaT.
Ecanseiih-1he weather was very cold: Ice
formed. but lia*c beeu unable to learn Of atr
eerons damage to crops. Fruit was goaorally
k.!lod = few days ago.
kANEAs.
TorEKA, Etn., May 3.-Neports from Alt parts
Of the State say that tho prospects for crops Of
all kiuls were never better The froat OF Satu1.
day did uo damage TO wheat. There is consider.
abls hs.ch!ng Of young grasshoppers IL sono
localities, but tho cool rashs are killing thcu'
about AZ fast a. they appear. Tho zcreaEe OF
wheat in Tho State III much larger than last year,
and more corn ia being planted than last year,
aud, all thugs considered, the agricultural out
! look iu EanEaH It. moro encouraging than it has
bceu for the past thrno years.
! LAYREscE, kau., Nav 8,-Tho frost Saturday
| night NnB aeveEc, and did somo damage to carly
! vegetables but none to wheat aud OATS. Fruit
's just oominE to Iloom and Tas not fufo!entty
I forward 10 bo severely injured. Crops Of all
kinda in tlia locality arc looking well. The Into
cool damp weather haa been very favorable for
fall wheat. which ia stoong out tinoly. Farm
| ora arc well up with their work. and greater
breadth than usual is under The plow.
FoRr scorr. Kan, May 3.-Thoro Is ovesv In
dtcAtlon of good drops. Fruit is not injured
The frost ct last Saturday night did nc
But Bu,al! breadth OF wheat was gown IN th!s
county laAt fall but what was sown Ia looking
very we'll. largo breadth Of corn IL alscad,
planted.
LEAvrnwoRrH. Kau., May 3-The rcceni
front did very little harm in th.a part OF tht
State. It is claimed that fruit and wheat are un
injured. The weather continues quite cold.
A1cn1sox. Ksn., May 3.-Ibe wheat in a; thi'
oosli, moist Weather oi tho past thrs'
woeks has had au excellent effect In re
pairing damages during the winter. Tie fros
OF Saturday night did no harm. sprint
WQFk 18 W&s{AQfAHEEus LIB NGlC1HN u sohU III
al kinds Of graln will bo fuily up to tho average
II not large. The majority OF our farmers AT
t!ciptse l favorable season for crop6. It ta no
beloved that tue grasshoppcrs now hhtchlng GU
wall do much damage, They arc not neaIly a
numerous Is tn 1867, when they did so little Ia
Jury.
| MINNESOTA. ....
Hr. pAu1. blun.. May 8.-The weather for th
last ten days. although cold and disagreeable 70
| a.. u fnr 1,tpt Far
ets, who hare Accomplished an immense htnoIn
of work in scodiug lands. Tho fotr ot grasshoppe
tleyastatIons I'll the fusuro Ia nearly vanished
More than tho former amount Of land is alroad
sowu to wheat. On Saturday night tho thes
moreter foil to the freezing point, but tho cir
cumstance occasionel no daInage ~ tbs m
noxeddIspatches, collected from various parts 1t
north, southcaRt, aud west. by The agent Of th
Associated PIoaH, ahupdautly Prove,
3tEi.nosE, Sseatns Co.,, May 3.-Eo injury don
to wheat III this vicinity BY tho frost Of SatuEda
night.
81. PETER, NIcol!st Co., May 8.-The farmer
WHO ca,no III town to-day Say that tho frost c
all; aud. a. thefn Il but very little winter xhea
In tbfp vicinity, no damaRo Rss done.
WillMAn, kanllyohi Co.. May 3.-No graf
injured here By tue frost; not fa5 enough e
yAncel. Farmers haro most Ill thoir aoat1in
done, and III that is nov neadad Ia rain. TIL
weather IL clear aud warm.
FAnInAuL7. Rice Co., A1ny 3,-No Injury don
a. far az heard from. Weather fine to-day.
! OwAToSSA, sseele Co., slny 3.-TAe frost ha
ions no dan,age to wheat in this section, - II
a we cat learn.
kAssoS. Dodga Co., May 1.-Tlc frost III
douo no damage In tiia vicinity.
gr. JAMES, Watonwan Co., sIay 3.-Eo lkunae
10 growing crops from the frost has been report
} Cd in this vicinity,
1I.yxpoA, Clayton Co., MAY 3.-Theso waa
heavy frost Saturday night, but no damsge VI
done to wheat.
MISSOURI.
Hr. Josrru, No.. Nay 3.-lleports from cont
tins In tho po1thweatorn part Of tie Ssxts isad
tho belia{ ttlt there will not be more than qna
lsalf. Of crop Of wheat. On tue NJ
laud rGalsjs 1t IL badly wintcr-killod, whl
| that IN tia hattom.lanta Ma not near