The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-04
THE CROPS.
The Effects Of the Frost.
Reports from Various Local.
ties.


In Indians.
ISDIAYAPoLIs, MAY 3.-The following
is II SUMMARY from different sections OF
the State, showing the effect Of the Satur-
day night frost upon the wheat crop:
Madison-The freeze Saturday night
! did no material damage The wheat crop
! is very short; will not exceed one-fourLh
the usual crop. The fruit is all killed.
Kokomo-Frcm the best information
! that can be obtained fruit of all kinds are
seriously damaged, if not entirely killed.
The wheat crop is frozen badly. and the
general opinion IS that 1t will not yield
! near an average crop.
Logansport--The freeze Saturday
night did not injure vegetation to any
great extent, the continued cold weather
having kept everything back. There
will be no small fruit, but apples are not
injured. There is but little bad effect on
wheat; an average crop is expected.
New Albany Saturday night it froze
none. Noturther damage to truitit hay
Ing been Killed b, previous frostS. Wheat
crop about The u,uol average.
Lsfayettc--The freeze Saturday night
did little or no damage except to fruit IN
some localities The wheat has been
greatly benefited by recent rains, but in
consequence of the previous cold weather
it i. generally conceded will no. average
over half n crop
CrawfordSvil0-Thc wheat is not seri-
ously damaged but the prospects are not
tlnttering; an average crop is not expect
ed.
Green Castle-Saturday nights freeze
did not damage the good prospects of an
average wheat crop. Oats and fruit are
all killed by previous cold weather.
Jc,lersonyille-T The wheat will proba-
bly, Weld half crop. Fruits ARE killed.
Pcru-The freeze Of Saturday did no
perc"ptibl" damage, and prospect for II
wheat crop is as good, If not better, than
last year.
Acknowledging and winter wheat
will Yield about onc-third the crop of last
wear. The freeze about the middle of
April ruined the entire fruit crop e1cep.
apples, which will average about one
urth the usual yield. The light snow
and heavy frost Of Saturday night will
not materially harm the fruit prospects,
rs the weather since the previous freeze
had been too cold for fruit to develop.
IndanapoIis-So far as ascertained,
the wheat crop has been injured. The
fruits had been seriously damaged by
the former cold weather.
Eyansvllc-We Gather was very cold.
Ice formed but we have been unable to
learn of any serious damage to the crops.
The fruit was generally killed Ten days
ago.
Columbus-As far as can be learned
from conversations had with farmers
living in this county. the freeze Of last
Saturday did but comparatively little
damage On tho highlands some few
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. An unusual
amount has been killed by the severity Of
the winter Some of the finest land of
the county was sown in wheat last fall,
and is being pIowed up for this or some
other reason. Flour has advanced
considerably during the past few days.
Reports from Kansas.
TorEKA, May 3.-Rcports from all
parts OF the State say the prospects Of
crops of all kinds WAS never better The
frost of Saturday night did no damage to
the wheat There is considerable hatch
ing Of young grasshoppers in some locali-
ties. but the cool rains are killing them
about rs fast as they appear. The acreage
of wheat in the State is much larger than
last year, and more corn is being planted
than last year. All things considered
the agricultural outlook in Kansas is
more encouraging than it has been for
the past three years.
LuwrenCe-Thc frost on Saturday was
severe, and did some damage to early
vegetables, but none to wheat and oats.
Fruit Is just coming into blossom, and
was not sufficiently forward to be severe
~ jurcd. Crops Of all kinds III thi;
locality are looking well The late cold,
damp, wet weather mas been very favor
able for iali wheat, which is starting out
finely. Farmers are well up with their
work, and II greater breadth than usual
is under tie pillow.
Atchison-The wheat in this region
promises good harvest. The cold, moist
weather Of the past three weeks has had
mn excellent effect in repairing the dam
ages of tbs wIntcry frost. The spring
work Is well advanced The acreage
,own ofall kinds ofgraln will be fully up
to the average, if not larger. The ma
iority ofour farmers anticipate a favora-
hle season for crops generally. 1t is be-
licvcd that the grasshoppers Matching out
will do much harm. They are not rs nu-
merous ms in 1867, when they did very
little injury,
Laavenworth-The frost did very lit
tie injury in this part of the state. 1t is
claimed that the fruit and wheat are un-
injured
The Condition in Missouri.
s., Joseph Reports from counties
in the northeast part Of the State lead to
the belief that there will not be more
tl"t 'l'''' AZ " iNAs NI'H oil INV Nr'"''N
praries. 1t was SO badly winter killed,
while on the bottom lands, it was not
ncor 30 badly injured A much larger
area Of corn than ever before vii! be
planted. Notwithstanding the hard
freeze Saturday night the fruit which had
escaped TO that time has no. been mater
tally injured
SEDALIA, No, May, 3.--The prospect
:or good crops in this section this year
are bad on account of the backwardness
Of the Spring and very cool weather.
Frost on Saturday injured all kinds OF |
vegetab es; the corn is also injured No. /
much wheat planted and what was FlnnI-
ed is not far enough advanced 10 be hurt
by Saturday. frost The fruit does not /
appear t. be injured. in general.
Kansas City-The crop reports from
stons OF v e,tern Missouri and South /
ern Kansas tributary to this point, repre-