Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-24
The Condition OF Crops.

II al IN OF the April report OF Lne STATE agrl-
cul aral bureau the commissioner has received
advices from nearly every county in Tennessee.
The wheat crop is Of unusual promise. Much
of it is already harvested. There is very little
damage from rust or the army worm. The
crop will be SO per cent over the average,
counting the increased acreage.
The corn crop is in good condition though
a little backward from the cold weather.
Oats are doing well, with an increased acre
age of 80 per cent.
Cotton has suffered from the cold weather
but Indications are favorable for its recovery
and better crop is expected than seemed pos
sible few wees ago. The general crop out
look 8 better than it has appeared for years
at this season. All the May reports thus far
are encouraging.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
CHICAGO, May ga large number of re-
ports from Iowa points give further details Of
the damage by the frosts of Sunday night, and
indicate that last night the cold was equally
severe.
At Boone sharp frost nipped the corn more
or less and greatly injured the fruit, especially
in the low lands. About Dubuque and through
out northern Iowa there was heavy frost.
Cherries and plums are ruined, and apples more
or less injured.
| Along the Iowa division of the Wabash
there was heavy frost, but corn was not up
and no harm was done. There was no frost
ct Keokuk. It was heavy about Cedar Rapids
and all kinds OF vegetation showed its effects.
The weather has delayed corn planting, and
| farmers express fears that the corn already in
| the ground will rot.
| At Marshalltown ice formed quarter Of
an inch thick and fruit was greatly damaged
| Crops were damaged considerably about
Burlington. Garden stuff was entirely de-
stroyed and corn is believed to be extensively
injured.
Sioux City reports unusual but not destruct-
i've cold weather.
Leavenworth reports severe frost in that
section of the Missouri valley, which killed
much tender vegetation. The grain crops
were affected only slightly.
| The polar wave struck Madison, Wis, and
the mercury declined almost to freezing, but
there was no frost. Cold weather in that
section has retarded but not injured crops.
| Cold rain at Nebraska excited fears that the
corn would rot in this ground and other grain
more reports OF injury, as last night was q
cold one throughout the northwest. The
night was cloudy and there was no frost here,
but early this morning light snow fell for
nearly ar hour.
| On change this morning prices instead of
being strengthened by the unfavorable reports
were rather weak and declined for the cereals.
Receipts of corn were the heaviest Of any day
this year.
MARsHALLTowN, May 23.-The second snow
storm OF the spring occurred last night be-
tive IL and /, showing heavily for some
time. It then grew clear and cold and another
heavy frost set in, doing great deal Of dam
age. Small fruits are mostly ruined and other
damage feared.
| DAVENPORT, To-, May 23.-At o'clock this
morning heavy snow storm set in here and
continued for fouf-and-a- half hours. Fully
three inches of snow fell but at daylight only
about an inch was on the ground, because of
the melting. No such storm is remembered
as having occurred here before. The nearest
to it was on the 9th of May, 1876, when about
the same kind of astorm prevailed. The frost
OF yesterday morning did much damage to
vegetables and small fruits in this region.
| KEoKUK, To-, May 23.-Specials from
Bonapart, Mount Zion. Ottumwa, MIDDLETON,
| Pella and Prairie City report that snow has
fallen from half an inch to two inches this
morning and some frost, but no serious dam
| age done SO far as known at any point named.
At Oskaloosa there were four inches of snow.
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generally believed the Sunday nights frost
| was the most damaging.
| OTTuMwA, 10. MAY pa heavy frost oc
CURED Sunday, and half an inch Of snow last
night, which showed plainly two hours after
sunrise, but did no damage whatever to grain.
Tender vegetables suffered somewhat, but
| fruit is not perceptibly damaged. At2 O'Clock
this afternoon there is no prospect of a freeze
to- might.
CLOUDS.
BURLINGTON, May 23.-It was cloudy last
night with flurries of snow. No frost to-day.
Fruit is not much injured. Snow is an inch
deep at Mt. Pleasant.
CEDAR RAPIDS, May 23-The weather was
cloudy last night with light snow early this
morning. Fruit is not materially hurt.
kilograms indicate that there was material
damage done at State Center and further east.
MUscAT1NE, To-, May 23.-About two
inches OF snow fell last night, but no frost.
There is slight damage by Sunday nights
frost. Crops generally promise well.
IN ILLINOIS.
SPRINGFIELD. H., May 23.-The cold wave
has not injured fruits or grains in this vicin-
| ity except as the chilling of the ground de-
lays the completion of corn planting, and
may, as the farmers think, occasion neces-
eity for re- planting IN some places.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, May 23.-Last night was
very cold, with considerable frost and between
and O'Clock this morning there was quite
continuous fall of snow. Fruit growers
| think the damage will be light and thus far
the frost has not greatly affected crops. There
was no damage to corn but it is growing
very slowly this year.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, May 23.-There has
been frost in this section for several nights
past, but not hard enough to seriously
ipjure any crops. The continued wet and cold
weather has given corn backset but few
suushIny days will counteract the damage.
.tINDIANA.
EVANSVILLE, May 23.-The crop prospects
in this section, on the whole, are highly prom
Using. The army worm has done some dam
age, but not an alarming amount.
NEBRASKA
OMAHA, Neb., May 2S.-The Herald will
publish to-day a crop report from forty-four
counties in the state covering about all I'M
der cultivation. The reports show that small
grain, without exception, has been favored by
the late cold weather and they indicate a yield
beyond all precedent. Corn is reported well
advanced up to the late heavy rains, but was
set back slightly by them on several sections,
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