Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-16
CROPS.

In Southern Illinois much damage to fruit
is looked for.
Council Bluff, Ia, 18th: Little winter wheat
has been sown; the prospect is good.
Huntsville, Ala, 18th: Cold and rain;
fruit in great degree protected by its foli-
age.
Bloomington, H., 18th: The damage TO
fruit throughout central Illinois is much
greater than was supposed.
Arkansas papers give the most cheering
account of wheat and oats; corn and cotton
was planting where not finished.
Wilmington, Del, 18th: Although many
bAds have been killed by the frost, there are
enough left to insure a full peach crop.
Detroit, 18th: The monthly State report
gives fate ring account Of wheat; clover
not as promisir g. much of it winter killed.
Springfield, ILL.,, 18Th; Reports of the State
Board show an advanced condition of the
winter wheat to April 1st. There is a loss of
six per cent. from floods and seven to ten per
cent. winter killed.
Shelby county, KY, 18th: Reports from
all points throughout the county confirm the
report that the fruit crop is entirely lost e1-
cept late fruit. The wheat that was forward
is materially damaged.
Petersburg, Va, 18th: 10 some localities
of the State peaches are said TO Re nearly all
killed by frosts, while apples, cherries and
strawberries have been badly injured; early
vegetation suffered considerably.
Maysville, Ky: All the early fruit, wheat
and barley in this comfy have been killed
by the cold weather. In some plscfs the
wheat was over foot high, and in such fields
it has been cut down to the ground. The ire
is no hope of crop.
Augusta (Ga) Chronicle, 18Th; "Some of
the farmers in Johnstown neighborhood, S.
c., have cotton already up, and the small
grain crop is looking splendidly. In some
portions of Jasper county wheat is sufferirg
from mould on the stalk"
The Coushatta Citizen learns that almost
every farmer in Red River parish is
planting more corn this year than for several
years past. Oats have been pretty generally
planted in the hills and the stand is report
ed good in almost every instance.
Baltimore Sun, 18th: "Cold has seriously
affected the fruit prospect; in Baltimore
county Thermometer 240, with half an inch
Of ice in buckets. Aprioots destroyed;
peaches much injured; but in Kent aud
Cecil counties less 30; fruit-growers gener-
ally alarmed.
Milwaukee, 18th: Crop reports in the
Republican from important points in the
West and Northwest show a materially de-
creased wheat acreage in Minnesota, Iowa
and Wisconsin, and slight increase in Da-
kota and Manitoba. The ground is reported
wet and cold and seeding will be late.
Cincinnati, 12th: The indications to-day
are that nearly all varieties OF fruit over
wide section tributary to Cincinnati have
been killed. The white frost of Monday
night was succeeded by black frost last
night. All the large fruits, except late apples
and some varieties of grapes have been cut
down.
Tennessee-Huntipgion 18th: AS far as
an be learned no damage done to either
there has been no frost, and fruit, wheat, etc,
are not damaged as yet. Gallatin, 18Th;
Cool weather has improved the wheat; corn
is coming up finely; never we're crop pros
poets better. Chattanooga Time, 14th: No
frost has yet appeared in any part of East
Tennessee; everything points to an unusually
heavy fruit crop. Columbia Herald, 14th:
We have had no frost yet, and the wheat is
safe and heading out.
The cold weather, which still continues,
north Of us, the more so because the very
genial weather since April came in. and an
unusually mild March, has allowed vegeta-
ton TO advance its growth much beyond the
average al this season of the year. On look
ing at Vennor's forcastings of the weather
for April, we find that he had foreseen mrch
such season as we have had up to this time.
In his Weather BuJletin for April, 1882, he
says Of il: There are indications of Pc
riods Of unusual heat, which will cause rapid
and premature advance oil vegetation. Late
and severe frosts are probable in the south
States, and in portions of Canada. April
will likely be more of spring or early sum-
mer month than May" Crop statements as
reported up to few days ago are now
of use only as showing how the crop stood
at the time the change to cold weather &C.
Cured on Monday. Statements OF more
recent date show that the frost has pro-
duced different effect, in portions even OF
the same county, according as high
or low situation, protection from or
exposure to winds had more or less advanced
growth, or more or less exposed the crop to
the full power of the north wind laden with
its icy cold. Fruits have suffered terribly,
especially strawberries and peaches. Ten
nessee newspapers up to the 18th make no
complaint of loss, but give cheering &C
counts.
A daughter of the late President johnson
in living near Albany, Shsckleford county,