Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-05-18
Crops in the Southeast.

| A week since we took trip of ten miles
| into the country south of Ironton, and were
| cheered by the appearance of crops of all
kinds. Wheat never looked better at this
season of the year. Corn was up and grow
ing at about the rate of two inches in twenty
| four hours. Meadows were in splendid con-
| dition. Apples and peaches promise to be
plentiful, notwithstanding the late frosts,
while if nothing untoward occurs, grapes
and smaller fruits will be abundant.
The following compilation of crops in the
| Southeast we take from the New Madrid
| Record:
| Perryville Sun. 9TH inst, says: "Chinch-
bugs are growing numerously in most sections
of Perry county. 1t is conceded that on ac
count of the cold weather this spring great
deal of corn ground will have to be replanted.' -
The Union of same date: Army worms and
chinch- bugs are doing some mischief in this
county. \ hail storm. doing some damage to
crops, visited this county last week. So far
the caterpil!ars are doing no harm. Quite a
heavy frost was visible Monday morning,
which is believed to have injured the fruit
crop and proved no benefit to the growing
wheat now in bloom.''
Bloomfield FiRdicdtOr, of the 9th, SAYS
nothing about army worms or crop prospects.
Dexter Enterprise Messenger: "Caterpilars
are as thick in Stoddard county as fieas on 3
dogs back.''
Marble Hill Reflector, 9Th inst, says ::
Army worms, in vast numbers, have in
yaded Bolingcr county. The hail is said to
have damaged wheat in some portions of the
| county. Our farmers say the prospect for
good crops was never better than ut this
| time"
The Maiden Clipper, of the 9Th inst. says
| the farmers of Dunklin county are complain
| ing of the damages done by cut-worms, but
| does not mention army worms. The crops
| are reported to be looking as well as could be
expected considering the cold weather.
The Charleston Enterprise, of last Satur-
| day, says: ''Arnly worms are killing the
| wheat and damaging the corn in Mississippi
| county" And again: 1.-THE army worms
| have taken possession of \. c. Regards wheat
| forms that he will have To plow up his iield
| of wheat and plant ii in corn"
The Jackson Cash Book has information
| that a severe hail storm occurred in the vicin-
| ity of Iuerreville, in Cape county, doing great
| damage to the fruit crop and garden yegeta-
bles: hailstones were picked up which meas
| ured five inches in Overwhelmingly. j.
Bean has twenty acres of wheat which he
expects to yield 81 to 80 bushels--n hot in
| jured by the chinch- bHgs and army worms
| The Doniphan Ne,rS, OF the 4th, saws:
''From what we hear the farmers of Ripley
| county say there will be a much larger yield
| Of wheat and corn than ever before. "-"Cut-
| worms are doing considerable damage to
/ sSs.i
| ihe Pennington Times, of 9th ult., says
"Wheat and oats look fine. Peaches dam
AGED by late faost." Same paper, of date 4th
| inst: 1.-The fruit prospects have declined %
per cent since the frost. Chinch- bugs and
| the depreClatiOns they may commit are. the
current topics of conversations just now.
Weather too cool and dry for crops to thrive
we'll. There is complaint that moles are TAX
| ing the corn before il comes up.'
| The Potosi Independent, of the 4th inst.
| says: sowing to the difficulty in getting good
| seed corn many OF the Washington county
| farmers will have to plant their corn the see
| ond timc.''
Benton Record, of last Saturday: "Army
worms are play ing havoc with the wheat
| fields in Richwoods. The fruit crop is safe,
| so far"
The. Benton Express says: "Some of our
| farmers report that army worms and ehlnch
bugs are damaging their wheat
Colman's Rurdl World, of a late date, says
the prospect for a good wheat crop in Mis-
tsouri was never better.