The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12
EFFECTS OFTHE FROST.
SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE TO CROPS.
Corn. Sorghum and Potatoes More or Less
Injured in Minnesota and Wisconsin n
and Parts of Illinois-The Cold
Snap in other Sections.
THE NORTHWEST IN GENERAL.

and Parts of Illinois-The Cold
Snap in Other Sections.
THE NORTHWEST IN GENERAL.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, Sept. H.
s Adyices are constantly coming in telling
OF damage to crops by the late frosts. These
show that much injury has been done
throughout Minnesota, Iowa and Wiseon-
sin, but Dakota seems to have escaped the
misfortune. The greater part of the dam
age was to corn on low lands The crop on
the higher ground was not badly Injured
Corn throughout the entire Northwest, ex-
eept Iowa, has been backward all the sea-
son owing to the late spring, and at least
three weeks more of favorable weather is
required to insure merely good crop.
Aside from corn great damage is reported
to the sorghum crop, particularly in Wis
cousin, where the culture of that plant has
been extensively engaged in this year. So
complete has been the destruction wrought
by the frosts OF Friday, Saturday and sun
day that in many places mills will not be
started up this year at ALL Dispatches
from all points in the Northwest tell pretty
much the same story, corn being generally
at least one-thfrd Killed In some Instances
the loss is total.
The Omaha Railroads. reports indicate
severe damage to corn by the frosts in
Southern Minnesota, Northern Iowa and
Eastern Nebraska Those received by the
Manitoba Road say that at Anoka the corn
was injured, at ST. Joseph it was killed, at
Clear Lake half crop will be made, seri-
Gus injury was done at Monticello and that
the crop was destroyed at Clear Water
Wheat promises well at all these points, and
the harvest is about complete.
Cd. IN WISCONSIN.
MINIATURES, Sept Il.
There was heavy frost in Milwaukee
County Sunday night, and corn on the low
lands was killed. Buekwheat also suffered,
and the whole cucumber industry was
ruined. The loss in this enterprise alone is
placed at $50, 900. a specially is made of
cliclmbeTs by many farmers because of the
large pickle factory IN Wauwatosa. A dis
patch from Calttwell's Prairie saws there
was light frost Friday and Saturday
nights and heavy one on Sunday, doing
great damage. . .,.-.s 49,.
Another heavy frost visited Rock County
Monday morning This will increase the
damage to corn and tobacco. Late reports
say that the frost has not completely de
stroyed the tobacco on the highlands, and
that corn, similarly situated, will mature
although it may not be graded as No. q
About fifty per cent of the corn crops about
Green Bay, not previously damaged by the
heavy storm, was severely injured by the
frost. The corn crop this year is about
fifty pei cent. below that of last year ow-
ing in measure to the lighter planting and
bad seed. The damage is heavy.
Heavy frosts occurred Saturday and San
day nights in places back from Lake Win
nebago and did great damage The leaves
of corn are black and dead. Farmers in
some localities are beginning to cnt corn
now TO save what they can for fodder. All
kinds of vegetables were killed on the high
lands along the lake shore. In the valley
and low lands in the vicinity of Prairie da
Chen corn was severely injured by the frost
Saturday night. Late, tender vegetation
was entirely ruined and small fruits dam
aged. Small grain is all right
IN ILLINOIS.
SPRINGFIELD, Sept. IL.
Much damage has been done by frost in
the northern part of the State Advices
from Rock Island declare that corn and
potatoes in the lowlands have been generally
killed. The background crops escaped in
jury. The real loss will come on potatoes,
as the corn killed was only good fof feed for
the stock. The corn at Ottawa was seriously
injured, that planted late or grown from
Kansas seed being entirely destroyed A
Rockford dispatch says the farmers are
much discouraged, frost having reduced the
yield one-half.
Reports from Morris and Algonquin are
to the effect that much damage was done,
the late corn being destroyed. The crop is
also injured considerably in Fulton County
and dispatch from Havana says that late
corn and vines were cut down in Mason
County. The early corn was only nipped
The reports from Peoria are more encour-
aging; only Germ in the lowlands in that
vicinity was affected.
in this vicinity and In the counties south
of here no great damage was done because
OF the extremely dry weather. The corn
crop is generally looking better than usual
No loss Is felt at Bloomington. The farm
ers even think the cold snap has been bene-
fetal, as it has checked the superfluous top
growth and driven the sap into the forming
ears. HillSboro advices declare. that the
crop was notseriously injured, the frost be
ing light. Not much loss was sustained at
Sterling, only the upland corn being affect
ed. The same report comes from Dixon.
IN IOWA.
La CEDAR RAPIDS, Sept. Il.
The frost reports are coming in slowly
and are generally favorable. There were Sc
we're frosts in this vicinity during Friday.
Saturday and Sunday nights, but in the up
| lands corn was out of danger, and the light
| frosts only FASTENED its Tipening The low
| land corn, grown from seed prepared at
home, was barely touched, but that raised
| from Kansas and Nebraska seed Is consid-
erably damaged. The corn crop, how
ever, as well as all others, will be
| heavy III this county. A dispatch from
| Keokuk says that corn was too far advanced
| in Southwestern Iowa to be damaged by
| frost. Few varieties of small fruits were
| cultivated, and cereals were not touched A
similar report comes from Davenport The
| lOwland crop is damaged but not seriously,
| while the highland corn escaped entirely.
| Small fruits suffered slightly, but wheat was
not injured, Dubuque adyices say that the
| frost nipped the vines, but that the crops
have not been injured to any extent.
| Like reports come from Iowa City and
| Muscatine A Des AIoines dispatch says
/ that no frost was felt in Central Iowa and
| the temperature is rising. The farmers say
that early-planted corn needs two weeks
more exemption from frost. The crops are
advancing rapidly and the average yield
| will probably be fully thirty bushels to the
acre.
In the vicinity Of Council Bluffs the frost
was very light and in consequence no harm
was done. The weather was warmer to-
day and the crops are in a splendid shape.
| IN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Sept. I2'O
| The frost was quite general throughout
Michigan Sunday night. The reports do
not indicate it to have been of heavy char
acter, but sufficiently so to cut down the
partly grown vegetables and injure corn
somewhat The latter is thought as yet not
| to be seriously injured.
About East Saginaw the frost of the past
two nights was unusually heavy. Corn and