Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-07
sURLY JACK FROST.
He Pays Another Visit to Several
Northwestern States.
Small fruits, Grain and Garden Truck Are
Badly Damaged in Portions of IIIi-
noIs, Michigan, Wisconsin,
and Indiana.
NIPPEp oNcE MORE.

CHICAGO, May 80. = Frost Sunday
night and Monday morning did consid-
cradle damage TO fruit and grain
crops in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michi-
gan and other northwestern states
In the northern part of Illi-
nois corn was in many places so
badly nipped as to require replant-
ing. Vegetables and small fruits were
also damaged and in some instances
ruined. In Wisconsin it was so cold
that ice formed. Huckleberries and
other small fruits were damaged, and
what promised to be a. large
crop may be a failure. Michigan
reports damages to Strawberries, mel
ons. tomatoes, potatoes and other
small fruits and vegetables. Peaches
and the grains were not especially in
jured. In northern Indiana the wheat
was hurt by the frost.
Michigan Fruits Damaged.
LANSING, Mics, May -Michigan's
great fruit region was touched up by
frost Sunday night and considerable
damage done, more especially to small
fruits, melons, tomatoes, potatoes and
other vegetables. Peaches and the
larger fruits and the grains were not
especially harmed. At Benton Har-
Dor injury was done all tender plants.
The damage to melons. tomatoes and
potatoes is the greatest, but the in
jury seems to have been occasional
rather than general. Several of
the large melon growers had
many acres each of young plants
cut to the ground and ruined.
In the interior the frost did
more damage than near the lake
Holland reports great damage to gar
den vegetables, potatoes and small
fruits. Wheat and oats are not in
jured much, it is thought, and peaches
and other fruit trees are thought to be
safe.
In Wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE, May 29.-ReportS from
all over Wisconsin show that consider
able damage was done to fruit and
vegetables in all parts of the state
Monday night by heavy frost.
At Grantsburg what promised to
be one of the heaviest crops
of BURBERRY blossoms seen in this
country is almost a total failure.
Grain was slightly touched. while corn
froze to the ground. A heavy white
frost, the second in two weeks, fell at
Marshfeld last week It viii do con
siderable damage TO the fruit and root
crop, Amigo reports an unusually
hard frost, greatly damaging straw
berries, fruit trees and all Kinds of
vegetation. At Belgium there was
heavy frost. the second one within a
week. Orchard trees were in full
blossom, so that prospects for large
quantities of all kinds of fruit were
more promising than for num-
Der of years past. but it Is supposed
that the blossoms have, as well as veg
etables, suffered severely
Grain Hurt Ia Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 20 -Grain,
vegetables and fruit were considers bly,
hurt by the frost in the northern part
of the state Sunday night At La Porte
there was : killing frost and much
damage was done 10 the corn. potatoes
AL small vegetables. At least 50
per cent Of the wheat was in bios
som and IT was feared that much of it
has been badly injured Frost at Mum
Gle and in Delaware county did great
damage TO corn, wheat and garden
truck Of all kinds Ashley reports a
severe frost in Dekalb and Steuben
counties Cold winds have blown all
day, doing considerable damage