Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-25

rmcAOO, April G0.-hup9ttH hh'e
han received from tue special cores
,,rd.nls Of the Fdrmsr's RsuioD In
,v,lys states on tho condition u win.
tef wheat and oats
wiSrER WHEAT.
In Illinois great deal Of damage
%. done by the hard freezes Of the
latter part Of March but this loss Is
h,ipp neuirlizsd by tho good growing
weather Of the present month.
In Indiana tho permanent damage
M. not great except In a iow counties,
and the general reports are favorable
Tor thrsiatu.
In Ohi5 the condition Il not A. good
a. before the freeze, but no great dam.
ace has beou sustained. The condition
M M fair 10 good.
In Michigan, little reference II made
To the cold weather IN March ~ nj Ut
tpg wheat La some counties II mas
tutiefei from dry winds, while In
timers ID needs rain. IL lie better IN
moot places than It appears 10 be.
From kentucky comes reports that
the ifctzs did little harm. In places
where the plant had apparently been
Killed by cold, thB warm weather has
brought II out q iu ptecarlOus con-
dition and fair crop IL looked Tor. The
general condition Ia tho state 10 good.
in some counties Ia MlssIu the late
bfr,z and dry weather have consider.
nlly reduced the condition VI the crop,
but recent conditions are more favor
nble, ana are bringing up the average.
The average Zoe thu state IL fair.
In Kansas the damage done by the
bfrsEs was not great, hut the damage
done has not been recovered by later
conditions, aud the average ~ whole
g. low.
lu Nebrasaa tho condition IL no
more than fair, anu In some Dcalitius
Che crop 10 Ia bad shape ~ a result Uf
drought
lnIowa the crop In certain counties
b. badly damaged aud seems 10 be deter
ilWting.
In Wisconsin not much change II
reported over last month. The general
condition of the crop Is good.
OATS.
Ia Illinois tho early sown oats sui.
icfed SEVERELY by the March freeze and
tue iaud had 10 be- quite generally re-
sown. The oats that were late sOwn
reuefally escaped injury, On account
VI the reseeding 1t II by no means Ger.
tain that the disaster Will cut down the
~ oi the final crop.
Ia Indiana Gals were widely Injured,
in some places tho estimate being that
ona half were killed by freezing. AZ
iu Illinois, rvHeoding has been quite
General, but some OF the fields will be
put into other crops.
10 Ohio the crop IL only falr, the
fields that ffoze out having been mostly
Tuseeded, but soms OF them nave not
yet started 10 grow. Some counties
report them very backward.
la most places In Michigan seeding
uf oats has not yet been completed,
aud NJ tho time OF the March freeze
not enough zelda were up TO maze tLe
io.s great.
Ia Kentucky tho loss Of oats was
very great. Numerous reports are
receiving Of the entire killing Of tue
crop over wide Areas, and there are no
accompanying reports Of seeding.
Many Of the fields will be given up TO
other crops.
The loss was great In Kansas and
recovery does NOT seem probable.
la Nebraska the outlook IL fair, ~
the oats were not developed enough at
tlu time Of the blizzard TO destroy
them.
In Iowa the general condition for
oats IA good, though somo localities
where tho crop was early suffered
severely.
In Wisconsin the prospects are
good.