The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-21
Actual Frost and Prospects of
Still More Generate the
Greatest Excitement.
BIG SHORTAGE CAUSES ALARM.
Iowa Reports Most Damage
Twenty Per Cent of Crop
About Davenport VIII
Not Mature.

RIP EI.!g sFi-CIATs
Chicago. S"pJ. =,-PIri,kv scenes v-r-
enacted in the corn pit TO-DAY an the
strength OF frost iE the West. and tho es-
innate % II. Y Jones that the .rpn or
.le country would ssii millions 81 bushels
below that Indicated by t.i- recent Gov
srnmen: report. All the more oEei@nc.
vas given Ia tie estimate because u ~
approved by James ]. iiiI. VINO hit of
80 well resa riding she wheat crop several
weeks ago.
Actual frost and prospects or SIN more
where IL would be iIi.eIy 10 work great
injury TO that part OF the crop ai!.ca Is
rot mature generated the greates; eS-
element ths pit has witnessed This sea-
son. Hundreds OF o~I--y-d brokers
shouted their bid FOR corn. and they
found nobody willing TO sell until the
price had gone up cents
The greatest Danger hy rrost tonight
is In Iowa. Northern Nebraska ami parts
OF Illinois AID WISCONSIN. Altogether
there IL said TO b. 3n.eS0O bushels of
corn that would Sustain serious "a mage
b. killing frost.
INGLISS ALARMING FORECAST.
Bearing out the Jones report came one
to-day from John InglIs. another expert.
who telesr1phed from Iosa that much
late corn will not even make feed
About forty miles north OF Marshall
town" he said. thousands OF acres OF
late corn 10 ruined. Fi.ry miles ~es, from
Mason City the condition Is very poor.
Occasionally thero Is n good field. but the
majority Will run from nothing TO :.fiesG
bushels TO tho acre
The temperature in the Scrtkves, this
morning was down in places 20 four or
eight degrees below tho freezing point.
Predictions tonight arc that heavy s.osts
viii form over Neb.aSka. iowa. w;scor-
Sin. Northern Kansas and probably ILL.,
nois.
Some resssGrlnE dispatches were re-
oeived tonight. Prom Lincoln. Seb..
comes the report that. whether heavy or
Iigh, frost occurs. little damage can be
DONE because s. Per cen. OF the crop IS
out OF all possible danger. With a slightly
increased acreage this wear the total crop
will fall little below III normal n this
State These advicss come from TIE Acri-
cultural Department % the State
DAMAGE IN DOvI.ANuS,
4 dispatch from Des Mo:nss Is-.says hal.
the normal crop OF that S,ete Is beyond
The temperature tonight Is low. but the
SKY is cloudy. and no frost 1. expected IN
the vicinity OF the capital. Tie greatest
damage thus far hss taken plaza IN late
fields in the lovIard.. Broadly viewed.
the actual hurt to the crop throughout the
State has not been serious. though u i>
not possible at this time To determine &C
curate,y to wha. extent tho quality Of the
gram has been impaired.
Farmers around Davenport. Ia. are much
alarmed Even with favorable weather
they say. the yield will not exceed two
thirds OF the normal. Twenty per cent OF
tbs corn. IL Is said. will no; mature under
tina most favorable weather conditions. II
IS cold. but cloudy. and no frost IL looked
for tonight. At Ia Crosse. Wis. all hut
10 per cent Of the crop is said TO be out
OF tie rcr.
Saiina. KS. PAWS TO damage has result
ed there. and that that part or Kansas
will have reccri-b-aakiug crop.
Chillicothe. No. says the only frost IN
that vicinity wa. light and beneficial.
Waterloo. ia-. reports the hest p-osp>-:s
since Iaoi. with no danger o; .ros. to-
night Nearly all the crop Is ms:1-cJ.
Kansas City says \ good guess .o- the
State OF Kansas is I.o0.,0.O bushels. or -
per cent OF an average crop. TIE crop has
matured finely.
JONESS ESTIMATE.
II. V Jones. who estimates the corn crop
at i.s.".os".e' bushels. said in an interview
at Minneapolis:
The seven States OF the Mississippi
Valley and the Southwest az. estimated
to produce 2J4.o'ooI" bushels less than last
year. The States OF Kansas aid Missouri
have 17oo9o.coc less corn than last year.
Nebraska Is the only important corn state
that exceeds the production tf last y,a-.
tho increase being about 2s.9I.ss, bushels
Iowa runs well up TO last yea.. but it Will
be abca; i5.c3aao bushels u.:,Isr. without
further frost damage