The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-29
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IN BLIZZARD
Western Crops Almost IOlaIIy
Destroyed.
MUST RE-SEEO GHAIN

E,oht States Are Covered with s"0"
- Millions Of Trees In Blossom
s,r.,es-storm sweeps the Great
Lakes.
M most disastrous April blizzard
4. = decade in the central northwest.
eru and Mississippi valley STATES n"s
capsed a monetary loss TO 1rulI 'ee
table and grain crops, eslima.eu
sro ooo 600 has wrought havoc 10 'ne
,n,ns on the Great Lakes mas
sans.d death and untold sunerlns
smong the unprepared and has impeu'
I'd railroad trafic. hitch
The snow and windstorm' w.
,tarted Thursday night, still continues
enc snow varying in depth from TWO
a. o,ght inches. covers the states "
SSahrasla Iowa. Minnesota ana tne
nopotas Wisconsin. Illinois and MIR.
.o,,ri while temperatures are Deio"
Coming as it did with millions 0,
ceres Of fruit trees in blossom anu
r,tb snring wheat and vegetables an
snroutine the storm is nothing less
.bop calamity IN Minnesota n'r'n
throrob Dakota and Wisconsin much
oftbe grain will have to be reseedea-
The entire fruit crop OF the cen'i,l
lakes region. excepting westward "
che foothills Of the Rocky mountain
sDa southwark into Kentucky anu
Tonnessee IS almost certainly wipeu
ont for the season.
The losses in the principal run
,.-ov,iro states are told in the io''
lowing dispatches received in Chicaso'
illinois Greatest damage was cauS'
Oh Inv the blizzard that covered tne
entire state. Early vegetables on .ne
truck gardens in the northern as
tricts and berry patches where ouu'
had reached an advanced stage ar
reported as total losses Damage 90
100000 ,,ir
Iowa-Storms in Iowa have contih
nod with greater or less vigor 10
rearlv week. but the frigid atmos
nbere and SHOWS of the last two DAY
have done the greatest damage no
oDlv frrits and vegetables. but eve
the oats crop is threatened. En'''
damage. s100000OO.
Indiana Apple orchards ana truc
gardens were the greatest suleIel'
The damage. which was confined
the northern and central uiS'i'''
amounts to s. 100000.
Michigan Fruit belt almost entirel
gone for the season. All that remain
according TO expert growers. Is u
crane crop. which has been damage
70 a great extent, 100000
Wisconsin-It is estimated that
ner cent of the fruit crop and all
Tho early vegetable and green stu'
have been killed Damage s2.ooO'VOV'
Kapsas-Snow and low temperatur
have killed the buds. and in many
stances even the leaves on the tree
The corn crop however, Is sale' Ia
age. 100000.
Kentucky-All the fruits and vel
tables as well as budding plants a
eowers. have been damaged by I
cold weather and furries OF sno
largely because Of the fact that IN
had reached an abnormally early
vsIopment Loss. s2,OOO,O0O
Missouri-Clouds and favoraole c,
ait,ops saved much of the fruit frio
night but the clear weather and G
timed cold completed the damage
timated loss. 100000.
Ohio-Early fruit particularly
Aermelon and other vines. have d.
Killed by the SHOWS and freez
weather. Grain has not been d
Loss. 100000.
Nebraska Small gardeners ana
truck farmers were the heaviest los
IN the storm that, it is believed d
has not damaged the early "n
Loss. 100000.
In the northwest-Minnesota'
Dakotas and eastern Montana
crops and garden truck have shriV'
mn and died The total damage so
reached is over sl5.OOO.OOO' WIN
wheat crop still in doubt