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The Star
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
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Reports from the grasshopper district in Kansas and Missouri predict heavy crops of corn, millet, Hungarian grasses, and flax. Corn is growing rapidly at 2-4 inches daily, with new buffalo-like grass emerging. Continuous rain for two days raises anxiety.
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Kansas City, Mo., July 12.—The Times has reports from various parts of the grasshopper district, embracing five counties in Missouri and about the same number in Kansas, the general tenor of which show that there will be a heavy crop of corn, millet and Hungarian grasses. The flax crop will be large. Corn is growing now at the rate of two to four inches daily. A remarkable feature of its present growth is that a new kind of grass, resembling buffalo grass, is springing up in many portions of the grasshopper district. It has been raining here at intervals for two days and still continues, and people are beginning to feel anxious.
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Primary Location
Grasshopper District, Kansas And Missouri
Event Date
July 12
Outcome
heavy crops of corn, millet, hungarian grasses, and flax expected; corn growing 2-4 inches daily; new grass resembling buffalo grass emerging; continuous rain causing anxiety
Event Details
Reports from five counties each in Missouri and Kansas indicate strong crop growth in the grasshopper district, with corn advancing rapidly and a new grass appearing amid ongoing intermittent rain.