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Show Ing S per cent Is seriously damaged as a result of the heavy frost which covered cov-ered most of the state last night, according ac-cording lo J. A. Whltrhiiret, prraldvnt of the stale board of agriculture. I loved (o hm damacod. Chrrleji, plums nd nprlcota were saved, althouich probably prob-ably Uumaited to aume extent. Kanaaa C'lty. Mo. Temperature thrmiKhtiut Kiinaax ranxlnff from 14 to 21! deicrfea alMive xto, prartlrally tie-atroyi-d proNertii for any fruit rrop In thla at a t tpla year, with the exrt Hun of applea, and poaatbly aome rher-riea, rher-riea, arortUn lo 8. I . Kloru, fcd'rul meteorohiKlat at Ht. laoula. Hrdtn rropa are not generally far enough advanced to auffT, Mr. Flora aaid. Jrfferaon City, Mo. Jewell Muyep. arrretary of the atnle tMMtr1 of aKrlcul-ture. aKrlcul-ture. tnluy aald that the fr'X pnta-, pnta-, bly ha 4 deatroyed the proapct of a bumper fruit crp In Miaaiiurl. Drh-unU Drh-unU In every ae tlnn wen ludrn with hloaanma. fully un month In advance of normal aeaaon, he aald. 1AKUAS. Tex.. Mrcii 2. Crtnuid-erubte Crtnuid-erubte damnae to fruit and .-KrlabU'a In north and went Texaa w.ia ciiujhJ by froat laat ntht, arrordinx to lr. J. L. t'lln of the weather bureau.; COLD WAVE DAMAGES CROPS I REPORTS FROM STATES j IN MIDDLE WEST TELL OF DISASTROUS FREEZE Washington March ! The cold ve. which broke Into the unusually arm soring lust night, continued today over the Kuetern atatrs, but was Ttvlng way lo normal trmperaturee In Ihe Middle West, and the weather bureau predicted dlaalpatlon of lha cold spell by tomorrow night, excepting rwxiiig temperatures wera reported early today as far aouth na westi-m North ar..Una. northern lieorgia. northern Alabama, northern Mississippi and northern Trias. Frosts occurred this morning In central Alabama, central Mississippi, northern lxmlfiana and central Texas. The entire bat. at the aama time, shivered with tempcratureo below frcexlng. ' The extent of the damage probably rannot bo uecerialned for several dsys. The bureau announced that the frost extended Int't the fruit belt of Arkunsaa and over northern lxuisluna. OKLAHOMA CITY. March 59 Ninety. five per rent of the fruit crop In Oklahoma la ruined and the remain- UPRI.INdTON, Iowa, March I The cold wave lhat swept over this part of Iowa sent the thermometer .down to IS degrees. Considerable damage dam-age lo fruit and small grains was reported. re-ported. Iteporta from gurroundlng counties up to late laat week Indicated Ihe fruit buds generally remained closed sufficiently suffi-ciently to withstand th weather of last night, that being the condition especially In central and northern1 Iowa. I Hannibal, Mo. A drop In tempera-ture tempera-ture to l degrees here reeultrd In heavy damage to all fruits, local orchardlata stated today. The fruit had reached an advanced stage for this time of year and Indicated the heaviest crop In many years. It la believed lhat some of the leaa hardy varieties were almost completely killed. riprlngfleld, Mo.a-A glme of Ire and aleet covered eouthern Miasourt this morning. The full extent of the damage dam-age to fruit rrupa rannot he ascertained for a dsv or two. orchardists said., although al-though It undoubtedly will lie large. Merry crope are not believed to have been seriously hurt. Ctro, HI. Belief lhat millions of dollars dol-lars of fruit would be lost In southern Illinois was expressed today following the prediction of W. F. Uurron, local Pnlted Htatea meteorologist, that laat nlght'a temperature would reach ?0 to !4 degrees ubove lern It s stated that the crope, unuetially "targe this year, could not weather a temperature lower thun J7 degreea. Plalnvlew. Tex Cold killed practl-cully practl-cully all of the peaches and aprlcota In the Texaa plalna country, according to unofficial . reporta hero. The mercury mer-cury at Plalnvlew dropped to 21 degreea above aero. It la feared the alfalfa crop also waa destroyed, W heat wag not bc- |