The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-28
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THE DROUGHT.
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For WeeAs Ne have been besrsg from particular
Localities of drought but now the ory IL becoming
wtIl nigh universal. Not ne wspsper csn Do opoti.
encoun,erDg details respecting the lo1g cpntiaaed
and dreadful drought; aud some Of these ase melan-
cl DIV in the extreme. II seems u have boen drst
ex elienced III north western New York AID north
tions Of country here has bees no rain Of aay
sequence since the early part OF june. South add
east and west OF the Canada line the drought did
10. make It's appearance 20 soon' put it n. srado
earth .ver where IL becoming like ashos; vegeta
ton ii Crying up-iu many places 1t has already
persisted. Corn and potatoes are failing In the best
iocalitiss. and in many pls % they viii prove near
tees and falling Oh, or be omiDg prematurels ripe:
Pastures are failing, or are already brown and
grassless, 30 that farmers are actually foddering
Il cir cattle in August. The streams all over the
county are low; in many places tue beds Of large
rivers being nearly bare, 40 that one can 60 almost
dry shod across them-it is thus With the Connect
cut, no higher up than Hanover Wells, and brooks,
and springs are giving out. so that farmers are
for water, and TO draw 1t in casks to their own doors
for family use.
From the Belfast (xs) Journal, Aug. ISL
Il has been ak weeks since We have been refresh
been very hot. Tho streams are almost dry, the
ponds are sunk below their wonted height, vege To-
lion Is almost killed. IL 10 with difficulty that water
for culinary purpose: Is procured The fall crops
yislos ise well, but the late sewing Ia very poor.
Corn aud potatoes have long ceased TO grow, and
must be stuDted. Fires are raging In the woods,
tee atmosp6eIe 10 obscured BY smoke, and our Office
thing. In this vi unity there will bc, We think,
great scarcity of native product, and the poor must
suffer during the coming winter. p. S.-Heavy rains
are falling Thursday morning, a. we are going to
press, with indications Of storm.
[From the New London Chronicle, Aug 26.l
The drought continues, and unless re have rain
sonp vegetation will suffer severey-some Of 1t past
cure for the season. The fall crop Of grass IL already
this region will be good, and the potatoes viii be 80
II the rot will keep off, and have heard OF mono In
the pcghborhood ct Bot the dry weather for the
last few weeks ID worse for travellers than for anybody
else. Those who are under the necessity Of moving
much over the streets In town, or dads in the coun
try, suffer actual martyrdom. The dust IL deeper
than ash heap and Is Is impossible to travel ten
rods without being literally encrusted. The tendency
Of ever, thing IL upwardreal estate Is rising, and
what is more it is changing places instead Of chang
ing hands. There Is about as much in the air as on
the surface Of the earth. We are all wallowing "a
Their than walking, and we shall before long be In
danger of miIing upwards, unless there Is change
and Mr.. - gives rs little encouragement.
from the Baltimore american August 161
We learn that the drought in some parts Of the
western country exceeds greatly that OF any season
previously known. A gentleman residing not far
from Pittsburg, went recently to that city for sup
ply Of potatoes and corn, his fields being entirely
burned up. Unatle to procure the article wanted,
he went ON TO Wheeling where he met with no better
success, and had to go on to Cincinnati before he
gentleman at Cleveland, Ohio, who states that
everything in the shape Of vegetation is burnt up
in that region Of count y-that the contrast between
Baltimore county and the west is most marked, the
former being or. en- and thriving In comparison.
from the Cumberland ma Miners Journal, Aug 25
The waller in the streams Of this region has seldom
beer as low as at the present time. In 1880 the
drought Was excessive, bat hardly equal to that Of
this year. All the saw and Touring mills on this
side of the Aeghanes have stopped for the want OF
water. The Potomac is no stream at all. 1t is
literally licked MP by the heat At every ford above
and below this place for many miles, 1t can be
passed over "dry shod.' And Wills Greek, our
also, which ought TO be- at all times, full of water.
is now more like an empty ditch than anytoing else.
From the Detroit Free Press, Aug. ISL
Heat and duss-hafd hot pavements-taii, cheer.
Ing really dreadful to the denizens Of this parchng
c,ispine city. But the country SUITE yet more, for
thee fires have cnkindled themselves Ia tae iel is
and the flames .are cracking and roaring through
the woods, sprngng from tree to tree like ferocoui
heasts And so the country is hakiag no too, and
the flowers and the crops are alike dying Of thirst
How we do wish 1t would sh0wer-how pleasant q
tune would bo til 1t of the rain drops pattering on
the glarfng windowpanes OF this awfully hot sane
tuary.
THE CROPS.
From the St. Louis Evening News Avg. 22l
lDaN we are TO have avery short corn crop No one
donb's, but it may be well to inquire what are the
prospects for great scarcity and high prices; pretty
upon the channels from which she has heretofore
received supplies Fortunately for some this ia not
or vii! not be the case, for by means Of the Illinois
allroads, nearly all Of which win be In running
If necessary, fom the interior Of that State as well
| Is nom the western portions Of Indiana.
Before corn Is ready for market, the Ohio and
Mississippi saload win be nearly, il notauite com
ple,ed TO the Wabash river. It Is now running e
Carlisle, distance Of fifty miles, The Central road
viii be flushed before winter sets in. The Bureau
Valley, the Rock Island and Galena, the Mississippi
and Chicago, and the Naples and Springfield roads
VIII al be In running condition and prepared e
transport large quantities Of freight. Il Is there
Tore certain That we shall be in direct communics
ton with many corn growing districts, which, ir
times past, were accessible only to land CARR age
Is very important consideration to those who arr
disposed to make Investments predicated upon very
high prices
It may Be- said that the interior Of Illinois and
Jn0sana v Ill raise only half or Q third of crop
Very good; one half or even third Of the usus
quantity Is more than IL consumed, and the remain
der will be for export, at prices which will pay
better than feeding It TO- stock. In the West and
| particularly h the States named, farmers never
consider they are getting more than Il or zoe. Per
buehe for their corn when they feed it to hogs for
which, when fatted they receive 80 or 81 per lOObs
This 10 general calculation among the farmers who
feed large numbers for market, and there arc very
few who Will feed away their corn when they can
get 40c, or even Soc. per bushe from the crib. I,
II therefore safe to calculate on the usual not in.
creased supplies, should prices reach q very high
figure At 90 or even 60c. It can be brought Two OF
three hundred miles by railroad from the interior
and then pay the farmer better price than he is
IN the habit Of getting. The AVERAGE nrioA corn