, 1864-06-28
Chicago Uribnue.
TUESDAY, JUNE %, 1864.
THE WAITER AND UROPA



The WRATRAR AND CROPS.
WISCONSIN.
IHE WHlTHhn AND Onore.-Tho Oldest
inhabitsut Of Whitewater docs not r.
collect aeason in which the drought w&s
90 protrseted and severe a. it il At present:
rain, with the exception of slight shower
on Sunday last, sca1cely sufficient to damp
en- the surface ofthe ground. In other 10
caiities, xnd in soms llaces in our immedi-
ate vicinity, they have been mort fortunate.
Ihe c.ops, juAt here, are, as . matter of
grains are materially damaged, aud . half
crop will be an aetonishing yield. Hay in
msnJ places Is scarcely worth the cutting.
Early planted potatoes look tolerably well,
aDd the same may be said Of corn. but late
planted is doing nothing. stu, there is Jet
time for corn and potatoes, If We ret rain
soor, but fortnight more such weather
will shout ruin their prospects, Wsiteuater
RegiHer, 25M
The Green Bay >4dcoease says, still there Il
no rain nor signs Ct any In that. region.
Small streams are drying up; the rivers arc
low; vegetation is maturing witha stunted
growth; the earth Is parched, and except in
low places dried down below the depth Of
roots; the air is at times filed with smoke
from burning woods eomeWhere-we know
moi. where; The Sun rises bright In the morn
ing and shines with steady, undimlnished
blaze until night, and when be settles away,
the moon, as with garments dipped In blood,
mers are becoming discouraged, and indeed
the blues prevail generally, for calamity Of
3 failure Of the crops will be no greater to
the farmer than to others- We have now had
se,~a sn<eks Of oreuah4, and the prospects ara
dark The editor haa taken pains to make
I'M nf HS1$ "a fnf r.
encouraging in reply The same paper ad-
vises the importation Of hay from Buffalo,
where it cal, be had for $40 or $1o per ton,
and freight for nothing. =.
thirty yesrs tells the editor Of the -4deoszfs
he never before knew 50 revere drought
and ons doing 20 much damage.
The Adros te eaJs, the continued drought
is creating q little panic here, among farmers
and others, md many have laid In supplies
OF -four, some Of them tor = year to come, In
anticipation of still higher prices, and not
raising enough wheat for their own uRe.
Thu juneau County 1r1us Of late date
suffering for want Of rhfn. Hay Will be
scarce.
Tho Janeaville gasette of the Sd ststes tho
continued heat rs unprecedented, and the
continued drought as still more unpreccdeut-
ed. Rock River is very loV-pro5AblJ WAS
never lower. The Gazsts thinks there will
be rain-sometime.
The Monroe S4.tir1 chronicles nice show
er In that neIgbborhood, wha9h wet tue
ground to the depth Of some three or four
1ncbes~ Farmers, 1t says, are generally dis
conrssed In that vicinity, counting on not
moro than half crop at best
No min, il tho report Of the Fox Lake
Gazent, and the heat from 81 in the shade to
10 in tho eun. Rains have fallen In the vicin.
ity. Three days steady;rain are needed.
Many pieces tn sauk county, the -Rep.tJe
EaYs, were visited by nice shower on Sum
ous wind. It ralned hHrd At Re adsburg.
Tho WauBesh4 Dtn,~cras eaya:
ave have recently travelled several miles
In different directions over the country, and
go lar ns our observation extended tho ap-
pearance Of crops seemed very meagre
| Grasses and grains seemed to be Withertng
| into the ground, with the exception Of rare
patches Of clover, wiuter wheat aud re.
With rain now, and a favorable Season here
after, corr ard vegetables might he an aver.
sgc crop, but spring grain aud graas are too
far gone to amount to much"
R41N.-Last Sunday aftsrnoob, for the first
time in SIX weeks, the vicinity was visited by
\ copionn and welcome shower, which has
produced great and favorable change in the
appearance Of the fields all around. The
condition Of this PORTION Of the state Is most
discoutaeing, as far a the crops are concern
ed There will be no fruit. Winter wheat
has not suffered 10 much As spring, but the
1ield Of the former Mill ba very light Thiie
that OF the latter. un1eas IN immediate change
takes place, will hardly be worth harvest
Ing. The meadows are SO dried up And
ecorcbed that hay will be scarce and poor at
the best. Corn and potatoes are not 20 bad
10 maturity. We hope the crops wifi turn
out better than they now appear; but the
prospect il E1oomy.-TV TV1trsonn Dem,
TIE DRoCeu1.-Ihed drought In many parts
Of the State continu~s unabated On 6atur-
day night Of 1aSt week and Sunday morring,
however. Boms portions OF the State were
slight in rome places and quite thorough
In others. The sho~e1s appeared to pass
over In narrow belts nj over tho State, as
We frequently hear of good. rains in some
there was not the least drop. Il was 10 IN
this county. In this city the Rho<er was
very elight-a sort of e no count affair."
while at Randolph, and In some of the
heavy, and did much good. The damage
already done to the crops, however, ID very
| severe, and tie prospect ia that 1t will be
much more.-Fovt4.,e Ryiser, oith
TUE WEArnER.-Sereral Of our exchanges
cxult over the recent tali Of little drops Of
water" In their respective localities, but Ne
are LETT to '.watch and wait'' tor The first in
dicAtious Of 4 shower sipce the 7th of May,
except on Sunday Inst, when about COM
mon sized Fprinkiing pot WAS emptied over
the village, no, reaching s*the country" snd
only t.iaIing the uust" In town. The coz
g1nns are a complete failure, dry meadows
Yield no fodder, garden vegtt,b'"s are as
| scarce as Amint drops" pastures are III arid
waste Old Sol pours down, dag utter day,
his scorchiag rays, uncaecked BY cloud or
E1ist- No rainbow ''is set" and We don't
| - tf,o &+1En nx.I fnt mn
sadly elongated, while the gaunt herds low
ard mtxn in view Of utter starvation
B+tedAtad : bid, 24tAs
l. ILLINOIS.
TIE DROUGHT AND CHoPs.-1n some por-
,tiuus Of the county there has been no rain for
six weeks, and on clay and candy 1and, the
en:u]l grains will not yield more than half q
crop ii there should be rain within few
dsAE-1f not, there viii be an entire failure.
On Low land crops still look compar l1isely
we'll, snd will not be seriously affected it ne
elnul1 bare rain shortly. Tn Saturday and
vurd d with fne SHOW ers, which have saved
the crops In those sections. Hay will be a
VERY light crOr aud our farmers should saye
all the straW possible in order to dill the Va
cupm that will be msde thereby. Rye and
Ill winter grains are entire failures. The
prospect ioT a good crop OF corn is good,
provided we hare favorable fall. but the
crop is SO backward that, shonld We have
early froste, they win not be ont Of the way.
-t!ye Co. R<pc5ter, I'd.
On last Sunday we were visited By one Of
the most refreshing rains Of the SEASON. 1t
has been Of great value to the farmers Of
our county. Taking into consideration the
latcncss Of the planting Season, corn looks
well, md the wheat crop, thouSh not .ener-
alls 60 good, bids fair to be as large u last
Jea1.-jespe7 c.. Drtn, 24sk.
MISEEsUTA.
RA1S.-A fine sho wcr OF rain fell on Sun
day morning, Which must prove of. i'm nenec