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TisJrilwa, lUinnis. — June 7. — Frost this morning so as to partly kill corn- 

 blades in bottom land. Some frost on high ground, but not to hurt anything. 



Athens, Mhsonri. — June 2 — Frost enough last night to bite vines, kill 

 some of the hickory leaves, and turn the corn yellow. Thermometer at 7 a m. 

 on the 1st, 31°; at 7 a. m. on the 2d, 22^. The coldest day of the month, sub- 

 sequent to the 3d, was the 12th. 



Bloomjield, Wisconsin. — June 6. — Frost; injured melons, beans, tomatoes, 

 and potatoes. 



Emharras, Wiscoiisin. — June 7. — Frost this morning hard enough to nip 

 beans a little ; 10th, slight frost; 11th, very hard frost, killing beans, and dam- 

 aging corn, potatoes, &c ; 12lh and 13 h, slight frost. 



Green Bay, Wisconsin. — June 11, 12. — Late frost; a part of the early sugar 

 corn, beans, and potatoes destroyed. 



Ij(bano7i, Wisconsin. — Frost every morningfrom the 9th to the 14th of June, 

 inclusive. On the morning of the 11th, ice formed an eighth of an inch thick ; 

 corn injured considerably, potatoes also damaged. 



Manitowoc, Wisconsin. — June 7. — Frost ; grapevines not sheltered killed; 

 potatoes the same. Frost also on the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13i;h, 14th. 



MUicaukce, Wisconsin. — June 9, 11. — Frost both days. 



Fort Madison, loiva. — June 12. — Frost this morning; ice formed on water; 

 vegetation not hurt. 



Independence, Iowa. — June 6, 11. — Frost on both these mornings, 



Waterloo, Iowa. — June 12. — A little frost in low spots; no damage done. 



Pleasant Plain, Iowa — June 12. — Frost; injured beans on low grounds. 



Mount Pleasant, Iowa. — June 11, 12. — A sli":ht frost, but not euousfh to do 

 any damage. It was mostly confined to low places, and killed only a few corn- 

 blades. 



Lijons, lorva. — June 10, 11, 12. — Slight frost on the bottoms. 



Algona, Iowa. — June 6 — Quite a severe frost, doing considerable damage, 

 particularly to vines, beans, pumpkins, &;c. June 10, another frost, but not 

 quite so severe. 



Beaver Bay, Minnesota. — June 6, 11. — Slight frost; no iujury done. 



*SV. Paul, Minnesota. — June 6, 7. — Frost on both mornings, injuring pastures, 

 and in some instances gardens. 



DEOUGHT. 



Gardiner, Maine — June has been very dry, the average of the month for 

 the last twenty-six years being 3.286 inches ; this year 0. 900. The smallest 

 amount of moisture in June in any of those yeai-s hitherto was, in 1853, 0.952. 

 There have been but four instances of any month so diy, viz : March, 1856, 

 the same; April, 1844, 0.653; May, 1852, 0.360; May, 1860, 0.872. 



Providence, Rhod-e Island. — The amount of rain in June was less than 

 one-third of the average quantity for a period of thirty-three years ; and the 

 amount for the six months ending June 30 was 2. 67 inches less than the 

 average for the same period. 



Sacramento, California. — The amount of rain for June was equal to the 

 average, but the preceding winter had been remarkably dry, and the whole 

 season has been the driest, except 1850-'51, of any on Dr. Logan's record. 

 The amount from September 1, 1863, to June 30, 1864, was 7. 78 inches, which 

 is about ten inches less than the average for the preceding eleven years. 



