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ones are coming in we see signs of the disease in them. The weather for the last 
thirty days has been rainy, and the late hay and clover crops have been gathered 
in very bad condition. 
« Rye and buckwheat look well all over Holstein; both promise a heavy crop 
if the weather comes favorable to gather them. 
«The disease called trichina still lingers among swine in parts of Schleswig- 
Holstein, and causes sickness and death to all who eat the flesh in a raw 
condition. 
«There is no rinderpest, I believe, within this district at present, although one 
hears of cases occasionally in the interior of Germany, particularly southward ; 
but here, where the heaviest and greatest number of oxen are fattened for the 
English market, the disease has not appeared.” 
METEOROLOGY. 
JULY AND AUGUST, 1867. 
Correction —By an oversight in our July number, the table was headed 
“July ;” it was for June, only. 
A prediction.—The following note was received by due course of mail, soon 
after its date, and was preserved as requested. It will be seen by examining 
our table and the succeeding notes for August, that the cold wave exceeded in 
extent the writer’s caleulations—extending over the eastern and middle States, 
and away down south, as well as over the northwest : 
“ BOWLING GREEN, OuI0, July 25, 1867. 
“Dear Sir: From observations made by me on the electric and magnetic 
currents, followed by a change of air, I predict a cold current of air through 
this northwest country between the 27th and 30th of August, proximo. I 
think there will be frost in some places, unless clouds iutervene. Please keep 
this note until the 30th of August next, and see if I am right in the prediction. 
“JT remain truly yours, 
“JOHN CLARKE. 
«“ Hon. J. W. STOKES, 
“Acting Commissioner of Agriculture.” 
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On August 31, Mr. Clarke wrote: “'The expected electric magnetic current 
passed here at about 2 a. m. of the 28th, followed by other and similar waves, 
and succeeded by northwest winds, and on the morning of the 30th we felt a 
frost,” 
