fHE EFFECT'S OF A 

 DROUGHT 



FROM July 6 to Oftober 31, 1895, both 

 inclusive, a period of one hundred and 

 eighteen days, there were but seven during 

 which brief showers occurred, no one ex- 

 ceeding one-tenth of an inch of rain ; and 

 there were four days when there was pro- 

 longed, heavy precipitation, not exceeding 

 in any instance seven-tenths of an inch ; and 

 three days, or parts of twenty-four consecu- 

 tive hours, when fog condensed and a drizzle, 

 or " Scotch mist," prevailed. 



The more prolonged rains occurring Sep- 

 tember 26 and Oftober 13 caused little 

 brooks, that had been dry for several weeks, 

 to "run" for forty-eight hours, but there 

 was no freshening of the weeds or grass on 

 either upland or meadow. About our door- 

 yards and along the headlands, even where 

 shaded by rank weed-growths and the fences, 

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