The Recent Drought in England
A gentleman in Worcester, England, writing to his brother, who is a resident in Feilding, by the last 'Frisco Mail, under , tlftto July 4, 1893, says :— " 1 fear I shall not be able to write you a cheerful letter as I am regularly done up with this awful heat, and the daily watching of vegetation, fruit trees, etc., dying from this extraordinary drought, is most tiei pressing- We have had no rain here to do any good since February, and the whole district looks liken desert. Bain has fallen in some parts of the country, but we have not been so favoured. You can have no idea what it is. The farmers are cutting oats and wheat green for fodtlor, and Canadian hay is being sold in Upton at £6 per ton. Men in boats cut the rushes and water grasses on the river banks for cattle food. Don't know what will bo done if wo have a hard winter. It will be absolute ruin to many farmers, who are badly enough off to begin with."
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 39, 15 August 1893, Page 2
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181The Recent Drought in England Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 39, 15 August 1893, Page 2
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