Owing to the recent fur nine south of us the outcome of the harvests is watched here with even more then usual interest. The tall millet and ordinary millet crops have unfortunately not been good at all.
There was a serious lack of rain in July and early August which stunted the growth of the millet, whether for food stuff or fuel. Conditions are "till worse southwards. To make matters much worse the beau harvest, owing to lack of rain when the pods were forming, will be practically a total failure in this whole region. The prices of grain fare even now away above the normal, and the outlook for the winter is anything but cheering.
In spite of these discouraging condi-tious the building movement, to which reference has been made in this correspondence, is continuing both in the city afd south suburb, Of course the high prices of grain and the fluctustious in the market quotations are sources of extra profit to those who possess either Innd or capital.
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