The Archive · 1903

Frost Damages the Crops

One morning, about the middle of October, we got up to find ever ting w www With a very heavy frost. The wi frost, added to tne Into onseque he rtenmer drought, were node very tne of ever 100 the south-west. in the corn and the cabbage, The ears of corn were aiataal at best very many of them were e-right by the frost sorns ten or twelve befure they were rips. nnd so the be ground and is only fit mals, It mowns " heave poor farmers to haw qua ter +f their ea u unfit for grinde grent care every shered up; fuel-gatherers y available straw and caf, and th: boys ae clubbing trees to wet the leaves Lefore the tim The Tate in Political Affairs.

ime was when those who travelled jou over the country seldom hada que tion a-ked wr sew apy inde that:

terest wha as taken vere rin the course -f the tion is dst-minated very ely. and i+ net olwey: but the people are wal more and more cage home awd ebro: the come plete eccupition of Rus was known mary wil some cues the lame was lid at the or of Peking with manif st foehn, litre elses id. fu other cases it "appeared

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