Angast 31.
On July 29 the long continued drought came to an end, bat too late to save the sorghum and maize. Vege tables and beans will be all right, bat the prospect for the winter deepens in sadness and anxiety, This is the fourth ear in succession that a lack of rain in due season has impoverished the crops, and there will be many hungry ones throughout wide area. Already the price of grain i double what it was six months ago, and many people are using roots and shrab: to make soup.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.