Since we commenced plowing in the Spring we are having a very dry Season  I never Saw the Streams So low and water So Scarce in wells So early in the Season  Corn looks well considering the drouth but if we do not get rain very soon we cannot have much corn  it is begining to tassle & the ground is as dry as dust & you know corn must have rain in earing time  wheat as general thing is light Some winter & Some early Sowed Spring wheat is very good  the Chince Bug has done more damage this Season than I ever Saw any Season a majority of the wheat is now in Shock it has mostly been cut when the Stock was perfectly green  we have about concluded ours is not worth cutting  I cannot tel how yours is but I think it is prety badly bugged  I believe your Stock as far as I know is doing well  Cyrus had the dun pony up last week  She looks fine  we have Kit here She is doing well  She has a prety good colt not large but well put up  I Saw A Barton he is quite unwell  I was sory to learn from him that you was Sick & in the Hospital  we were all very much troubled about it  we were Some what relieved last evening when Mary came home and brought a letter from you Stating that
