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Prairie City Ill
May 18 1860
Mr J A Kennicott
Dear Sir
I sent you by mail Some days Since $20,00 to Square the old a/c or as much of it as that amt would do I have Since got a little uneasy about it fearing that it might get Lost on the way please write me immediately upon this arrival and inform me whether it has yet arrived
We have had had a very dry Season So far and if we can judge any thing of the future by the present it will be likely to remain so. If we do not have rain Soon we will not have half a crop of anything not even of corn which is our main Stand by - also a great
[written down right margin: Bobs letter to Bruno in P. Farmer is good]
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portion of the corn has never started to grow at all and much that did make the effort perished in consequence of drouth Farmers are very much discouraged at the prospects but it is not yet to late to replant the corn which most of them will do if it would do - Fruit is about all killed by the frosts in April
Our Sales were moderately liberal this Spring but if farmers do not rais a crop I fear it will be hard to Collect - but we do not expet to give it up so as two of us designs going out Soon to take ordes for fall delivey will you have lots of Gooseberres Currants Grapes blackberry of --good-- size if so write me Sometime when at leasure and give me price We got out our grafts in good Season and they are doing as well as could be expected also currants & gooseberres & Rhubarb but Graps have gone by the board I mean the cuttings We can fully Simpathise with you on account of you misfortune caused by last Seasons drouth but we hope such will not be the case again Soon but I must close write Soon
Most Respectfully yours
J Cunningham
