The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-08-19

THE CRors OF NEW ENsLAND. The
drouth which has peryaded the country
has been seriously felt in New England:
but the damage to what may be called
the staples OF this section has not been
so great as the exaggerated accounts
from particularly exposed localities
would have the country to SUPPOSE
Hay and potatoes and dairy products
are the principal agricultural reliance
of New England farmers. The hay
crop has been secured under circum-
stances unusually favorable Owing to
the abundant moisture in the early
part Of the season, the grass was well
set and came forward vigorously. bear
ing heavier crop than the average
to the acre The entire having season
passed with scarcely a days Interrupt
ton when hay could not be made The
continuing drouth admomshed farmers
that they must expedite their hay-mak-
ing, and the result is a crop safely
housed larger than the average pro
duct The quality of the hay, also, is
good The only damage that would be
sustained in this direction the failure
OF the second crop and the driving up
of the fail feed-has been happily aver
ted by pervading and penetrating rains
which have extended throughout New
England. There is now no apprehen-
sion entertained concerning the guam
tity of dairy produce. 1t will rather
exceed than fail below the average of
the best years, and the price of butter
and cheese, in fair open market, I'M
der free competition, ought, very soon,
to recede considerable from the high
figures that now prevail
The potato crop in Massachusetts,,
New Hampshire and Vermont has suf-
fered extremely, and fields that were
early planted have passed beyond the
period when any hope of crop can be
realized. But later plantations, and
they include three-quarters of the
whole, are in condition to be i'm
mensely benefited by the recent favor
able weather, and though we shall not
have even good average yield, there
will be no potato famine The de-
creased consumption under the high
prices that are now asked, will, if it
continues two months longer, leave n
supply of potatoes on the LIST of Octo-
Der equal to any we have had for years
The grain crops of this section have
never been of much account in a com
mercial point of view. excepting Indian
corn, which looks well and promises
well. The early varieties have suffer
ed which makes green corn scarce and
high, but their suffering in no way af-
fects the general field crop. The yield
will be a moderate average. Oats and
wheat will also give a moderate aver
age yield.
These remarks have general appli-
cation to all parts of Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Vermont. They
are the result of conversations had with
farmers from every section in these
states. Apples which set well in bios
som have suffered in very many in
stances from the canker worm and the
drouth, but there will be good crop
of winter fruit. Cranberries on Cape
Cod, prominent locality for this cul-
ture, will not yield more than half the
usual produce, owing to the appear
ance of the cranberry worm. In other
sections there is no complaint. On
ions, large and prominent product of
New England, promise an extraordi-
nary yield.
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