Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-14
WELLS RUNNING DRY.
Continued Dry Weather Had
Bad Effect Upon Crops.
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET LAND READY

Peninsula Farmers Have not Been Able
to Plow Yet-The Past Week One Of
Cool Nights and Hot suns-Corn on
Most Lands short with Little Prospect
of Revival.
The United States department of agri-
culture, weather bureau, which is oper-
ated in this section by the Maryland state
weather service, has issued the weather
crop bulletin for the week ending Mon
day, September -:
The rainfall of the week came in light
showers, many sections receiving none at
all and the more fortunate sections not
nearly enough. The days We're quite
warm, with an average amount of sun
shine, and the nights cool The average
temperature was below the normal at
Baltimore and Washington, and prob
ably in all portions.
In eastern Maryland the weather was
very favorable for fodder saving and gem
erai farm work, but the fallow ground is
too dry for proper working, and pastures
corn, potatoes and all growing crops arc
very much in need of rain.
The following is the crop report for
| Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Mary
land
Milford. Kent County Tho continued
dry weather is having n very bad effect
upon all vegetation, and is preventing
wheat sowing. 1t is impossible to get
the ground ready
Kirkwood. New Castle County. Only
one rain during the week Weather cool
and cloudy nearly all the week Farmers
have not been able to plow yet Toma-
toes ripening fast.
Salisbury Wicomico County - The
weather is excessively dry, which is un-
favorable to late corn, potatoes, tomatoes
cabbage and all other late crops and bad
on fallow plowing.
Cambridge. Dorchester County. y.-The
weather for the past seven days has been
all that could be desired for saving blade
and top fodder, hauling manure anC
general farm work Drouth still con
tinues. Pastures poor. Wells running
dry. Nights very cool.
Twilley, Wicomico County.-No raiI
the past week, but cold nights whicl
have cut off late corn. Fine weather fol
fodder saving.
Cornersville, Dorchester County,
Farmers, generally, have taken advan
tage of this spell of dry weather to saw
their fodder, and are now nearly done
A light shower on Thursday night wa
far from enough to supply our dry we'll
with water
Barron Creek Springs, Wicomic
County The past week has been ON
of cool nights hot suns and no rain
Fodder saving has progressed rapidly
and not few farmers have finished
The quality will not be up TO the stan
. dard, and late round potatoes vii
scarcely yield seed Corn, on most lands
is very short, with little prospect of re
vival, whilst sorry pastures must brin
early use of provender
Walnut Landing, Dorchester county
The weather during the past week ha
o. been moderately cool mornings and even
! ings. No rain has fallen for some time
/ Most of the farmers have finished savin
/ fodder. Apples, peaches and potatoe
are scarce.
Denton, Caroline county.-The drout
4 still continues, and everything in th
4 vegetable line is suffering. Hundred
e of acres of fallow land, which woul
e have been turned for wheat, remain III
T. plowed, and now they will not be ploweC
The tomato crop will be short, late Iris
potatoes will be nearly failure, pastul
is dried up and in some sections Of I'll
country the farmers are now feedin
-. their stock.
Coleman, Kent County. extren
dry weather has dried up the pasture
O badly. Fallow ground is too dry to
properly prepared for wheat I'll
!, weather is very favorable for corn Gu
Il ting, which is progressing rapidl
d Bartlett, Howell and Seckle pears ma
p keted. Duchess a total failure; keefer
good crop, and just beginning to drop.
p Roberts, Queen Anne's County.-Tl
II past seven days have been very war
d and dry Farmers are busy cutting cor
'e The prospect is for light crop Of ear
e, corn. The late. however, is well file
{, which will make the average fair GRO
y A good rain is needed to prepare q
e ground for wheat.