Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-07-24
fields DRIED Up.
New England Farmers
Losing Heavily.
NO RAIN is THE CAUSE.
The Condition of Things in Southern
Districts Nor Encourage &

/ letiu Tor the week Just ended In Issued
by the New England weatherservioei
A long, serious drought, with the last
few days the hottest Of the season, and
ending with heavy and damaging
thunder showers. tells the story of the
weather for the past week In central New
England. The Goth was the hottest day
Of the season In most central counties. and
fields and crops wer. badly scorehed by
the sun
| Not Enough Rain.
The heavy thunder shower OF the glst
and the rain durinR the same night and
on the early morning OF the 22d were con-
hned mostly TO southern New Hampshire
| and Vermont, northern Connecticut and
all OF Massa chusetts except In the ex-
treme southeast; IL was heaviest on the
coast north Of Boston. At Nantucket
| the fall was only trace At Block
Island, X. L. not measurable amount
fell, and at Kingston L. J.. only .07 inch.
In Connecticut the amount varied from
.Ol inch In the extreme south To nearly an
inch In the north AZ Ipswich ia north
east Massachusetts, / 90 inches came and
| at Boston LlS inches. At Newton. just
over the line ia New Hampshire. Only IS
inch Of rain fell aud at SanbOrnton In the
central part OF the state IL was only 80
inch with - inch Of that on the 2sd. At
Northfeld VI, the fall WAS 10 inch, and
at Eastport. Me-, .OI inch. The deficiency
at Eastport since jan. IL IS inches
Nothing IL suffering In the northern
counties; the drought has been tem porar-
ily relieved In central districts, but In
the south IL continues with damaging ef-
fects. In New London. Conn, crops are
still suffering terribly; wells are drying,
and some streams are lower than ever no
tioed before. Some damage was done By
hail at South Hadley. Mass, on the 10th
The Hay Crop.
Hot aud mostly fair weather has pre-
vailed IN the northern states during the
week. and the hayins has been pushed
rapidly. Ia northern counties Il turns
out very we'll, aud In the vicinity Of Carl
bou. Aroostook county. Ne, tt 10 reported
to be the largest hay crop ever gathered.
In southern counties where drought has
prevailed, though above the average In
amount, it IL better than was expected a
few weeks ago. and ls Of such fne quality
that some think Il makes full money
value, newly cut nslds have suffered
much here In the past week. Clover,
especially, has suffered In Windhsm,
county, Vt Farmers are cutting their
oats for fodder IN Rockingham end Mer-
rimack counties, N. HI IN Sullivan county
they are heading well In spite Of the
rust
Some Fields Dsyond Help.
In the southeast counties In New
Hampshire potatoes have suffered from
drought, aud { sw nsids are past help
The crop il progressing we'll In Aroos
took county, Ne, early ones are In the
markss there. Corn 10 growing finely
with the warm weather, sxcept In dry
places, In southern New Hampshire and
Vermont Apples continue 30 tall from
the tssss Black kbsrries are hpsning, snd
will be plenty II vet weather pesvaila
Pastures are holding their tesd we'll.
One Farmss Lost Over $4,000.
The very serious drought In northeast
erp Massachusetts, has been well broken
for the time. The rain was heaviest In
the section where it was evidently most
needed, and great good has been done.
The loss from the dry weather will be
heavy 20 market gardeners especially;
thousands of dollars will not cover the
loss 20 them In summer vegetables Que
farmer near Boston reports that HE loss
on onions alone will be over tl0, 600
Black berries are Q total loss In places.
Sweet corn has been greatly damaged
and wss rolling badly.
Hoping For Wet weather.
In central and western Massachusetts
most fields Of potatoes are green. and with
wet weather now they will improve very
much. Much haying has been done and
the greater part OF the English hay has
been put In the best OF condition. The
outlook for the second crop Is very poor
indeed, az the fields have been badly dried
Pastures are very dry. Celery plants are
being set aud are looking we'll Apples
are dropping badly IN the eastern, but
hang on vel. In western. eounties
The southern stste~
notwithstanding the local showers
over Rhode Island and Connecticut, mC e
rain il badly neeoed and most crops are
suffering. especially In southern and
eastern sections Potatoes have probab ,
been damaged most Of all crops In th' :
states, although market gardens hs
been very badly injured Early potato, :,
unless on very wet ground. have been In
| jured past recovery, and In some places
| are reported not worth the digging. In
Washington county II. l.. some early po-
tAtoss have been dug and are below che
average In Fairfield county, Corn,
some tops are still holding green, bus th,
tubers have stopped growing. In q good
many places the hopes that have been en-
tertained for the late potatoes have nearly
vanished, and the crop must be light
Nothing TO Sell.
In Wsstvilie, ia New Haven county
part Of the market gardeners have takei
| nf thair wauoaa and diacharuaA mart 4,
their workmen, AS they have little v
nothing 10 sell Tobacco Is reported V n
uneven, late act piece failing 20 star, we'll
Most correspondents say that the rain h u
saved the corn. though more rain wIl
help IL Turnips have been grsatl
helped. In Fairfield county onions hav
stopped making top and are reported q
be bottoming down. II has been too dr.
for buckwheat The oat harvest has b.
gun In Hartford county. The crop vii
be nearly an average one. but In Wash
ington county, X L. IL will be below tn
average
Bsrries Are Drying.
Haying hRs been pushed and the quAl
ity IL extra good. Cut fields have SUI
fered terribly; pastures are dry and brow
and cattle have TO be fed much from tn
barns Berries are drying badly Appir
are still dropping Tut most places
port a fair crop In prospect Pears cor
tinue good Grapes are not doing we'll Il