The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-02
LARsEsr DROUGHT ON RECORD.
weather Crop Bulletin of the New Eng
 land Weather Service.

 Weather Crop Bulletin of the New Eng
 land Weather Service.
 Boston. August l.-The New England weather service issues the following weather-crop bulletin for the week end ing July 30. lsst.
 The week has been one of extreme heat in all southern sections. with serious drought in the extreme south' At New York city the rainfall has been only .0t inch; at New London, Conn.,, .o6 inch; at Block Island. R. L. ,o6 inch. and at Nantucket. Mass, .lt inch; .3l inch fell at Kingston. K. l.; .S3 at New Britain, Conn..and ,6o at Middleboro. Mass. but in some places all over this southern district not more than a trace came. while the sky has been almost clear and the heat intense.
 Only about one fourth inch fell in the Connecticut valley north of Connecti- cut. and in most of Vermont. About three-fourths inch fell In central and northern New Hampshire: from half an Inch to an inch in most Of Maine, and from one inch to over two inches In southern New Hampshire and along the coast from Portland to Boston. The shower of the 29th was particular ly heavy in southern New Hampshire, and much damage was done by light ming and wind, and some hall. At haI tho al In 6ffaan minutes.
 At Boston 2.80 inches of rain have fal- len since July 2l-more than fell in all the time from May 25 to July 20.
 Rain Is needed in the vicinity of East port and in southern Aroostook county. but for the most part all crops are making extremely good growth. The hay crop is being gathered fast with the bright sunshine; pastures are holding well. In places the oat crop will be bet ter than was expected a few weeks ago, as they are heading out very well. but in others they are blighting and will not amount to much. The rain and wind on the 24th lodged grain to some extent in Penobscot county. In vicinity of Caribou in Aroostook coun- ty potatoes are rusting some and the crop is not expected to be an average, but farther south the tubers are grow ing fast with no sign of rust. They are reported very fine in Washington county. | The first of the week was cool, but hot weather has prevailed for the last few days and crops have dried some- what in southern and central counties. The shower of Sunday night has helped them, though considerable damage was done to corn and fruit by the wind ac- companying it. Corn is growing fast, except on the very dry land. Potatoes
 are pronounced good in the north, but
 backward in the Rockingham county;
 gardens are in fine shape. Potatoes
 are doing well in northern counties Oats promise an average yield in
 Cheshire county. Pastures are drying
 in southern counties. Raspberries are
 very poor in places and quite number
 report that blueberries are not at all
 plenty. Blackberries promise well. .Ap'
 pies hang on the trees we'll generally.
 All central and southern Vermont
 seems to have escaped most of thu |
 rain of the previous week, and mor' rain is needed. 1here has been plent! of sunshine, and 1t has been improved
 in rushing work in the hay field; som' have completed having, with goot crop. Berries are very scarce in thu , southern counties! Apples are report ed to be a good crop in some places while in other orchards not far ava. , there is hardly an apple to be seen. The extremely hot, dry weather ha dried the crops very rapidly, and fl . the western, central and southern dis i, tricts, where the showers of the 24tl } and 29th were light or only moderat 5 in amount, all crops are suffering fo } water. Pastures are probably feelin l the need of rain as much as anything l considerable stock have to be fed fror l the barn or depend on browse. Rowe = Is starting very slowly, and the move 7 fields look very bare; the outlook for 5 second crop has apparently not bee g so poor for years in most sections = Cranberries made good growth dul
 ing the week, though this crop is ger I erally reported rather light. Tobaco I and corn are growing fast; tobacco n nearly all ready to top in Frankli 8 county. Apples promise abundant ere :. in the northeast, especially, of earl r varieties. Blackberries are ripenir e fast, but small crop is indicated. y is rather dry for cucumbers, and V; e rious kinds of seeds for winter true '- failed to come well, and hence it wi
 shorten the supply in eastern countie
 The weather was very hot and dr
 and though a smart shower on the 24'
 gave some relief in the southern par
 of, the state, in parts of Providen n county no rain fell at all and ever
 thipgt Is, suffering. Having is abo 'f completed. Corn is growing well I. most places. In Washington county d number of farmers are digging the st potatoes and find the crop turns o g fairly well.
 a The drought continues very serious v- in Connecticut, the showers bei y mostly local and giving little rain, a, it only temporary relief where they at come. Fruit is drying up and drc ne ping. Corn and tobacco, which ha of stood the drought better than mt ,h crops, are now drying and being gre' y- ly injured.- Pastures and meadows he dry and brown, and much feeding p, being done from the barn, and milk K shrinking very much. m The following report from the wea' or e,. S>,,voov oy>coyvor of Nnyv 1sNp6oN Tsf