Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-05
THE CROP BULLETIN
Bright Outlook For New
England Farmers.
AN ABUNDANT CROP OF HAY
Reports From Different Sections Show
Rain tn Have Been Plentiful.

Boston June The following weather
and crop bulletin has been issued from
the New England branch Of the United
States weather bureau for the week end
ing June 4;
The continued cloudy and wet weather
has delayed corn planting In southern
Maine, and with the cool weather has
somewhat checked the growth OF some
field crops. But grass and grain is every
where making rapid progress, and in
more northern sections all crops are doing
well. The feed in pastures is excellent,
and the prospects for an abundant hay
crop are said by some to have been never
better. Fruits are blossoming very full
in Aroostook county and all correspond
snts unite in reporting the outlook UNI
usually good for large crop. In Aroos-
took county the early potatoes are coming
mp In favorable localities. Some oorre-
spondents In southern counties report the
planting all completsd, but others say
there are quite good many seeds to be
put In yet.
Rain Delays Planting.
In all the southern counties In New
Hampshire, the ground il completely
filled, and in some lowlands the crops are
ing has been very much delayed, and
much replanting will have to be done.
Corn especially has been injured by the
continued wet and cold weather. 1t
looks anything but promising where 1t
has come up, and correspondents in all
the southern counties report that a great
deal has rotted In the ground. Some are
replantinR, but others will harrow the
ground for barley. Early paintings of
potatoes on dry land are growing nicely.
but others are very backward. Some
pasture lands need warmer weather,
but generally they are luxuriant,
while grass and grain is growing rapidly.
Blueberries show rather poorly In Rock
ingham county. Apples seem to hold on
well In this county, but in Sullivan, the
sets are blowing from the trees badly.
The apple prospect In this state is gem
orally better than was indicated directly
after the heavy frosts, but not so good as
earlier in the season, or in Maine at the
present time. A frost injured some crops
on the Soth, and together with the wet
weather, makes some growers rather dis
couraged.
Fair Crop ProspeotA
Not enough reports have been re-
ceived from Vermont to make fair state
ment Of crop prospects, but as the con-
ditions of the weather was much the
same as in New Hampshire, the results
must be very similar.
Ahead Of the Average.
The growth Of hoed crops has been re-
tarded in Massach usetts during the past
10 days, till at the present time they are
but little ahead of the average. In the
eastern part OF the state considerable corn
and potatoes have been planted over.
Potatoes that had a good start before the
rain are looking we'll IL not on too wet
land. Generally the correspondents re-
port the grass and grain growing finely
and with good crops promised, but in
northern Franklin county 1t Is looking
thin, with considerable sorrell, and in
western Plymouth county not more than
two-thirds of a crop Is indicated. Some
correspondents fear that the grass has
made such rapid growth 1t will lodge
badly later Blackberries are blossoming
very full and promise we'll. Straw berries
have been more or less injured by the
frosts. but good crop will be harvested
generally. Correspondents from north
ern Franklin county report that while
the fruit was not all killed by the frost Of
May Is, still there will be a small crop of
apples, few pears and no plums; but
almost all others say that pears and APP
Piles are setting very we'll and promise
much fruit The damage by canker
worms is increasing in nearly all eastern
counties, and the pest is spreading. The
heavy rain on the I'd was accompa panied
by hail in the Connecticut valley, doing
some damage. At Hadley the ground
WAS white with hail.
Crops Doing Well.
In the southern part of Rhode Island
there has been no i'll effects from the wet
weather, all crops continue to grow well,
and the conditions are very encouraging,
although warmer weather and more sun
shine will be very acceptable. In north
eastern and northern Connecticut the con-
ditions are much the same as in Massa-
chusetts; grass and grains are growing
we'll, and pastures look fne but hoed
crops are growing slowly, and seeds are
rottlng. In the southwestern part of the
state less rain fell, crops have grown WELL
and farm work could be carried on on all
but the wettest land. Early potatoes are
looking as well as need be, but late ones
are poor, and corn somewhat yellow. In
central counties II has been impossible to
complete the corn planting on account of
wet Pears have been blasted In some
parts Of New Haven county, but gen
orally the fruit crop remains promising.
Small fruits are mostly in good shape,
and In southern Fairfield county an inn
mense strawberry crop Is in prospect.
Reports From Other States
Cool weather prevailed, with frosts, over
the eastern part Of the United States
There was an excess Of rain In the north
east, and a deficiency in central states. In
New Jersey the winter nudge Is doing
considerable damage TO pears In Mis-
souri, pastures and meadows are getting
dry and short, aud in Iowa the grass
crop has been damaged beyond recovery
by the drought; In Ohio clover Is bloom
ing. and grass and grains are making fne
progress.
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offers unequaied advantages to the mer.
chants doing business Ia Pawtucket. lt en-.
Joys n circul alton which IL steadily increas
ing among n class OF residents who make
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