Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-03
NEW ENGLAND WEATHER,

Weather Crop Bulletin No. 1-United States Department of Agriculture.
 Following is weather crop bulletin No. 1 # the New England weather service, United States department of agriculture. It is for the week ending April 30:
 BOSTON, May 2.-The United States de- oartment of agriculture, in cooperation | with the Massachusetts state board of az issued to-day the following l crop bulletin for the week ending April 30, 1894, with a general summary of l the weather for the winter 18o34 |
 The weather for the past winter in New England has been generally favorable for grass and winter grains, and for fruits ex cept peaches.
 The fall was pleasant and open and much work was completed and the ground put into good shape for the winter. De- cember QS93) as a month was cold, though the last half was warmer than usual, and the 25th was one of the warmest Christ mas days for number of years. The 14th was an extremely cold day. But through all the coldest weather the ground was we'll covered with snow throughout New Eng land. and comparatively little damage was done. The precipitation was slightly in excess. except in western districts.
 MA1NE's LOW TEMPERATURE.
 January was mild in all southern ssc- tions, but was cold with strong tempera- ture ranges in the extreme north. On the 10th and 11th the temperature fell to 30 or 40 degrees below zero in northern Maine, but there was Q fairly good cover ing of snow, and there has been no indi. cation of injury to grass or grain roots or fruit. The ground was not so we'll cover ed in the south, but the cold was less in- tense and probably nothing suffered.
 February was the ''winter' month of the season, and gave much stormy, cold weath- CT. The 24th was the ooldest day for the month, and in many places the coldest for years. At Provincetown, Msss., on Cape Cod, the temperature feil to degree be- low zero-the lowest ever recorded by the present observer. Along the south ern and eastern coasts the highest for the day was from degrees to 12 degrees above zero, while in western Massachusetts, Yer mont and New Hampshire the warmest part of the day showed from degrees to Il degrees below zero. The ground was we'll protected with snow through all this cold and little damage was done to roots. Fruit growers, however, rep ort much dam age to peaches, and various estimates give from 60 per cent to 80 per cent killed.
 March was extremely 'Harm and dry.
 All the first two-thirds of the month was
 unseasonsbly warm; the snow disappeared
 rapidly, and buds began to swell and even to start slightly. The last part of the
 month was colder, wisa Q sharp cold wave on the 27th. Very great damage was done
 in the central and southern parts of
 the United States, and at first it was feared
 that New England had suffered with the rest. The following e1tsracts are from prominent fruit growers.
 STATEMENT OF FRUIT. GROWERS. O. W. Hubbard, iddletown, Conn.,, if convinced that no damage has been done to apple or pear buds, as they had mol reached a atage of development to sustain
 injury. In regard to peach buds he hai made an examination, and upon cutting them open found them softened but moi discolored, as ia usually the case whs1 ruined by cold. He has made compari
 sons throughonh the orchards in the state and calculates tb at tho amount saved will
 be about 15 per cent. J. H. Hale. South Glastonbury, Conn. "As you may know, GO to 80 per cent. ot the peach buds in Connecticut were killed by the cold weather of February 24; tho balance wss evenly distributed over tho trees and were badly swollen by the wsru weather. Careful examination now show I that not more than 3 per cent. of those re msining have been injured by the cold oi this month (lIarch) and if no further dam age is done there ls still fair prospect o1 | a crop of peaches of most varieties through | out central Connecticut, and, I am inclined | to think, all over the state."
 Professor L. F. Kinney, Kingston, R. l. eve find no indications that the recent cold spell has injured the fruit buds in this localty."
 Dr. J. Fisher, Fitohburg, Mass ''1 think no buds of fruit trees were sufici.
 gently swollen to be injured by the re
 cent cold spell. The buds in the three northern states were even less advanced
 and with few exceptions no damage is feared"
 FAVORABLE SPRING WEATHER.
 April has been generally very favorable for farm work and growth of crops, and the end of the month finds the season fully two weeks ahead of the average. Grass is universally reported in fine shape, except where the drought of last year makes thin stand now. The latter part of the month was mostly dry, with only one-fourth to one-half inch in the past week; the general report Is that the top of the ground is getting quite dry and that rain would advance vegetation very much.
 At Eastport, Me-, the rainfall for the month is 1.30 inches below the normal, and the deficiency from the usual amount since January is fully 10 inches. Except this lack of rains the weather in this state hoo hoov, ha~ been begun, and in few instances grain has bsen sown and gardens planted, though this work Is not general yet. The corres- pondent at Houlton cites only one instance Of field potatoes being planted.
 In nothern New Hampshire and Vermont the conditions are much the same ss in Maine, except on the shores of Lake Cham plain, where the season Is more advanced. In the southern counties grain has been mostly sown and some potatoes and gar dena planted. Grass looks especially we'll. and in a few pastures cattle are getting their entire living.
 Quite . good deal of work has been done in Massachusetts; early vegetables are com and rhubarb is ready for market. Plums and cherries are in blossom and buds are very rapidly on other fruit. At Grafton, Mass., raspberrieA were badly winter killed. Rye is almost ready to cut in some fields.
 In the southern part of Rhode Island and Connecticut fruit buds are in blossom, grain Is mostly aowR, asparagus is in mar ket and potatoes are reported as half plant ed. The peaches generally show . very poor blossom.
 Professor Hoppin's Sermons.
 A second edition of the book entitled ''s3ermons on Faith, Hope and Love" has keen published by Dodd, Mead & Go. It some additional sermons and is otherwise enlarged and improved. For safe at Judd's bookstore.
 Patrolmen Complimented.
 Patrolmen Williams and Ahern were yesterday strongly complimented by Cap tain Wrinn and City Attorney Fox for the able manner in which they had secured evidence by means of which Charles Ross oR HR Wh3k;po sk~ook oa~,Id y,. ,,~~s>&>a ,R