The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-20
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Damage by Frost Becomes More Ap.
parent in New Hampshire.
Warm Weather Helped Corn-Reports
Of Fair Crops of Strawberries and
Cherries.
BIZ The Associated Pres,

BOSTON, June 20.-The crop bulletin Is
sued by the New England Weather Ser
vice for the week ending June IS, 1894,
says:
Mostly warm and pleasant weather has
prevailed in Maine during the week Just
passed, and most crops have felt the influ-
ence OF the high temperature and sun
shine. Corn aud potatoes especially are
pushing ahead fast.
In Aroostook county the moderately
late planted potatoes are doing the best.
On some fields, where 1t was thought
much seed had rotted, later developments
show that most of IL is coming, though
rather unevenly. The potato bugs are re-
ported thicker than ever known before
and in almost countless mum bers Squash
bugs are doing quite good deal of dam.
age. Fruit prospects continue fine. The
strawberry crop promises very large in
Aroostook county.
New Hampshire.
Corn Is growing very fast In New
Hampshire and potatoes are showing
well; bugs are very plenty in northern
sections Wild or field straw berries are
very scarce in southern counties The
hot weather has taken the moisture from
the soil very fast, and rain is needed on
dry soils. Grass is feeling the want of
rain very much and is maturing fast on
light land. The hay crop at present
promises rather poorly in this state. In
Coos county the crop is not up to the
average; in Grafton county il is looking
light and promises to fall short one
third; in Sullivan county It is reported
light. and the damage by frost be
comes more and more apparent as the
season advances; in Cheshire county the
timothy grass heads out very low and but
little clover seems to be blossoming, the
crop promises very small on light land
In Rockingham county IL Is maturing
very fast and cut worms and dry weather
has apparently reduced the crop by at
least one-third.
Vermont.
In northern Vermont, in Orleans county.
IL Is feared that the hay crop will be
light unless very favorable weather OBJ
tains; but farther south in Orange
county the correspondents report that
the grass Is doing as we'll as one could
wish. They say il Is uneven; there are n
good many fields of light grass with
sorrel, etc, but on new, we'll stocked
land. we'll established the crop will
doubtless be heavy. The weather has
been favorable to most crops. and all are
growing fast now. Corn is reported very
poor In places, because so much seed /
rotted, but In Others though backward. |
II is sh owing good color and growing we'll |
Potatoes promise well. Squash bugs are
destroying cucumbers and squashes.
MASSACHUSETTS,
wednesday was very cold along the
coast in Massachusetts,. and on Thursday
morning the thermometer dropped TO 80 |
degrees In Plymouth county. aud ice was
formed in some few places. Strawberries
and other tender crops were slightly in
Jured. We have no report Of damage to
the cranberries. The weather and sun
shine Of the last part of the week have
pushed the crops along wonderfully.
80 fast that potatoes. grain. etc, was
whiting and being somewhat njured on
the 18th. Corn seems to have grown more
during the week than during all the rest
OF the season. Straw wberries are pro-
nounced very large and plentiful In Mid.
dlesex county The report Of grass is
little better in this state than in New
Hampshire, although here old fields have
suffered. In Bristol county the hay pros
pect Is about the same as last year; In