Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
FARMER BULLETIN
Good Weather Has Great
Iy Helped Crops.
HAY WILL LIKELY Be LIGHT.
Cut Worms Have Reduced New
Hanpshire's Crop Badly.


generally favorable for all growing crops
during the week just passed. Cool the
first two days. with light frosts In south
ern sections, and unusually hot and dry
all the last part of the week. except local
thunder showers
Late plante d potatoes are doing best In
the north, and early ones In the south.
The lack Of rain 10 being felt most
especially by grass on all light soils Hay
ing has begun In the extreme south. 1t
is suggested that all correspondents make
full report next week Of the conditions
and prospects of the hay crop.
Corn and Potatoes Thriving.
Mostly warm and pleasant weather has
prevailed in Maine during the week Just
passed, and most crops have felt the intu-
enoe 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 IL 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
straw berry crop promises very large in
Aroostook county.
In Need OF Rain.
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 mp to the
average; In Grafton county IL Is looking
light and promises TO fall short one
third; In Sullivan county 1t 10 reported
light. and the damage by frost be-
comes more and more apparent as the
season adv snces; 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 10 is maturing
very fast, and cut worms and dry weather
has apparently reduced the crop by at
least one-third.
Hay Crop May BE Light
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 q
good many fields of light grass with
sorrel, ETC., but on new, well stocked
land, well Established, the crop will
ubtless be heavy. The weather has
been favors ble TO most crops. and all are
growing fast now. Corn Ia reported very
poor in places, because 30 much seed
rotted, but In others, though backward.
1t is showing good color and growing well
Potatoes promise we'll Squash bugs are
destroying oucum bers and sQuashes
Old Grass Lands Suffer.
Wednesday was very oold along the
coast In Massachusetts,, and on Thursday
morning the thermometer dropped to 81
degrees In Plymouth county. and ice was
formed in some few places. Straw berries
and other tender crops were slightly in
jured. We have no report Of damage to
the Gran berries. The weather and sun
shine Of the last pa.t Of the week have
pushed the crops along wonderfully.
so fast that potatoes. grain. eto.. was
whiting and being somewhat injured on
the 18th. Corn Gsems to have grown more
during the week than during all the rest
of the season. Straw berries are pro-
nounced very large and plentiful In Mid
dlessx county. The report Of grass Ia a
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
Plymouth county the grass Is tbickening
up at the bottom; In southern Worcester
county some haying has been done. but
there ie a slim and light crop. In north
ern Worcester county the grass seems
very uneven; most pieces look we'll. but
on high ground the crop is likely to be
very light unless rain comes soon-old
fields are reported hardly worth cutting.
Hsying Begun
A thunder shower on the evening Of
the l2th was accompanied by hail in Fair
field county, Conn, doing considerable
damage. The correspondent at Green
field Hill reports that the hail came In
streaks AT his station no hail fell, but
both east and west gardens were de-
stroyed, field crops badly cut up, rye
broken down. fruit trees stripped and
straw berries ruined
The week has been very favorable
for growth In this state as well AS In
Rhode Island, although rain is needed In
nearly all sections Potatoes and corn
are growing fast Fodder corn that had
just been put in il coming along with q
rush. Rye is heavy. Oats are still rust.
ing, but in some fields there IL a slight
improvement since last week. There 10
generally reported a fair crop of straw
berries aud cherries. II In stated that the
former are coming in all st once, aud that
the last picking will be small Hsying
has begun In some Of the southern coun-
ties An average crop Is assured In most