The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-20
wkArHER CROP BULLETIN NO. aI
or the New England Weather Service for
 the Week Ending September iT. 1894.

oft New England Weather Service fol
 the Week Ending September F. 1894.
 Boston. Sept. i9.-The summary of thu
 crop reports received by the New Eng
 land weather service for the week just passed Is given below:
 The weather for the past week ir
 New England has been generally fay
 orabie for harvesting and for the
 growth and ripening of crops. The
 temperature has been nearly normal
 with light frosts on the morning of the
 18th and 18th. which did no great dam age In any section.
 Except In eastern Massachusetts. the rainfall. including that which came on the 10th. has been from one-half inch to one inch in all southern and eastern sections: over one inch in central and northwestern districts. A series of showers passed over north-central Mas sachuset;s and southern Vermont and New Hampshire on the 10th. giving heavy down pours of rain and doing considerable damage by washouts, lightning and wind.
 The rains have been hardly sufficient In Maine this week to effect the wells and springs. Most field crops are past help or need of 1t by rain. but the show CTS have been favorable for blowing and fall seeding. Moderate rains fell on the 16th and 17th, but not. enough to revive the crops injured by drought.
 The fall at Winchendon. Mass. was three inches, more than one inch falling in twenty minutes. The wind assumed tornado-likc effects in narrow belts, in- turing buildings and trees At Newton, N. H.. lh inches of rain came in twenty minutes. On the 18th and .17th' light rains fell In all coast sections, but did not extend far inland. Dense fog also prevailed on those days along the coast.
 The copious rains in New Hampshire nave helped the wells in places, while In others the report still comes of want or water. The fields and pastures are beginning to look quite green again, and fall feed has been greatly helped, but 1t Is thought that the grass crop for next year has been seriously injured by the drought.
 Fruits of all kinds are from one to two weeks earlier than usual. Apnles are generally small in size, but have grown fast during the past week. Early apples are very plenty in southern counties. Root crops generally promise well. great deal of corn has been put into the shock, and it is thought will prove an average crop; silos are being rapidly filled. Many potatoes are turning out better than expected. Fall blowing is being done. There has been no report of damage by the frosts.
 A heavy rain in southern Vermont on the 10th and one in the central and northern sections on the 18th have wet the ground down we'll and given the streams a permanent rise It is reported that the rains have cleared the air of smoke, and that there has been splendid fall weather for ripening ap- ples and cutting corn. Most of the crop Is cut and is being husked. It proves to be fair crop of good quality. Potatoes are being dug, and some farm CTS in Windsor county report the best crop for several years A correspond ! ent in Washington county reports the potato crop heavy.
 The heavy rain that passed across northern Massachusetts on the 10th effectually broke the drought there, but there has been too little rain in most other sections. The. showers have helped the fields and pastures and late root crops, but have not wet down to any great depth. Corn Is ripening up fast, though many fields on low land are still green and growing; it has dried badly on uplands in the north western part of the state
 Several correspondents in central dis tricts pronounce the potato crop very good and of extra quality. Pastures and fields are getting green in most sections, but the rowen crop will be very light. Many farmers have been waiting for a good rain before cutting; 1t, so the roots will not be dried up and injured. Correspondents still report very light cranberry crop. Fall ap- ples are abundant. Winter apples are looking better, and though dropping badly, still promise a good crop. One reports the Baldwin ap-. pies the highest colored he ever saw. The frosts are generally reported light and no damage of any amount. Onions are small and poor.
 The weather has been favorable for harvesting in Rhode Island and the. work has been pushed. The rainfall, has been sufficient in southern count: ies to break the drought and furnish a water supply but in northern towns the rain, though helpful, has not been sufficient
 Most parts of Connecticut have had rain enough to benefit fields and pas lures and all growing crops but the streams and wells have been very little affected as yet. Ill fact, many cores ponderts report steadily falling water supplies.
 In western counties some blowing has been done. and rye sown. with rain enough to insure it's growth. Pastures are rapidly improving, though stock have to be fed from the barn i'll many places. The crop of rowen will be small. Late forage crops are growing well. celery, cabbage, etc., are late, but with favorable weather will not fail entirely. Corn is maturing rapidly and has been cut in many places.
 One correspondent in Hartford coun- ty renorts a r1oor yield but generally