The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-09
THE DROUGHT Is BROKEN.
Unions and Potato Krowers Still sufYers Hut Gardens are Much Improved.

unions and Potato krowers Still sufers
 Hut Gardens arc Much Improved.
 Boston. Aug. 1.-The New England weather service Issues the following weather-erop bulletin for the week end Ing Aug. 6:
 The drought has been very generally broken by copious rains during the week, except in western Massachusetts, southern Vermont and northwestern Connecticut. and in New Haven county. Conn. Only .ls inch of rain fell at Had ley. Mass. yo2 inch at Fails Village. Conn; .l9 inch at West Simsbury. Conn, and .06 inch at westviile, Conn. At Greenfield Hill. Conn. the fall was l.l6 inches; at Lebanon, Conn.,. .75 inch; at New London. Conn.,. l.s7 inches. At Block Island. R. l.. 1t was 50 inch. and at Kingston. R. l.. l,35 inches. At Nantucket. Mass. .73 inch came; at Fly annis, Mass, .S inch at Boston. .l5 inch; at Fairhaven. Mass. 2.12 inches. At Northheld, Vt., the fall was over two inches. In northern New Hamp- shire over one inch, At Portland, Me-. 2'26 inches. and at, Passport, Me. .22 inch.
 In the summary below will be found the final returns from the effect of the weather on the hay crop and the con dition in which it has been gathered.
 Abundant rains have fallen over the greater part of Maine during the week and crops are doing very well. Grain Is ripening very fast and is filling we'll, With few reports of rust on the leaves. Without exception, the correspondents In this state report an extra large crop or all English grasses. and the greater part of 1t secured in excellent condition. One report from Kennebec county states that much was injured by get ting wet, while another from the same county says that not over ten per cent. was injured by rain, and not over five per cent. from over-ripeness. General ly some were damaged by the showers in the first part of July. and since then the work was consequently delayed a little and some is over-ripe. Meadows are not cut in most places, but are pro- nounced good.
 AS has been stated in other bulletins, the hay on old fields in all central and southern New Hampshire was light, on account of the drought, but on we'll cultivated lands it is pronounced good. Exceptions are where injured by exces- sive rains in Grafton county and by late cold weather in the north. Clover was particularly injured by the cold weather and frosts in Coos county and in all the southern counties in this state. Except during the first ten days in July, when some hay was wet, 1t has been an excellent season for curing hay best for years reported by some-and consequently the feeding quality of the hay Is very fine. Considerable grass remains to be cut in all sections, and Is getting too ripe in places. Corn Is making a great growth.
 In the greater part of Vermont the rainfall has been sufficient, but in Windham county, in the southern part, 1t is very dry, and nearly all orops are suffering. Here the second crop of clo- yer has been injured, and on late out lots the fields have been badly burned, and 1t is feared the roots are perma- nently injured. The yield of small grain, especially oats, is promising in Chittenden county. Clover was winter | killed to some extent in Orange county, but is extra good in Windsor county. Most fields of grass were injured by the May drought, but they have generally l recovered except on sod three years or more old. The hay is pronounced of fine quality in most places, and does not settle so much'in the mow as usual, showing good feeding qualities. One correspondent in Windham county states that the grass crop in some sec | tions was badly injured by the freeze in the spring and was very light, while on adjoining farms the crop was splen- did.
 In Massachusetts the early drought affected the grass on high lands every- | where, and in western Worcester coun- ty the swamp or meadow lands were injured by the dry weather last fall; but generally wet lands show a good crop and of excellent quality. English grasses vary in this state; in Barnsta- ble county they are pronounced light, and in most of Worcester and Franklin counties clover is very poor, though timothy Is good. In most other places the crop is fair and was secured in fine condition. The dyke meadows in Ply mouth county are reported rather light The having on the salt marshes will begin in Essex county this week, and a good crop is in prospect. Apples are ripening early; large crop is re- ported in the towns on the higher land east of the Sudbury river valley. The fruit worm is doing considerable dam- age to the cranberries in places; this crop is pronounced very light in the vicinity of Plymouth on account of the frost last spring.
 The hay crop in Rhode Island was in- jured by the dry weather last fall and this early spring, and the prospects for the second crop in the northern part of the state, especially, is not encour- aging. In Washington county plenty of rain has fallen, and all crops not too far gone are showing the effects and push ing ahead rapidly. Corn and late pota- toes are doing very well. All gardens have been much improved
 The drought has been broken in Con- necticut, except in the northwestern part of the state, where very little rain Ecame this week. Corn shows improve. ment, but will be late in many fields 1 Er,,it rrocpactc ara v,noro an coi1yso cr{v, q