Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-03

A FAVORABLE YEAR
Throughout the Country Tor Most Of the
Crops.

| BcsToT, Oct. 2-The New England
| gcathcr bureau issues the following re-
| Eicw for the season and report for the past
week:
| The development Of the grass and winter
| grains during the past season shows that II
there is a good snow covering, these crops
ere not injured by any extreme cold. Very
cold weather was experienced on Dec. IA,
1893, Jan. 10 and IL, in the north, and on
Feb "a and %, yet the ground was gener-
ally well covered with snow at those
times, and the reports of poor grass or
grain this season, because of the winters
cold, are very rare. Nearly three-fourths
of the peach buds We're killed by the cold
wave in February and many trees injured.
| Fruit buds started very rapidly in March
! in the warm weather. and at first it was
| feared that the cold wave of the 9th and
2Sth had injured them very much, but the
\ crops do not show it now. The April
weather was favorable and the season was
nearly two weeks ahead of the average at
| the end of the month, but the dry weather
of the first half of May and the excess OF
| rain and cloudy weather in the last half,
with the cold spells and frosts of the l4th
| and 10Th, retarded all work and growth of
vegetation. Hot weather prevailed the
last of June, with very little rain during
the month, and drought began to be felt
| In Southern Sections.
Grass and grain matured too rapidly
and hocd crops suffered. There was plenty
of rain in the northern part of Vermont,
| New Hampshire and Maine during July
! during the past season, but in all south
! ern districts the drought was intensified
| by general want of rain, and on the 18th,
goth and last few days of the month by
the exceedingly hot and drying weather.
| During the first week in August tenn
| porary relief was given over most parts OF
our district by moderate showers but still
no general rain came during this month
or in September until the third week.
| The amount of precipitation from Jan.
to Sept. was 1906 inches less than the
normal amount at Eastport, Me-, 1881
inches less at North1leld, VT, $40 inches at
Boston, 1859 inches at Nantucket, Mass,
| 1921 inches at New Haven, and 1897 inches
at New London, Conn. At Southington,
Conn, there were $40 inches less than the
normal amount of rain in the three sum
mer months. At Amherst, Mass, the de-
| flciency for the summer months amounts
| to S57 inches.
| The last part of September was gencr-
ally favorable for harvesting and for the
| growth of late crops and fall sown seeds.
Crops have ripened we'll and corn is curing
very nicely. The past week has given
very little rain in any section except in
the extreme southeast; over IA inches
| have fallen at Nantucket, Mass. The
| frosts on the Goth and 9th killed vines,
etc, in most places, but crops were gen
orally out of the way of much damage.
| Much more rain will be needed in all se,,-
tions to make full water supply for win
ter, and to put the grass lands
| In the Best of Condition.
| In the greater part of the three northern
states the week has given favorable
| weather for harvesting, and most of the
| crops are in. Corn is husking out q fine
crop. Potatoes continue to turn out bet
| ter than expected in New Hampshire and
| Vermont, and are reported up to the av
| eragc in Maine. Beans are very nice and
| were secured in good shape. Fields are
looking we'll, though a few new seeded
| pieces are dead. Apples are variable, but
| some report them better than expected ON
| picking them.
| The weather has been very favorable for
| ripening fruit. Pastures are generally
| good and as there is plenty of water in
| them now the stock is expected to come to
| the barns in good condition. On the wh> ,,
| good crops have been secured in fine cen
dtion In these states, and as one CORE
! spondcnt in Vermont puts it, eve see no
| long faces among farmers and hear no
| complaint"
The rainsin the southern states has not
| been sufficient to fill up wells, and some
! streams that We're full are dry again, but
it has greatly helped pastures, fields and
late forage crops. The milk supply has
increased and stock is improving. Corn
| is mostly cut and is Il good sound crop.
| Potatoes are almost everywhere reported
u little better than expected and of fine
quality. Apples have increased in size
and are generally abundant.
The weather has been very favorable
for harvesting and for fall blowing. Much
| blowing has been done, and in many
| places a great amount of fall seeding to
grass is going on. Many report the crops
on the whole nearly up to the average
season, and remarkably sound and of
| better quality than during a wet season.
| In this connection it is interesting to note
| that the crops do better with very small
rainfall if it is distributed in frequent
light showers as it has been this season,
shan with much greater fall, if it comes
| in few hard downpours.
With this issue the weather crop bulle-
tin Of the New England weather service
| will be
Discontinued For the Season.
We have tried to make the bulletins
brief, reliable and complete, and if our
| efforts have been successful it is only be-
cause of the prompt, regular and accurate
reports that have been received from the
volunteer crop correspondents. About
l25 representative men and women, To-
Gated in different districts in New Eng
land, have comprised this CORPS and great
| praise is due them for their efforts to
gather reliable information relative to the
influence of the weather on the crop condi-
tions and in getting that information as
quickly as possible to this office
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