Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-29
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Heavy Rain, Sunshine and Higher Temperature
Are Much Needed.


| posrov Nav oS.-Thc following weather
cron bulletin for the week ending May "a
a. iss,,ed bv the New England weather
service. in cooperation with the Mas5a
.hnsatts state board of agriculture
The weather for New England FOR the
rast week has been cold and windy, ano
very little rain has fallen, except in the ex
treme southwest sections. A warm, heavy
rain. with sunshine and higher tempcra
ture. is needed for the rapid advancement
of field and garden crops.
Vegetation Set Back.
The week has been cold. dry and wirdy
throughout Maine until the last day OF
two. when warmer weather has prevailed
Farm work has been pushed, and great
mart of the planting is done, but IL
central counties it has been so dry that
seeds have failed 10 sprout. Vegetation
has grown very slowly, also, but al crops
that have started appear in healthy con
dition. and as the season is still ahead OF
the average, there is plenty of time fol
Improvement, with favorable weather.
Early grain looks well. The early apples
are nearly in full bloom, and late ones are
coming on. Baldwins indicate a light
blossom in Kennebec county, and all APP
ples are giving small blossom in Lincoln
county. Snow fell with the rain in
Aroostook county on the 9th.
Feed Is Scant.
Tho dry weather is being felt in New
Hampshire. and on dry land seed is start
ing slowly and grass Is looking very thln.
Feed in hill pastures Is scant, and the cor
respondents report that unless considcra-
Bile rain comes soon there must be Il light
hay crop. Most of the sowing is done, but
planting is still in progress. There has
been no real good corn weather, and much
of that seed has not been put in yet. Pears
are setting very well, and apples are not
injured nearly so much in south central
counties as was feared last week. In Hills
boro and Rockingham counties especially,
some of the apples that did not promise
we'll are now full of blossoms. One CORE
spondcnt reports that Strawberries and
bluebarries that We're in full bloom at the
time of the freeze are again blossoming.
Fruit Doing Well.
Apples are showing very well in Vermont,
and in some counties q second crop OF
blossoms have made their appearance.
Late trees are coming into bloom very
WELL 1t is hoped that the yield of fruit
was not much intcrfered with by the frost
of last week. A sharp frost was ex-
perienced in north central sections on the
morning of the 22d; at Morrisville, in
Lamoile county, the temperature fell be-
low the freezing point. With the severe
frost of last week, and the continued dry,
windy weather. it is feared grass has been
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say that there is sure to be short crop,
especially on old meadows. The feed is
getting short and scant in pastures.
Rhody Got Rain.
The frost of last week seriously injured
grapes in Massachusetts,, and on boys that
were not flowed the cranberrics We're pretty
much all killed, but there was very little
damage indicated to large fruits, and
apples now promise a good crop, except in
Plymouth county. A heavy rain fell III
the southeast on the 21st and 22d, and
moderate rains on the 25th and 27th, SC
that nothing is suffering for water in
southeastern counties. Grass is growing
very well; potatoes are coming up un-
usually even and strong, and other field
and garden crops are coming on as well as
possible with the continued cool weather.
In central and western districts rain is
badly needed and the only thing that the
weather is favorable for is farm work.
One correspondent in Worcester county r.
ports less feed in the pastures than two
weeks ago. Tobacco plants are growing
stocky, and are generally looking well.
Garden truck around Boston is ilourishing
and looks promising. Many blackberry
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cold last winter, but no injury is indicated
by the frosts of the 18th and 18th.
Grapes and Cranberries Hurt.
Abundant rains have fallen in Rhode
Island, and the top of the ground has been
left moist With the warm weather that
has prevailed for the last few days, crops
are pushing along very well, though still
backward in most sections. Grass and
wheat are well advanced. In some places,
where the frost of last week did most dam
age, the ground is being replantcd. Apple
trees have blossomed very full.
Garden Truck Doing Wen.
Grass needs more rain to produce full
crop in central and western Connecticut,
but in southeastern sections it is growing
very heavy and fast. The correspondent
from new LONDON Sl;lueS InaU pastures
could not be in better condition. The
temperature has been below the normal,
but the conditions have been better than
the previous week, and crops are doing
very well, except where want of rain is
badly felt. Fruit seems to have been in
jured very little by The frosts of the 18th
and 18th. The indications continue favor
able for large peach crop. There was u
light frost On the 22d but not so much
damage was done in any of the New Eng
land counties as in east central New York
Reports from the Susquehanna valley in
New York claim that much damage was
done in the hop district on the 22d.
Garden truck is growing well in Con-
necticut. The bulk Of the crops have been
planted in most sections, and some hoeing
is being done. Tobacco setting has begun.