Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-28
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Heavy Rain. Sunshine and Higher
Temperature Much Needed.
Feed Is Becoming Scant In
Many Pastures.
cranberrIcs and Grapes Hayo Suffered Sc
vercy From Frosts.


crop bulletin for the week ending May "a
IL issued by the New England weather
service, In cooperation with the Massa-
chusetts state board OF agriculture:
The weather for New England for the
past week has been cold and windy, and
very little rain has fallen except In the ex-
treme southwest sections A warm, heavy
rain, with sunshine and higher tcmpcra-
ture, il needed for tho rapid advancement
OF field and garden crops
Vegetation Set Back.
The week has been cold dry and windy
throughout Maine until the last day or
two, when warmer weather has prevailed.
Farm work has been pushed, and great
part Of the planting Ii done, but In
central counties IL has been SO dry that
seeds have failed to sprout. Vegetation
has grown very slowly, also, but all crops
that have started appear in healthy con
dition, and as the season Is still ahead OF
the average there Is plenty OF time foi
improvement, with favorable weather.
Early grain looks well The early apples
are nearly in full bloom, and late ones are
coming on. Baldwins indicate n light
blossom I'm Kenncbec county, and all ap.
plies are giving small blossom in Lincoln
county. Snow fell with the rain in
Aroostook county on the 24th.
Feed Is Scant.
The dry weather is being felt in New
Hampshire, and on dry land seed is start.
ing slowly and grass is looking very thin.
Feed in hill pastures Is .scant, and the cor
respondents report that unless considera-
BILE rain comes soon there must be u 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 his not been put in yet. Pears
are setting very we'll, and apples are not
injured nearIy 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
well are now full Of blossoms. One CORE
spondent reports that Strawberries and
blueberries that were 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 a second crop of
blossoms have made their appearance.
Late trees are coming into bloom very
well. 1t Is ioped 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 ed; 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
seriously affected. Some correspondents
say that there is sure to he a short crop,
especially on old meadows. The feed Ia
getting short and scant in pastures.
Rhody Got Rain.
The frost of last week seriously injured
grapes in Massachusetts,, and on bOgs that
were not flowed the cranberries were pretty
much all killed, but there was very littls
damage indicated to large fruits, and
apples now promise a good crop, except in
Plymouth county. A heavy rain fell in
the southeast on the 2lst and 22d, and
moderate rains on the Goth and 27th, SO
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 re.
ports less feed in the pastures than two
weeks ago. Tobacco plants are growing
stocky, and are generally looking we'll.
Garden truck around Boston Is 6ourishing
and looks promising. Many blackberry
and raspberry canes were injured by the
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 Khode
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 replanted. Appls
tuees have blossomed very full.
Garden Truck Doing Well.
Grass needs more rain to produce full
crop in central and western Connecticut.
but In southeastern sections 1t Is growing
very heavy and fast. The correspondent
from New London states that 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 axe 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 14th
and 18th. The indications continue favor.
able for large peach crop There was a
light frost On the 22d, but not 50 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 tho 22d.
Garden truck Is growing well In Con-
necticut. The bulk of the crops have been
planted in most sections, and somo hocing
IL being done. Tobacco setting has begun.
Tempest In Teapot
I WASHINGTON, May 2S-The reported
killing Of n number of French troops on
the boundary between Brazil and French
Guiana has not been communicated To tho
French or Brazilian mi nisters here They