The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-29
Little Harvesting Now Re-
mains to Be Done.
Review of New England's Re-
ports for Present Year.
Weather Has Been Very Favorable
Except for Potatoes.

Boston. Sept. 20. - The followin,
weather-crop bulletin and review for
1896 is issued by the United States agri-
cultural bureau, New England division.
j. Warren Smith, director:
There has been moderate amount of
rain In New England during the week
ending Sept. 2S with light frosts IN
southern. and killing frosts in parts of
north ern districts. The harvesting OF
cranberries, potatoes. and apples is going
on, bpt most crops are well gathered.
Pastures are fresh. and stock will come
TO the barn in unusually good condition.
Grass fields are very green and good.
The ground is generally well filled with
water.
There are some potatoes yet 10 be dug
In Moine, but most OF the other crops are
harvested, generally In good condition.
Potatoes are reported 10 be rottins
badly i'm central counties. Pastures and
fields are in excellent condition.
New Hampshire.
Fall seeding has made'a good start in
New Hampshire. Some correspondents
report pastures never better. All grass
fields are looking fine. Spring sown
grass did not catch Well on some fields,
owing to dry weather. Potatoes are
rotting badly in northern districts.
Vermont
The frost OF the 23d was not very severe
IN most OF Vermont owing to clouds and
fog. There was snow on the mountain
tops on the 2Sd The grass in fields and
pastures is we'll rooted, and the out
20 LEFT
Early seeded land was affected by
drought. but late seeding is excellent.
Massachusetts,.
There was some frost in Massachu-
setts on the 23d and 24th, but no dam
age of amount resulted. Cranberries
are being picked. with a fair crop in
prospect. Tobacco is curing down light.
Dixie meadows have given good grass
crops. Celery Is being marketed Spin
age Is coming we'll Grass seed has come
up quickly. and fields and pastures are
In excellent condition.
Rhode Island
There have been light frosts In north
ern Rhode Island, but. since most crops
are now harvested there was little dam
age. Grass fields and pastures are In
excellent condition.
Connecticut
Wells are reported low in some parts
OF Connecticut. but the ground is gen.
orally well filed with water. The pas
lures and grass sod are in better condi-
tion than is usual Apples have fallen
badly In parts of Hartford county.
Grapes are plenty. There has been
more than the usual damage by cut
worms and grub worms. Corn is cur
ing slowly on account OF wet weather.
The crop reports for the season of 1896
show that the cold snaps of Jan. TO
s. and Feb. IL and Is, killed practically
all the peach buds in New England,
many Of the buds on plum trees, some
raspberry canes. and damaged ci~ver
fields to a moderate extent. April and
the first part of May gave damaging
conditions of drought; pastures and
grass fields suffered. and field crops
came up slowly and unevenly. Consider
able replanting was necessary on many
farms on old and dry lots the grass
turned brown. and dried so Ii did not re-
cover for this years crop. The latter
part of May. and beginning OF June. gave
abundant rain for crop needs, and pas
lures and low fields began to gain TO
marked extent in most districts. For
the remainder of the season the weather
conditions were unfavorable for pota
toes. but generally favorable for other
crops. and a good growth resulted Most
correspondents say they have nothing to
complain of in quantity and quality Of
crops. Little damage has been done by
local storms during the season, and there
have been few hailstorms.