New-York tribune., 1899-06-13
DROUTH THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
THE THIRD MONTH OF DRY WEATHER.
AZ urN.s G1rE-EER

THE THIRD MONTH OF DRY WEATHER.
CROPS AND LAWNS SUFFER.
Albany. June Il (Soacjan.-The people Of Al
barry City are looking anxiously for rain. This
o:ning there were dark clouds over the city
and rain fel; for abou. fifteen minutes, arous-
ing a hope ;hs. at last the much-needed rain
storm had come. brt the clouds quickly DIS
persed ana hot sun soon evaporated wnat
ratndrops rad fallen There has been prac-
tically no rain since June J. and II unfortunately
happened .aat April wgs drfer than In any
other year since the establishment OF the local
Weather Bureau IN Aleany. and the precipita-
ton for May was aIncst ar inch below the
average Showers have oeen predicted, Dut IN
every case the rainfall mas heen so small that
Il was recorded by the iccal bureau as only
trace" At ,fe beginning oi the month there
was a deficiency IN precipitation since January
NJ 25l inches, or about a months average
rainfall.
The deficiency in the rainfall is making the
farmers ot this section and the city people VINO
have countr-, places and lawns anxious. Orui-
narily the gardens are In fine condition al this
time in June but now all vegetation nss
stunte6 appearance. The hotel proprie.ols anu
restaurants And II difficult 10 get good straw
berries and early vegetables. The lawns IN the
city ar- beginning 10 have in spots ~lthereo
appearsnce Some lawns aIreany ioon 40
though
OF July sun. Leaves also are Oee'i'"e ~ ~
from some trees 4, 80. ,.,1h
boring counties OF Rensselaer, Saratoga Scao-
herie and Greene fear that they VIII garner
moor crops unless rains soon fall. The roads
are dusty and the crops do not nave s'ury
appearance. The best IN appearances are ,e sme
nav crops Neither corn nor potatoes nave
crown much. Wheat and oats look shrivelled
and poor.
EVEN PASTURE LAND DRYING Up.
N,adIetown. ~ Y, June II (speciaD-Unless
there ,s a break in the drouth in orange ana
Sullivan counties within the next few days the
crops will not be worth harvesting. Farmers
are complaining that even the pasture iand -
burning up under the suns rays There mas
hoor ,,t,,a rain in this and adjoining counties
since the snow water ran on. The grass mas
not ATTAINED any growth, and some farmers
have grown weary OF waiting for rain, and are
nou cutting the light growth. as the grass 10
beginning TO die at the roots. The meaoo~s Va
the htlly sections are absolutely worthless.
Wheat and rye do not show the enect OK tns
drouth as much as oats. corn ana po'A'osA
Oats saern 70 he at a standstill. and are curling
IN a, the end OF the leaves. Potatoes made
sood start under encouraging ram OF
month but now drying up. Fruit Is aIso
bushes seem TO be witherlng in the drouth.
In Sullivan and Delaware counties SATURDAY
night heavy frosts added 10 the lroupies v, 80
farmers The frost was the most severe June
frost in many years.
FRUIT CROPS SEVERELY INJURED.
Newburg ~ Y, June II (SpeciaD The drouth
and hot weather are being severely feit IN this
region. and the farmers are much disturbed az
the asrect OF the crops For six weeks. with
the exception OF two or three brief showers. no
rain has fallen, and the outlook in the farming
and Embarrassing sections Is discouraging. The
pasturage is burned brown. so that farmers have
70 feed their cows The supply OF milk Is thus
cut down but prices have not yet advanced
HAY is yielding from one-fouI.h 20 one-third
=, a normal crop Oats are small and rye Is
thin The corn looks fairly well. but Is growing
slowly. 49,, -,
The fruit growing interests In this section are
large and they are badly affected Early straw
berries did not yield a fourth OF the normal
crop and unless rain comes soop the later ber-
ries will not be much better. About - per cent
OF the peach orchards blossomed. and In the
terrific heat much of the green fruit dropped
OF Even II there copious rains now the
burned and withered crops could not be restored
10 anywhere what is regarded as a good