St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-26
The Weather and Crops.

Following is q statement Of the wealth
er and crop conditions Of New England
compiled from the reports Of correspon.
dents of the weather bureau throughout
the section, for the week ending July 25:
Weather conditions propitious to crop
growth and progress have obtained dur
Ing the past week, except in eastern
parts Of Massachusetts and Rhode Isl.
and, whers rain Is much needed. The
generally fair weather that prevailed
In southern sections Of New England
was favorable to the progress Of all
farm work, while showers were Of too
frequent occurrence in the more north.
ern sections OF the district for the cult.
maturing hay
The temperature for the week was
near the seasonable average, and some-
what higher than the preceding week.
The weekly mean for the district was "A
degrees, which Is degrees higher than
the preceding week.
The average rainfall for the week was
IT Of an inch 1t was fairly well dis
trfbuted, except In some Of the eastern
counties Of the southern states, where
there was almost an entire absence OF
precipitation. The supply of water was
somewhat in excess in eastern parts OF
Maine.
A second drought is again retardina
and stunning crops In the eastern coun.
ties of New Hampshire and Massachu-
sets, and in some sections Of Rhode
Island. Little or no rain fell in this por-
ton of the district during the past week,
and meadows, fields and pastures are
In some localities becoming brown on
account of the prevailing dry weather.
and streams, springs, brooks and wells
are low. For the remaining parts of the
district crops have made rapid, and in
some sections luxuriant, growth, and
are now in a most satisfactory condi-
ton.
Light to killing frosts were noted in
the lowlands Of favorable localities in
Washington county, Me-, and Cumber-
lain county, Vt. Little damage was re-
ported beyond the checking Of vegeta-
BILE growth. Taken as whole, the crop
conditions Of New England are now
promising, much more so than was con.
sldered possible a fortnight ago. All
seasonable crops are now growing to-
ward maturity, and with few exceptions
1t is believed the general yield will be
sufficient and satisfactory and the
season considered fairly prosperous
one.
A large portion of the hay crop Is still
unharvested in Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont. All reports indicate thai
the yield will fall far short of the aver.
age, light in bulk, but rich in nutrition
Grain is now suffering for rain in east
ern Massachusetts and New Hampshire
In some fields, highlands, it is curling
and must be failure unless rain come!
within a few days. The crop is very
promising and well advanced in other
sections of the district.
The fruit prospects are unchanged
Berries Of all kinds, wild and cultivated
promise an abundant yield of excellent
quality Excepting berries, the fruit
crop may be considered failure.
Vegetables continue in a promising
condition in about all sections. Garden
products of all kinds are growing
rapidly, with prospects of an abundan
supply. There are occasional com.
plants of damage to peas and vine:
from worms and insects, but these are
less than the average.