Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-29
PIscATAouus COUNTY

PISCATAQUIS COUNTY.-Amount
of hay crop. 1913 per cent. Condition OF
grain, 1e9 per cent. Condition of fruit
u per cent. Amount of apple crop as
compared with last year, 50 per cent.
Condition of the corn crop: sweet. Al
per cent; yellow. GIL per cent Acreage
of corn: sweet, ~ per cent; yellow, IS
per cent. Condition of the potato crop,
SO per cent. Rust has appeared on
potatoes in most sections. Bordeaux
mixture has been used on potatoes in
some instances. with varying results.
No new Insecticides reported.
SAGADAHOC COUNTY.-LAmount OF
hay crop, 112 per cent. Condition of
grain, 1O1. per cent. Condition of fruit,
ITO per cent. Amount of apple crop as
| compared with last year. 124 per cent.
Condition of the corn crop: sweet, IS
per cent; yellow, 81 per cent. Acre
age of corn: sweet. 100 per cent; yell
low. 1a2 per cent. Condition of the po-
tato crop, 20 per cent Rust has APP
peared on potatoes quite generally, in
some cases when but half grown. A
| little Bordeaux mixture has been used,
with good results when applied early.
SOMERSET COUNTY.-Amount of
hay crop, 105 per cent. Condition of
grain, 105 per cent. Condition of fruit,
81 per cent. Amount of apple crop as
compared with last year. 81 per cent
Condition of the corn crop: sweet, 80
per cent: yellow, Al per cent. Acre
age of corn: sweet, "a per cent; yellow,
92 per cent. Condition of potatoes, 50
per cent Potatoes are badly affected
with rust and are rotting badly. They
have been sprayed with Bordeaux
mixture to some extent, but in most
cases with less effect than usual,
probably due to rainy season. New
insecticides used, Arsenate of Lead and
Bowker's BoXal. with good results.
WALDO COUNTY.-Amount of hay
crop. 1913 per cent. Condition of grain.
10 per cent. Condition of fruit, So per
cent. Amount of apple crop as COM
pared with last yearS So per cent. Con-
dition of corn: sweet, So per cent; yell
low. So per cent. Acreage of corn:
sweet. IS per cent; yellow. ia per
cent. Condition of the potato crop, 50
per cent. Rust appeared on potatoes
in most sections when from one-half to
two-thirds grown Potatoes have been
sprayed with Bordeaux mixture to a
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suits We're good, in others it was not
effectual owing to frequent rains. No
new insecticides reported.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.-Amount
of hay crop, 10 per cent. Condition of
grain. 101 per cent. Condition of fruit
80 per cent. Amount of apple crop as
compared with last year, SO per cent
Condition of the corn crop, sweet, 81
per cent; yellow, 80 per cent. Acreage
of corn. sweet 100 per cent; yellow, 103
per cent. Condition of potatoes, Sc per
cent. Rust has appeared upon po-
tatoes quite generally, usually when
two-thirds grown. But very little
Bordeaux mixture has been used. New
Insecticides. BoXal, with good results.
YORK COUNTY-Amount of hay
crop, 113 per cent. Condition of grain,
l01 per cent. Condition of fruit, 104
per cent. Amount of apple crop as
compared with last year, 22S par cent.
Condition of the corn crop: sweet, So
per cent; yellow, 81 per cent. Acreage
Of corn sweet. 90 per cent; yellow,
rs per cent. Condition of the potato
crop, so per cent. Potatoes in some
parts are rusing and rotting quite
badly. They have not been sprayed
with Bordeaux mixture to any extent.
New Insecticides used, Kno Bug, with
not very satisfactory results.
The general average for the whole
State is as follows:
Amount Of hay crop, 100 per cent
Condition of gain, 1913 per cent. Con-
dition of fruit, 50 per cent Amount of
apples as compared with last year, 1o6
per cent Condition of the corn crop:
sweet, 46 per cent; yellow, 40 per cent.
Acreage Of corn: sweet. 90 per cent;
yellow, 100 per cent. Condition of the
potato crop, II per cent. Potatoes gen.
orally yielded WELL but in most sections
of the State were severely attacked by
rust during the last stages of their
growth, and are rotting quite badly.
Potatoes have been sprayed with Bor-
deaux mixture to a limited extent in
most counties. with good results IN
majority of cases.