Evening journal., 1903-06-26

turn IN color In Anne Arundel. where
the crop Is farthest advanced towards
maturity. Barley is generally harvest
ed in Carroll county. with fair results.
rye Is ripper Ing ia the upper counties
and cutting has begun i'm the south
Much buckNheat has already been
sown "a Garrett county but farmers
are still preparing ground there. and a
part OF the crop will be put ln late.
Grasses OF all kinds have grown well
during the week and the stands of the
spring gowings are now excellent. Pas
lures are in splendid condition
throughout the entire aection The
prospects for a hay crop improve as
the season advances, but timothy will
be light nevertheless. and clover viii
be quite short. Many of the meadows
are badly grown up with weeds. ana "a
comparatively poor quality OF hay win
be the natural result Ia such cases.
Hay cutting during the week was pur-
sued under difficulties, owing to the
frequent showers Some millet Is stlll
being sown in the interior counties. II
has been entirely too cool for corn,
which IN places has made scarcely any
progress for ten days past. This state-
ment applies principally to the late
planting. as the earlier crop that had
received one or two plowings has
grown wen. and Is now knee high in
some of the upper counties. Warmth
and sunshine are badly needed for best
results in corn, both early and late
/ Cut worms are still at work in many
/ fields and a generally grassy and
weedy state exists where the prevail
/ ing wet weather has prevented culti-
vation.
The tobacco crop is practically h
| the field. and has made good growtf
/ during the week There are scarcel,
any complaint OF worms and ful
stands are the rule. IL has been toe
wet to cultivate the crop TO any ex-
tent and some fields have already be-
come quite grassy.
The June drop continues i'm fruit
I'm nearly all localities. although de.
crease is noted by number OF cor
respondents and in a few places falini
has almost entirely ceased. Apples
still promise good yields. but peaches
pears and plums viii undoubtedly b'
very light In nearly all districts. Cher
res have given poor returns
Gardens have grown wen during th'
chol1ed with weeds, and need warn
} sunshine to bring the small crops to
perfect maturity. Irish potatoes ar
quite promising as a rule; digging II
the early patches has begun, with sat
isfactory results. while many late 20
z tatoes have only recently been planted
All vine products have done well dur
b ing the week. sweet potatoes hay
: made good growth. and blooms hav
Z begun TO appear on melons and canta
I loupes In the extreme south. In IN
! districts devoted to tomato GROWN
5 for the canneries the weather has bee
4 favorable for continued transplantinp
r I'm some instances the contracted acre
o age has been filled, but a scarcity {
p plants has generally prevented this d,
). sired end; good stands are almost un
q versally reported. and the plants haN
e a healthy growth. though small
d compared with an average seaso
s Strawberries are plentiful in the wes
r. ern counties but have almost disal
1t peared in the south and east. whe
Is they have been succeeded by dewbe
ID ries. raspberries and blackberri,
D. which are in excellent prospect. Crap
10 have set fairly Wen ana are nromi