The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-08-20
|RMERS ARE HARD
HIT BY The DROUGHT
Bs in This State is Heavy
and is Still on the
Increase:
|RM AND POTATO CROPS
i'll Amount to Little-Danl-
age in Hartford County is
Less Than Elsewhere.
Inv AND POTATO CROPS

may be sort of comfort to the
sners in Hartford county, says the
srtford Courant. to know that the
st severe drought that has struck
state in a number of years Is af-
hing them less than 1t is most Of
ir brethren in the commonwealth; at
rate it is the only phase Of the
5lation from which they are likely to
ract any comfort. 1t is also FORUM
for them that tobacco figures as one
their staple crops and that that
. nt can stand about as much dry
sather as anything growing.
ONE parts Of Iitchfield county are,
suffering less from lack of rain
In most of the states but up there
lack of feed for stock is becom-
apparent. In the eastern part
Connecticut as well as the southern
central parts the drought exceeds
similar visitation In the past ten
hrs. Since the first of July the in
Rible weather man has issued fore.
hts which read like this: Fair and
rrner, westerly to southerly winds,
lowed by partly cloudy with local
wers somewhere else" In his syn
Dis, which Is generally correct, he
shounces that no decided storm area
apparent at this hour. There is a
hit barometric depression central
1.-THE vicinity of Medicine Hat which
II probably pass over the upper Can
is without affecting this region. 1t
Rlerally does and if it affects this
Eaon at all 1t amounts to a pre-
8itation which he puts down in his
bic at "T," which translated means
but twenty drops of rain to the
throughout most of the states the
pastures are as brown as they
&nmonly are in the latter part Of Oc-
Ter. Fires trail along the railroad
rs where cinders from some pass
locomotive ignite the dry grass as
early spring. Farmers have ceased
seek pasturage for their cattle ant
now bending their energies to find.
water for them and are feeding
Mn as they do in winter. 1t is no
#e for the cattle and 1t is anything
pleasant for the farmer. Incident.
it affects the city man for new
lee for milk. butter and eggs is es
lished once or twice a week ant
end Is not yet in sight.
Eastern Connecticut Is especially
&d hit and it is now becoming {
#blen to keep the large mills going
"A the operatives employed Most o.
cotton and wooden mills in tina
ton of the state depend on water
Eer and those which have steam
like to use it owing to the increased
Ebense. AS for the crops there |.
hing to be said as they disappeared
a factor two weeks ago. Corn
fch generally thrives in dry wealth,
has shown that it has had enough
Nit and stands with leaves rolled up
Hess and as dry as if 1t had beer
The crop is ruined Throughout
eastern part of the state so ia,
any production Of corn on the ca.
concerned, and there will be precious
lie to cut for the silos
otatoes have gone the same gait al
corn and while the Maine farmer
complaining that the wet weathe
ruined their potatoes, the Connec
ut growers are proving that tn
& nth has annihilated their crop
rmers who expected to sell potatoe
the carload are now wondering
y will have enough for their owl