New York Weather Bureau. 395 



Tioga County (Newark Valley). — Pastures and meadows very 

 short. Dairymen feeding grain; and sowing corn for fodder. 

 Oats doing well; cut warms damaging corn. Bain, 0.50. Wav- 

 erly — Wheat winter-killed, and injured by the drouth. Rye in 

 poor condition. Late rains cannot help the grass, whic'h is very 

 poor. Rain ,0.47. 



Washington County (Whitehall). — Oats, grass and pastures 

 much improved by rains of 1st. Grass however is very short and 

 a very light hay crap expected. 



Westchester County (Bedford). — Meadows and grass improved 

 by recent rains but still short and thin. Newly seeded meadows 

 better than old. Oats much improved, and look fine. More rain 

 is needed. 



Wyoming (Arcade). — Plowing is suspended for want of rain. 

 Cutting rye is begun. Hay' cr^oip in extremely poor condition ; 

 clover being the worst. Rain, 0.56. 



General Remarks. 



The showers of the past week were very unevenly distributed, 

 many sections getting none at all. Consequently there is much 

 complaint of drouth again. The fore part of the week was quite 

 cool, with light frosts on the 3d in the exposed localities which in 

 parts of Steuben county slightl}^ damaged some strawberries and 

 nipped tender garden vegetables, but the weather rapidly warmed 

 up and, with the exception of a few extremely dry localities, the 

 week is reported as a good growing ooe. 



Notwithstanding the dry weather spring grains as a rule con- 

 tinue to grow nicely, but the protracted drouth has seriously 

 affected winter grains and the hay crop, especially the latter. 

 Wheat and rye are heading very short, and possibly are ripening 

 prematurely. Some rye has already been cut in Wyoming county. 

 Under the most favorable conditiions hay cannot be other than 

 a poor crop. Clover is in blossom, and some has been cut, but 

 like timothy, etc., it is extremely short and thin, and in some 

 places the fields seem to be sowed with storrel instead of grass 

 seed. Throughout the state but few report even some lowland 

 meadows as in fair condition, while many upland meadows and 

 clover fields are hardly worth cutting. 



