Special Telegraphic Reports. 



[Wbathbr^Bureau, Boston.] 



Week ending June 3. — New England. Boston : Farm 

 work and crops at a standstill; sunshine and warm, drying 

 weather needed ; grass excellent ; small fruits promise well ; 

 little corn planted, land too wet and cold; potatoes good in 

 Aroostook County, Me., elsewhere poor, seed rotting in 

 ground. 



Week ending June 10. — New England. Boston : Week 

 favorable ; much planting done ; low land remains too wet 

 to work ; grass continues excellent, heavy hay crop assured ; 

 all small fruits promise well ; corn poor ; potatoes fair ; sun- 

 shine and warmer weather needed. 



Weekending Jane 17. — New England. Boston : Weather 

 favorable ; planting completed ; all crops much improved and 

 now growing rapidly ; heavy hay crop promised and haying 

 will begin soon ; abundant crop of small fruits and berries 

 promised ; potato bugs numerous. 



Week ending June 24. — New England. Boston : Weather 

 favorable ; alT'crops making good growth ; some damage by 

 frost on the 18th to potatoes in Aroostook County, Me. ; 

 haying commenced, will be general the coming week ; potato 

 bugs very numerous, otherwise insects and bugs few. 



The Weather of June, 1901. 



The month opened with a week of generally cloudy, cool 

 weather. Rain was of frequent occurrence although the 

 amounts were generally light to moderate. The tempera- 

 ture during this period was quite uniform, with a mean near 

 the average. From the 10th to the 20th, inclusive, the 

 weather was partly cloudy to clear, with almost an entire 

 absence of rain. The temperature ranged somewhat above 

 the normal till the 11th, followed by several days of cool 

 weather, with the mercury from four to six degrees below 

 the normal. There was a season of showers from the 21st 

 to the 25th. The rainfall was, however, unevenly dis- 

 tributed, being excessive in some instances while in others 

 the amounts were unimportant. The showery conditions 

 were accompanied with easterly winds and fogs in coast 



