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Week ending July 10. — New England. Boston : Splendid 

 growing week, very warm, with frequent showers latter 

 half ; drought completely broken ; all crops show decided 

 improvement, especially corn, potatoes, rye and tobacco ; 

 small fruits abundant ; second crop hay promises well. 



Week ending July 17. — New England. Boston : Weather 

 very favorable, except heavy rain and high winds did some 

 damage in eastern Maine ; all crops improved and growing 

 rapidly ; haying nearly completed in southern and well 

 advanced in northern half of district ; potatoes, corn and 

 tobacco promise good crops. 



Week ending July ®4- — New England. Boston : Weather 

 favorable to crops except in eastern Massachusetts, New 

 Hampshire and part of Rhode Island, where drought is 

 again becoming severe ; much hay yet to harvest in northern 

 half of district ; potatoes, corn and tobacco promising ; light 

 to killing frosts in the low lands of Maine and Vermont did 

 little damage. 



The Weather op July, 1899. 



The weather conditions of July were an improvement on 

 those which prevailed through June. The general showers 

 that occurred during the first week effectually broke the 

 drought that existed through May and June. Seasonable 

 showers continued to fall through the second week and until 

 the 18th of the month, giving favorable weather to growing 

 crops of all kinds. From the 18th to the 25th the showery 

 weather was confined to the western sections of the State, 

 there being nearly an entire absence of precipitation in the 

 eastern counties. There were consequently general com- 

 plaints of a second drought in the eastern portion of the 

 State at the end of the period mentioned. The dryness was, 

 however, again relieved by copious showers, which pre- 

 vailed quite generally the night of the 25th and during the 

 26th. The month, therefore, closes with the soil in fairly 

 good condition for the growth and cultivation of crops. 

 The temperature has averaged somewhat above the mean 

 for the month. It has been devoid of extremes but on the 

 other hand has been well distributed through the days and 



