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Week ending September 25. — New England. Boston : 

 Copious rains first of week very beneficial, putting ground 

 in condition for fall ploughing and seeding and improving 

 late crops ; excepting light hay and apples, all crops yield- 

 ing near average; tobacco hanging; corn generally cut; 

 potatoes half dug ; cranberries two-thirds picked ; as a whole 

 season fairly satisfactory. 



Weather for September, 1899. 



The month of September opened with generally cloudy 

 weather. This unsettled weather culminated in showers on 

 the night of the first and morning of the second of the 

 month. These were of general occurrence, falling in parts 

 of all sections of the State. The rainfall was most welcome 

 and resulted in much benefit to the crops' interests. The 

 temperature conditions were a continuation of those of the 

 closing week of August, and ranged near the normal for the 

 season. The second week of the month was generally fair, 

 with more than the average amount of sunshine. The light 

 showers were mostly of local origin and were very unevenly 

 distributed. These, however, maintained growing and 

 maturing crops. The average temperature showed a sharp 

 falling off, ranging from 4° to 6° lower than for the preced- 

 ing week. The cool weather was favorable to farm work 

 generally and to curing tobacco. The fair weather, generally 

 sunny, continued through the 19th. During a cool period 

 from the 14th to the 16th light to moderate frosts were of fre- 

 quent occurrence. No serious or extensive damage resulted, 

 the injury, where any, being chiefly to vines and late-planted 

 corn. The temperature for the week ending the 19th was 

 six degrees below that of "the preceding week and several 

 degrees cooler than the normal for the season. General 

 rains fell on the 20th and the 21st of the month. These 

 were copious for the larger portion of the State, and 

 especially in the eastern counties, where the greatest need 

 existed. The rain was too late to be of great benefit to long- 

 suffering crops, which had either perished or reached their 

 growth and were maturing. It was, however, of great and 

 immediate benefit to pastures and meadows, and in moisten- 



