Week ending June 17. — New England. Showers and 

 warm weather in northern portion, and crops are growing fast ; 

 too dry in southern portion, especially for grass, which is 

 promising small yield ; haying begun, as upland fields have 

 ripened prematurely and are very light ; insect pests numer- 

 ous. 



Week ending June 24. — New England. The past week, 

 on the whole, has been good for all growing crops, but rain 

 is needed ; haying begun and some hoeing done ; oats, rye 

 and corn doing well ; potato bugs doing some damage ; some 

 tobacco had to be set over on account of cut worms ; fruit 

 promises a fair yield. 



Weather Summary tor June. 



Furnished by the New England Weather Service. 



Notwithstanding the drought which prevailed in Massa- 

 chusetts during the middle of June, the month of July has 

 opened very favorably for all agricultural interests, and 

 most field crops are up with or ahead of the average. In 

 northern counties occasional showers fell during the month, 

 and the to[) of the ground was moist enough for most pur- 

 poses ; but in all central and southern districts not more 

 than a trace of rain came from the 6th to the 25th, and the 

 ground got very dry. Grass especially suffered and ripened 

 prematurely, crowding haying last on to hoeing. On the 

 Cape most field crops were backward and growing slowly ; 

 but the cloudy, wet weather of the last week changed the 

 aspect of everything. Even grass, except on the driest 

 knolls, has thickened up very much, and is now growing 

 with new energy. The grass on fields that had been cut is 

 starting quickly, and shows prospect of a good second crop. 

 At most places the total rainfall for the month was slightly 

 below the normal. 



A hail storm in the vicinity of Warren, in Worcester 

 County, on the 23d, did considerable damage. Mr. W. H. 

 Warren of that place reports that some corn and potato 

 fields were ruined, and have been planted over. Orchards 

 were stripped of leaves and fruit, and in some cases the 

 bark was torn from the trees. One farmer had one hundred 



