complete suspension of work ; frequent rains in south bene- 

 fited rye, oats and grass, but retarded corn growth ; con- 

 siderable tobacco set ; grass promises heavy crop. 



Week ending June 7. — New England. Boston : Another 

 unfavorable week, cool, cloudy and wet; season very back- 

 ward in Maine ; seeds germinating slowly ; some corn rot- 

 ting in the hill ; present conditions, causing tobacco plants 

 to turn yellow and die, may result in decreased acreage. 



Weeh ending June 14. — New England. Boston: Con- 

 tinued cool and wet ; excessive rains on 9th and 10th flooded 

 meadows and washed hillsides in central districts ; work 

 much delayed ; field crops growing slowly ; much seed 

 rotting. 



Week ending June 21. — New England. Boston : Higher 

 temperature, more sunshine, less rain ; all crops improving ; 

 haying begun in south and excellent crop indicated ; tobacco 

 being set under favorable conditions. 



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Weather for June, 1897. 



The month of June opened unfavorably for the farmer. 

 During the week ending on the 7th, the weather was too cool 

 and wet for a good growth of any crop. There was very lit- 

 tle sunshine, and the need of this was severely felt. The 

 temperature ranged about normal throughout the first four 

 days, although on several mornings the mercury registered 

 below 50°, and there was a narrow escape from frost in low 

 places on the 2d. Frequent rains, accompanied by hail and 

 high winds in some localities, occurred, although, as a rule, 

 the precipitation was not heavy. 



The week ending with the 14th brought no improvement 

 in the general conditions, but on the contrary the situation 

 was nearly at the worst. Only one clear day occurred dur- 

 ing this period, and with the cool temperature and the rain 

 all crops were greatly retarded. An exceptionally heavy 

 rainfall came on the 9th and 10th. At Leeds, 4.20 inches 

 fell on these two days, causing fully 75 per cent of the 

 meadows to become overflowed. At that place the Con- 

 necticut River was higher than in any previous June. A 

 large rainfall was also recorded in eastern sections of the 

 State, the measurement at Boston being slightly more than 



