The Weather of June, 1902. 

 The month opened with several warm days, and the weather 

 conditions were very favorable and seasonal. The tempera- 

 tures during the first and the second days ranged in the OO's 

 in many sections. Before the close of the first week, how- 

 ever, there was a sharp drop in the mercury, and, with slight 

 exceptions, the weather has been cooler than is usual for the 

 season for the remainder of the month. The nights were, as 

 a rule, exceptionally cool, and there were reports of light 

 frosts in some localities, where the conditions were favorable. 

 During the first ten days of the month the rainfall was quite 

 equally distributed, and the conditions as regarded moisture 

 were near normal. From the 10th to the 22d little rain fell 

 in eastern sections of the State, and the ground, especially 

 in high or up lands, became very dry, and vegetation sufiiered 

 for need of water. Copious showers and rains occurred 

 durins: the closins; week of the month in about all sections, 

 and the droughty conditions were relieved. In many sections 

 the rains came too late for grass lands and early vegetables, 

 and short crops will result. The deficiency in temperature 

 will probably average over one degree per day, as com- 

 pared with the normal temperature of the month. A 

 conspicuous feature of the weather was an absence of the 

 usual number of thunderstorms, but of the few that occurred 

 some were unusually violent. Viewed as a whole, the weather 

 of the month was unusually cool, but very pleasant. 



In the circular to correspondents returnable June 24 the 

 following questions were asked : — 



1. What insects are proving injurious in your locality? 



2. How is Indian corn looking, and what is the acreage 

 as compared with previous years? 



3. Has haying begun, and what is the prospect for the 



crop .'' 



4. How does the acreage of early potatoes compare with 

 previous years, and what is the promise for the crop? 



5. How do early market-garden crops compare in yield 

 and price with former years, and what is the prospect for 

 those not yet harvested ? 



