REMARKS. 



The past mouth presents few features of particular interest. It 

 has been a normal June, though cool aud dry in this vicinity. 



While the amount of sunshine was in excess of the normal, the 

 nights were generally cool and the mean temperature was more than 

 two degrees below normal. There were some hot days during the 

 month but the heat was neither excessive uor of long duration. The 

 rainfall was deficient by nearly one inch. 



The low temperature has had the effect of retarding the growth of 

 tobacco, corn, squash, tomatoes, melons, etc. on, all soils except 

 those naturally warm. The weather was almost phenomenally fav- 

 orable for tobacco setting during the early part of the month. The 

 strawberry crop has been rather disappointing and raspberries are 

 doing poorly, but the blackberries and currants promise well. Hay- 

 ing is well under way and the crop is generally light on all except 

 the very fertile and moisture retentive soils, as was anticipated. 



The cut worms have been very numerous and troublesome, seri- 

 ously thinning the fields of onions and tobacco as well as tender gar- 

 den truck. The elm-leaf beetles are very abundant and doing much 

 damage, as did the canker worms during the early part of the month. 



LEONARD METCALF, Acting Meteorologist. 

 JAMES L. BARTLETT, Observer. 



