REMARKS. 



The New England Weather Bureau reports, for the past month, 

 that "rain has been frequent and excessive in all districts. Crops 

 have ripened pretty well, but the weather has been unfavorable for 

 curing corn and grain and for harvesting the second crop. The 

 ground is well filled with water at the end of the month and wells 

 and springs are filling up fast. The weather has been exceptionally 

 favorable for the growth of late forage crops and for pastures and 

 newly seeded fields. Stock will come to the barns in unusually 

 good condition from most pastures. The conditions have been 

 unfavorable however for potatoes, and rust and decay have increased 

 over most of the state. Fruit has been shaken from the trees com- 

 paratively little by wind storms. 



Local rain and thunderstorms have been as frequent and damag- 

 ing as during any month this season. They were especially severe 

 on the 5th— 6th, 9th— 10th, and 19th instants. 



Tobacco was secured remarkably from damage by the weather and 

 is reported to be curing well." 



At Amherst the precipitation was about an inch and a half in 

 excess of the normal amount, and the mean temperature for the 

 month was about two degrees below normal. The first frost of the 

 season in the ground shelter was on the 24th instant, when ihe tem- 

 perature fell to 31° F., and a light frost was noted in the lowlands 

 on the 21st instant. Neither of them however did serious damage. 



The corn crop, which matured late, is reported as abundant and 

 good, and rowen exceptionally good. The onion crop is poor and 

 light owing to the early winds and blight, and potatoes are suffering 

 from rot and rust to some extent. Apples and grapes are both 

 abundant and fine. 



LEONARD METCALF, Meteorologist. 



JAMES L. BARTLETT, Observer. 



