REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



25 



METEOROLOCxICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Table of Meteorological Observations taken at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 1894 ; maximum, minimum and mean temperature for each month, with date of 

 occurrence : also rainfall and snowfall : — 



January. 

 February. . 

 March 



April 



May 



June 



July , 



August. . . . 

 September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Maximum. 



41 

 38 

 54 

 73 

 S3 

 91 

 93 

 89 

 82 

 65 

 51 

 45 



Date. 



4th 

 19th 

 19th 

 27th 

 1st 

 16th 

 20th 

 14 th 



4th 

 28th 



3rd 

 17th 



Minimum. 



-16-2 



-25-7 



35 



13 



35 o 



30-2 



47 



420 



29o 



338 



15 



-24 5 



Date. 



26th 

 24th 

 27th 

 2nd 



12, 14 & 15 



6th 



8th 



21st 



26th 



7th&l'th 

 29th 

 29th 



Mean. 



13 



11 

 31 

 46 

 56 

 6G 

 68 

 62 

 60 

 47 

 2!) 

 21 







06 

 •2 

 •2 





 ■6 

 •9 

 •4 



1 

 ■7 



5 

 ■3 



Rain- 

 fall. 



in. 



103 



•82 



203 



619 



O . C7 



O Ui 



146 

 2 19 

 3' 13 

 1-55 



•48 



23 05 



Snow- 

 fall. 



in. 



34 00 



10 50 



600 



8 



13-0 



71-50 



Rain or snow fell on 173 days during the 12 months. 

 Heaviest rainfall in 24 hours, 1"19 inches, on June 20th. 

 Heaviest snowfall in 24 hours, 22 inches, on January 30th. 

 During July rain fell on 15 days, and on 16 days in November. 



April and August show the lowest number of days on which rain fell during: the season, viz. : 7 

 9 days respectively. 



WILLIAM T. ELLIS. 



and 



TESTS OF THE ACTION OF FERTILIZERS ON SOME CROPS. 



In the Annual Report <yl the Experimental Farms for 1893, details are given on 

 pages 8 to 24 of the results of a series of tests which were carried on during the pre- 

 vious five or six years with the object of gaining information regarding the effects 

 which follow the application of certain fertilizers and combinations of fertilizers on the 

 more important crops. The particulars there given covered the results of six years 

 experience with crops of wheat and indian corn and five years experience with crops of 

 oats, barley, turnips and mangels. The experience was also given as to the results of 

 similar tests conducted for three years with carrots and one year with sugar beets. 



These experiments are being continued ; and as explanatory regarding the prepar- 

 ations made and the general plan, together with the way in which it has been carried on 

 the following paragraphs are quoted from the report of 1893. 



" A piece of sandy loam, more or less mixed with clay, which was originally 

 covered wrth heavy timber, chiefly white pine, was chosen for these tests. The timber 

 was cut many years ago, and among the stumps still remaining when the land was pur- 

 chased, there had sprung up a thick second growth of trees, chiefly poplar, birch and 

 maple, few of which exceeded six inches in diameter at the base. Early in 1887, this 

 land was cleared by rooting up the young trees and stumps and burning them in piles 

 on the ground from which they were taken, the ashes being afterwards distributed over 

 the soil as evenly as possible, and the land ploughed and thoroughly harrowed. Later 

 in the season it was again ploughed and harrowed, and most of it got into fair condition 

 for cropping." 



