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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



During last winter I attended farmers' meetings in Moose Jaw, Pense, Qu'Appelle 

 Station, Wolseley, Grenfell, in Assiniboia, and in June last, a large meeting of farmers 

 in Saskatoon, Sask., at all of which papers were read on the work of the Experimental 

 Farm. 



Visitors to Farm. 



The number of visitors to the farm from a distance slightly decreased during the 

 past season, owing to the train service being a midnight one until after harvest. 

 Local visitors were more numerous than in any year previous. 



Correspondence. 



During the ten months ending November 1st, 1,720 letters were received and 2,448 

 letters despatched. In letters received are not included reports on grain and other 

 samples, and in letters despatched, circulars of instruction regarding samples, &c, are 

 not counted. 



Meteorological Observations. 



Temperature, maximum and minimum, for 10 months; average temperature for 

 growing season ; range of temperature for growing season; sunshine for growing season ; 

 rainfall for growing season and days cloudy during growing season : — 



Location. — Longitude 102° West. Latitude 52° North. Altitude, about 2,000 

 feet. 



Temperature. 

 Maximum and minimum, 10 months, from January 1 to October 31, 1894. 



Months. 



January . . . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 

 September . 

 October. . . 



Maximum. 



On 



13th 45°. 



28th 40°. 



29th 43°. 



26th 74°. 



29th 87°. 



11th 93° 



16th 100° 



" 21 & 25th 97° 



12th 88°. 



15th 71°. 



Minimum. 



On 



7th— 39° 

 12th— 34° 

 24th— 15° 



8th 17° 

 8th & 18th 23° 



5th 33° 



3rd 40° 



" 14th, 23rd, 29th 40° 



29th 19° 



29th 17° 



AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR GROWING SEASON, APRIL 1 TO AUGUST 31. 



Month. 



April . . 

 May . . . 

 June . . 

 July . . 

 August 



Daily Average, 5S° 



