feet wide, separated into subdivisions according to the (quantities of 

 seeds in baud. Tbe plots and subdivisions were marked by rows of 

 sorgliuni, as a rule, and the grass seeds were sown broadcast. It was 

 impossible to use plows in fighting weeds, aiul the work of getting rid 

 of them had to be done by hand. It was necessary for the weeders to 

 be in the plots, and as the giouiul was very wet a portion of the grasses 

 in the plots was also destroyed in the effort to get rid of the weeds, 

 either by trampling or by being pulled up with the weeds. Tbe rain- 

 fall during May aggregated 4.02 inches, much above normal. During 

 June it aggregated 5.45 inches. During July there was a sudden fall- 

 ing off in precipitation, as shown by the following table. 



Date, Iiicli. ' Date. lucli 



.July 1 0.52 .Tills- 17 ». '-'O 



.50 



'J'dlal IVii- I III- iMiiiilh, 1 . :;(S iiiclit's. 



By the 1st of August everything in the station garden had begun to 

 show the inevitable effect of the drought. Hot winds were blowing 

 during all of July, and the succulent garden i)lants presented the 

 appearance of having been scalded with hot water, and in some 

 instances were killed. During August the rainfall was only normal, 

 being 0.10 of an inch on the 16th. In September there was a fraction 

 more, viz, 0.44 of an inch on the 7th. During the first twenty-five 

 •lays of October there was a precipitation of only 0.01 inch, falling on 

 the IGth. 



In view of the hot winds and the protracted dry weather it is remark- 

 able that anything in the garden survived. October 2C the first rain- 

 fall of any consequence since June 30 (when tlie precipitation was 2.01> 

 inches) occurred; the precipitation was 2.S0 inches. During November 

 there were several rains, viz: 



'I'lital lor the iiidiitli, 2.36 inches. 



Of tin; plants in the garden, the several varieties of alfalfa, sul!a, 

 sainfoin, and hairy vetch greened out wonderfully, and have since 

 then made vigorous growths, in spite of the frosts during the months 

 of November and December. Following the slight rainfall of Novem- 

 ber 1, there was a killing frost (the first of the season) on the night of 

 the 2d, and there was much freezing weather during the months of 



