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unfavorable on some of the plats, owing to a lack of rain at the 

 time of germination of the seed, the beets were successfully 

 grown, both as to quantity and as to the type and healthfulness 

 of the plants. 



The temperature and rainfall as shown by records kept at the 

 Station are of interest in this connection. 



Table I. — Temperatuee at Geneva. 



1893. 1899. 



Month. Max. MIn. Av. Max. Mln. At. 



Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. 



April 52.7 33.6 43.2 56.8 36.3 46.6 



May 65.5 47.4 57 68.7 46.4 57.6 



June 7S.2 57.2 67.7 82.3 56.6 69.5 



July 86.5 61.8 74.2 82.9 59.5 71.2 



August 80.6 61.4 71 83.9 59.2 71.6 



September 77.1 54.7 65.9 71.1 50 60.8 



October 61.4 42.8 52.1 63.8 42.9 53.4 



1900. 1901. 



Slontb. Max. Mln. Av. Max. Min. Av. 



Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. 



April 52.7 34.2 43.5 56 37.1 46.5 



May 68.5 44.9 56.7 67 46.8 56.9 



June 81.4 55.4 68.4 80.5 57.4 68.9 



July 83.2 62 72.6 88.2 65.1 76.6 



August! 85 63.1 74.1 80.9 61.1 71 



September 78.9 53.3 66.1 75 53 64 



October 68.4 47.4 57.9 62.1 47 51.4 



Table II. — Precipitation at Geneva. 



Month. 18'J>!. 1899. 19C0. 1901. 



Itk In. In. In. 



March 1.54 1.22 .02 2.19 



April 2.03 1.12 .95 4.43 



May 1.90 1.69 ].71 3.80 



June 2.39 1.71 1.45 2.07 



July 1.32 4.15 6. .-.3 3.97 



August 3.60 1.05 1.75 5.62 



September 1.86 2.23 .91 2.46 



October 3.83 2.69 3.65 1..35 



Totals eight months 18.47 15.86 16.97 25.89 



Total for May, June, July and 



August 9.21 8.60 11.44 15. 4Q 



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