REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



265 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The month of September was more or less broken with showery weather, the 

 heaviest rainfalls, however, were registered on the 4th, 6th, 14th and 26th, when 1-33 

 inches of rain fell. The weather conditions outside of these daj^s permitted of getting 

 grain harvested in a satisfactory manner. No frosts were recorded here during Sep- 

 tember. 



October was unusually dry and fine weather continued almost all of the month, 

 the rainfall being only 1 -29 inches in all. No frost was recorded up to the 11th and 

 12th, when 5° and 7° respectively were recorded. Frost was again recorded on the 

 23rd. 



The month of November was also unusually fine most of the time, with frequent 

 light rains up to the 15th, 16th and ITth, 2 -10 inches falling on those dates. Dry 

 weather then continued until the 29th, when 1 -61 inches of rain fell. Very little frost 

 was recorded in this month until the 15th, when the mercury fell to 5° below zero. 

 From the 19th to 22nd slight frosts were recorded and from the 27th to the end of the 

 month, frost was recorded each day, while on the 29th 54° was also recorded, being only 

 one degree below the warmest record for the month. 



Rainfall. 



1905. 



April 1-24 inches. 



May 3-02 " 



June . 3:30 " 



July.. .. .. 1-56 " 



August 1-53 '' 



September 3-38 " 



October.. 1-29 " 



November 4-72 " 



1904. 



20 -04 " 

 METEOROLOGICAL RECORD. 



24-99 



The maximum and minimum thermometrical observations for thfe year beginning 

 December 1, 1904, and ending November 30, 1905 : — 



Month. 



1904 

 December 



1905. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May. 



June 



July 



Auf^ust 



September 



October 



November 



Maximum. 



1st, 38° above zero. 



1st and 10th, 35° above zero 

 13th, 38° above zero 

 3()th, 50° I. 



29th, 66° 

 ■29th, 73° 

 15th, 81° ., 



19th, 83° „ 



12th, 82° 

 11th, 74° 

 5th, 68° 

 2oth, 55° 



Minimum. 



27th, 14° below zero. 



15th, 31° 



6th, 18° 

 15th, 15° 



3rd, 20° above zero. 

 13th, 22° 



7th, 27° 



3rd, 4 ,° 

 16th, 3S° 

 ••^Oth, 33° 

 27th, 17° 

 15th, 5° below zero. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Experiments were again continued this year with the leading sorts of oats which 

 were grown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth acre each. Thirty-nine varieties were 

 included in this test. The plots received the same treatment and were on soil practi- 

 cally uniform throughout. 



The ground was a clay loam, on which clover hay was grown the previous year 



