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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



: 5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



yeaiPS. October was abnormally high in teani>eratiLre and the average was nine 

 degrees above that of former seasons. November and December were seasonable 

 months. January during the first two weeks was very cold, the thermometer regis- 

 tering to 5 degrees below zero. This was followed by a warm spell and the ground 

 completely thawed out. From the 10th to the last of February the coldest weather 

 ever experienced in the valley is reported, the temperature going below zero on eight 

 different days and falling to as low as 17 degrees below zero. There was little snow 

 on the ground, and the frost entered to a great depth. High winds accompanied the 

 cold, and cellars supposed to be frost proof were penetrated. 



The rainfall was light during June and August, and crops suffered, the potato 

 crop especially being much reduced in yield. October was an unusually wet month 

 and rain is recorded on twenty days with a total of 9-60 inches, or about 20 per cent 

 greater than the average. This, with the warm weather, favoured the forage crops; 

 roots especially made good growth during the month. The first fall frost of 1 degree 

 was recorded on October 1. The only other frost recorded for the month was on the 

 23rd, when the temperature fell to 32 degrees. During the first week in November, 

 frost occurred every night and 11 and 10 degrees were recorded on the 3rd. and 4th 

 respectively. 



There was a short period of sleighing during Christmas week, and fair sleigh- 

 ing from the 19th to the 24th of January; again from the 15th to the end of Febru- 

 ary, and for a week in March. Brooks and streams thawed out early in March, 

 but the weather remained cold and dull for the most part. 



Meteorological Records. 



