DITISIOy OF FIELD nVf^BANDRY 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION FOR ANNAPOLIS AND CORN- 

 WALLIS VALLEYS, KENTVILLE, N.S. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT W. SAXBY BLAIR. 

 WEATHER CONDITIONS, 1013. 



Tlio early part of xVpril was warm, the latter part cool. Land was fit for work 

 oil April 2:5. l\ra,v was dull, with frequent light showers. Seeding and planting were 

 done in good season. Jime was cool and unusually dry, and crops suffered from the 

 drought. Ju'y continued cojI with frequent showers. August was dry and crops were 

 again checked for want of rain. September weather was favourable. October was 

 wet, with a total rainfall of 9.60 inches, this being about 20 per cent more than the 

 average. The temperature was unusually high, the average being 56^5°, which is 9° 

 flbove the average for the twelve years previous. This condition was particularly 

 favourable to roots, and as no frosts occurred on the corn area until October, this 

 crop made good growth until cut, September 24 to 27. 



Wf>ather records have been taken since the month of April only, some of which 

 iiro horowith reported. 



SoJiE Weather Observations taken at Kentville Experimental Station, 1913. 



FIELD CROPS. 



The field areas cultivated this season were principally those in orchards, the 

 strips between the trees being devoted to various field crops. Some of the areas had 

 been stumped the previous season and consequently were vei\v uneven and difficult to 

 work. • ]\ruch time was necessarily spent during the spring months clearing these fields 

 of stones and root.s, and as a result the seeding of the crops was slightly delayed. 



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