DITISIOX OF FIELD HUSBANDRY 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



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EXPERIMENTAL STATION FOR PRINCE EDWARD 

 ISLAND, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, J. A. CLARK, B.S.A. 



WEATHER CONDITIONS AND CROP NOTES, 1912. 



A mild spell of weather about the middle of April gave promise of an early spring. 

 Cold, dull weather followed, and it was not until the 11th of May that seeding began 

 at this Station. The greater part of May was so backward that the leaves and the 

 blossoms were fully three weeks later bursting out than in the spring of 1911 ; a frost 

 that wilted the clovers occurred on the 22nd. June was decidedly cool. The mean 

 temperature was more than a degree below the average. Cutworms did much damage 

 in the province. During the first half of July the heat was extreme, and during the 

 latter half the rainfall was excessive. Large quantities of hay were ruined throughout 

 the province. The cool, late spring and the heavy rains of July and August caused the 

 hay crop to fall below the average, both in quantity and quality. The early grain also 

 suffered much from this, and gave yields much below the same varieties sown later. 

 This was a very unusual occurrence in this province. In many sections haymaking 

 was continued until harvest, or about the third week in August. The oats filled well, 

 but smut was very prevalent. Rust and the joint worm did much injury to the wheat 

 crop. September proved to be a good harvest month. The late grain ripened very 

 slowly, yet where it did mature it was heavy and well filled. No killing frost occurred 

 during .the month. The potato crop was good, and when harvested was very free from 

 rot. The corn, mangels and sugar beets were scarcely an average crop, but the turnips 

 and carrots gave heavy yields. A severe frost occurred on the 16th of October, but 

 it was not until the 12th of November that the more hardy vegetation was killed. 

 The weather was open and a very large percentage of the fall work was completed in 

 the early autumn. 



Some Weather Observations taken at Charlottetown Experimental Station, 1912. 



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