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and also the amount of rainfall at Lake Eoad and Greneva for 

 7 weeks — May 12 to June 29. 



Table XIV. — Partial Meteorological Record, Lake Road and 



Geneva, May 12-June 29. 



j)j^tg_ Average Average Average Total 



UJiix. * uiiu. bumidiiy. raiutal). 



LAKE ROAD. 



May 12-18 71 48 76 0.33 



May 19-25 69 45 63 0.02 



May26-Juuel 74 51 77 0.25 



June 2-S 74 55 80 0.53 



June 9-15 74 51 73 0.17 



June 16-22 74 51 68 0.15 



June 23-29 84 59 63 O.OG 



Total 



Average 74.3 51.4 71.4 1.51 



GENEVA. 



May 12-18 76 51 65 0.72 



May 19-25 70 48 56 0.00 



May 26-June 1 78 48 63 0.62 



June 2-8 80 55 67 0.65 



June 9-15 77 50 61 0.11 



June 16-22 80 54 53 0.05 



June 23-29 88 60 53 0.14 



TotaJ 



Average 78.4 52.3 59.7 2.29 



It is interesting to note that while the rainfall was greater at 

 Geneva the average humidity was decidedly less and the tem- 

 perature was higher and subject to somewhat greater extremes 

 at this place than it was at Lake Road. 



The conditions during the summer remained favorable to the 

 healthy development of foliage and fruit except that the drought 

 was severe. High winds at different times, and especially the 

 wind storm of September 11 and 12, caused the loss of a con- 

 siderable amount of fruit. 



Yield of fruit. — In order to get as accurate a record as possible 

 of the efifect of the spraying in bloom upon the yield even the 

 windfalls which were unfit for any use were measured and the 

 record of the amount of this fruit for each tree was included in 

 making the statement of the total yield of fruit per tree. On 



