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FORAGE CROPS IN NEBRASKA. 



a' fair degree of certainty. The next region, included between 27 and 

 30 inches, is one in which these grasses may do well in favorable locali- 

 ties, but are more or less uncertain, and are quite sure to fail in dry 

 seasons. On account of the lower summer temperature, these grasses 

 may extend farther west in the northern part of the State than in the 

 southern portion. For this belt, orchard grass and meadow fescue are 

 more likely to be successful than timothy and clover, while brome-grass 



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Fig. 8.— Normal rainfall in Nebraska during the growing season, April to September, in inches. 



is the only satisfactor}^ cultivated pasture grass west of this. Even 

 brome-grass fails in the extreme west. 



TEMPERATURE. 



_ rof. George A. Loveland, director of the Nebraska section of the 

 Weather Bureau, has furnished the normal monthly temperature for 

 several stations distributed over the State, which data are incorporated 

 in the following charts. Besides these are given the normal annual 

 temperature for the same stations, the average 3'early minimum and 

 the lowest recorded temperature for each station. 



