Department of Meteorolocv civ 



securing ])henological records, it is believed that it will be possible to 

 regularly obtain records of sufficient interest to justify the publication of 

 a phenological chart of the State for each season. 



In cooperation with the Department of Plant Pathology, eight field 

 laboratories have been equipped with meteorological instruments by means 

 of which daily records have been made during the past season. 



extension 



The preparation of Experiment Station Bulletin 316, '' Frosts in New 

 York," was the principal accomplishment in extension work during the 

 year. This bulletin discusses conditions favorable to the formation of 

 frost, including the diflferences in liability to frost resulting from dififer- 

 ences in elevation, exposure, soil, drainage, and the like ; methods of 

 forecasting frost, and methods of protecting from and reducing injury 

 resulting from frost. In addition, tables are given summarizing the 

 records made at 115 stations in New York, indicating the frequency of 

 killing frosts, by periods of five days each, throughout the spring and fall. 



WILFORD M. WILSON, 

 Professor of Meteorology. 



