CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ON THE TRUCKEE-CARSON PROJECT. 



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lands having- good air drainage than when planted in the bottom 

 lands or hollows. 



Table II. — Average monthly minimum temperatures recorded by two ther- 

 mometers, one on a hill and the other in a hollow, on the Truckee-C arson 

 Experiment Farm in 1910, 1911, and 1912. 



Table III, compiled from the records of the United States Weather 

 Bureau, shows the average temperature conditions at Fallon, Nev., 

 from 1906 to 1912, inclusive. 



The absolute maximum temperature recorded in any year was 

 10-3° F., in August. 1008, and the minimum was 15° below zero, in 

 January, 1010. July is the hottest month and January is the coldest. 



Table III. 



-Average and absolute monthly temperatures at Fallon, x<r., I'JOC, 

 to 1912, inclusive. 



MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN DIVERSE SECTIONS OF THE 



PROJECT. 



In April, 1011, recording minimum thermometers were placed in 

 different parts of the project, with farmers who volunteered to act 

 as cooperators with the experiment farm in securing records of 

 minimum temperatures. These cooperators are Miss Anna Johnson, 

 in the Island district; W. W. Cogswell, on Summit ranch, \\ miles 



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