EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



341 



1908. 



3. 

 4.. 

 5.. 



6.. 

 7.. 

 8.. 

 9. 

 10. 



II. 



12.. 



13.. 



14.. 



15.. 



16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 



21. 

 22. 

 23. 



24. 



26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 

 31. 



August. 



Date. 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . . 

 September 

 October. . . 



Mean . 

 temperature. 



58.5 



69.5 



74 



66 



59 



64.5 



64 



62.5 



64.5 



67.5 



62 



51.5 



64.5 



69 



70.5 



69.5 

 71.5 

 09.5 

 70.5 

 77.5 



05.5 



59 



58.5 



61.5 



67.5 



65 



53.5 



57.5 



62.5 



53 



48 



Precipitation. 





 



0.87 

 0.03 

 0.94 















0.09 









 

 

 

 



0.53 



0.04 











0.09 



0.15 



0.17 



0.60 







0.08 



0.04 











0.50 











[September. 



Mean 

 temperature. 



48.5 



66 



56.5 



52 



65 



65 



68 



76.5 



73 



71.5 



70 



59.5 



54 



48.5 



53.5 



64 



62 

 61 



57.5 

 59 



56 

 58 

 47 



48.5 

 61 



57 



48.5 



47.5 



51.5 



46 



Precipitation. 



0.12 



0.30 

















 

 

 

 



0.95 



0.54 



0.25 











0.22 



0.07 















0.17 



0.15 

















 

 

 

 



October. 



Mean 

 temperature. 



TOTAL RAINFALL. 



52 

 51 



62.5 

 56.5 

 55 



42 



40.5 



42.5 



36.5 



28.5 



28 



31.5 



53 



60 



54.5 



58 



55.5 



57.5 



50 



37.5 



42 



39.5 



37.5 



41.5 



41 



45 



40 



31 



25 



28.5 



31.5 



Precipitation. 



1.63 



4.38 





 

 

 

 0.09 



0.14 

 0.10 

 0.35 

 0.35 

 0.20 



0.25 



























0.59 



0.37 







0.32 



0.08 







0.62 



0.27 



0.10 



0.16 







0.05 











Total 18.61 



FIELD CROPS— CEREALS IN 1905. 



While germination was sloV\'er than usual, the stand of all varieties 

 Avas satisfactory and the more normal rainfall helped to check the 

 damage from rust. The gi'ain aphis was scattered and no other insect 

 preying upon cereals has been found upon any variety. 



Oats. — The rainfall during June was favorable to the development 

 of rust and oats were damaged more tlian other cereals. The experi- 

 ments of the past season emphasize the fact that for a variety to be 

 rust-proof it must be early. The Early Champion ripened first and 

 was practically free from rust. The Kherson ripened next and 

 nearly so, all the other varieties being damaged more or less. It 



noted also that the earlier varieties of oats had the thinner hulls ^ 



are more susceptible to oat smut. Such varieties, therefore, will here- 

 after be treated for smut, while the later sorts will be left untreated. 

 The Early Champion again leads in yield as it did during the previous 

 season. 



was 

 was 

 and 



