EXPERDIEXT STATION BULLETINS 



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FIELD CROPS, VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. 

 UPPER PENINSUA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



I.EO M. GEISHAR^ SUPERIXTEXDEXT. 



The season of 1900. in tlie central portion of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 

 was characterized by an excessive rainfall well distributed through the season, except- 

 ing the week beginning August 12. The following table gives the rainfall, beginning 

 Sunday morning in each case, since July 8, when observations were first taken at this 

 Station, until September 30, the end of the growing season: 



RAINFALL. 



Dav of month. 



July. 



19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 



26. 



27. 

 28. 



29. 

 30. 

 31. 



.18 



.78 

 .00 



.18 

 .03 

 .00 



.00 



.25 

 .00 

 .03 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 



.60 

 .00 

 .06 



August. Sept. 



.00 



.00 

 .00 

 .00 



.0(1 

 .15 

 .45 



8 .02 .98 



9 Trace. 79 



10 .12 Trace. 



11 25 .10 



12 Trace. 



13 Trace. 



14 .39 



15 



16 



17 



18 



.00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 



.00 

 .(0 

 .00 



.29 

 .19 

 .00 

 .00 



.03 



Trace. 



.00 



.00 

 .10 

 .04 



.00 

 .00 

 .00 



.00 



.44 



.15 

 .00 

 1.55 

 .77 

 .00 

 .00 



.00 



.S5 



2.30 



.00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 



1.10 

 .04 

 .00 

 .13 

 .21 

 .15 



.30 



.22 

 .14 

 .11 



.17 

 .20 

 .24 

 .06 



Rainfall by weeks. 



July 14 7s 



'• 21 1.51 



" 28 .28 



August 4 .6<> 



11 2.47 



" 18 00 



25 51 



September 1 .14 



8 2.91 



15 2.85 



22 1.93 



29 1.14 



Total 15.18 



