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The Bulletin. 



WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING 1903-'09, INCLUSIVE. 



Besides soil, seed, fertilization, and cultivation, and time of plant- 

 ing, weather conditions, mainly the rainfall, influence the crop yield. 

 In the table presented herewith will be found the monthly and annual 

 rainfall during the years covered by the experiments, the mean 

 monthly and annual rainfall since 1868, and the same data for the 

 months of May to September, inclusive. During the growing months 

 the rainfall in 1903 was below the normal and there was an earlv 

 frost; good conditions prevailed in 1904; 1905 and 190G had more 

 than the normal amount of rainfall, and there was an early frost in 

 1906, The rainfall throughout 1907 and in the growing season was 

 low, and 1908 and 1909 were noted for heavy rainfalls. 



RAINFALL IN INCHES AT STATESVILLE. 



January 



February 



March 



April. 



May 



June 



July.. 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December... 



Annual 



Monthly average for May to Sept., inclusive 



6.43 

 9.90 

 8.66 

 7.37 

 .63 

 4.52 

 3.55 

 3.tf4 

 5.05 

 1.08 

 1.72 

 1.69 



53.64 



4.04 



2.07 

 3.87 

 2.46 

 1.55 

 2.07 

 5.74 

 4.01 

 6.60 

 1.31 

 .12 

 3.71 

 3.64 



37.15 



o 



05 



2.88 

 5.70 

 1.50 

 2.28 

 6.78 

 1.28 

 8.95 

 8.75 

 1.30 

 2.06 

 .35 

 8.09 



7.23 

 1.75 

 6.00 

 1.49 

 2.02 

 6.45 

 8.68 

 6.37 

 3.61 

 4.11 

 .80 

 2.80 



49.91 ;51.31 



4.41 



5.07 



6.28 



.05 

 2.16 

 2.75 

 3.85 

 3.02 

 4.74 

 2.02 

 3.26 

 6.05 

 1.60 

 4.00 

 6.22 



39.66 





4.20 

 3.90 

 3.80 

 3.10 

 2.04 

 1.55 

 9.33 

 13.27 

 3.75 

 8.15 

 1.90 

 4.60 



59.59 



c 



O- . 



c 5 lu 

 cS « u 



5.58 

 10.67 

 5.96 

 4.95 

 1.58 

 2.92 

 1.11 

 2.52 



3.98 

 4.57 

 5.15 

 3.67 

 3.96 

 4.36 

 4.81 

 5.82 

 4.19 

 3.23 

 2.98 

 4.37 



51.09 



4.02 



6.97 



5.75 



4.79 



THE RESULTS. 



In studying the yields of the several fields it is well to bear in mind 

 that Field A was used continuouslv duriuo- the seven vears for cotton 

 and corn, except in 1908, when oats without fertilizer were grown in 

 the spring and followed by a crop of fertilizer experiment peas in the 

 summer. Field B was used continuously for corn and cotton, but 

 had oats and peas in 1909. Field C grew oats and peas, oats with- 

 out fertilizer and peas in the regular fertilizer experiments in 1904, 

 1905, 1906, 1907; cotton in 1908, and corn in 1909. 



