WORK OF TRUCKEE-CARSON EXPERIMENT FARM IN 1912. 



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that it will be necessary for the farmers to produce crops which can 

 be profitably shipped to distant points. Commercial truck crops, such 

 as potatoes, onions, and melons, are very promising in this connec- 

 tion, and much of the work of the experiment farm has been devoted 

 to the testing of varieties and cultural methods for these crops. 



Some work of an educational nature is done among the local farm- 

 ers. Instruction and demon.strations are given in connection with the 

 proper methods of tree planting, pruning, and spraying, and an active 

 part is taken in the local agricultural fairs. Some attention has been 

 given to finding what shade and ornamental trees and other plants 

 could best be used in beautifying home grounds. {Fig. 2.) 



CLIMATIC RECORDS. 



Daily records are kept of the maximum and minimum temperatures, 

 humidity, precipitation, evaporation, and wind velocity. This work 

 is carried on in cooperation with the Biophysical Laboratory of the 



Fk;. 2. — A hedgv of oleaster on the Truckee-Carsoa Experiment F.inii. For ornamental 

 purposes and as a \viudt)reak oleaster is one of tbe most desirable plants tested at the 

 farm. 



Bureau of Plant Industry. A meteorograph has been installed on 

 the experiment farm by the University of Nevada. This instrument 

 records automatically on a single sheet of paper the relative humidit}^, 

 temperature, barometric pressure, wind velocity, and wind direction. 

 Table I gives a summary of the climatological observations made 

 since 190G. 



Table I. — Hinniiiai!/ of cliiiKitolofficdJ oJ)scn-(it!oiis <it the Triiclcec-Ciirsoii Ex- 

 ixriiiiciif ['(iriii. ItXK) to l'.ll.2. iiiclii.sirc. 



Precipitation (Inches). 



