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much as iniglit have been expected, due largely to an absence of prolonged hot, drying 

 winds. August and September were, on the whole, favourable months, and corn and 

 roots made fair growth. The fruit crop was not heavy, especially in sections hit by 

 the June frost. The fruit as a general thing was well sprayed and packed out good in 

 quality. The first fall* frost of 5 degrees which damaged corn not cu.t, came October 1. 

 Weaiher was favourable for the fruit crop harvest and it was completed before heavy 

 fall fro.sts. 



November was a good month for finishing up fall work, and ploughing was pos- 

 sible, except for a short period,- during the whole month. There vv'as little bright sun- 

 shine during the first half of the month; the total rainfall, however, was light and in 

 some cases a shortage of water in wells was reported. The first week in December was 

 open, and ploughing was possible on the 5th. There was a fall of snow on the 

 23rd of 8-02 inches, which made good sleighing for Christmas. The thermometer 

 registered 6, 4 and 5 degrees below zero on the 25th, 2Cth and 27th, respectively. 



January was unusually mild, with the lowest 1, 4, and 4 degrees below zero on the 

 5th, 30th, and 31st, respectively. There were three heavy thaws during tke month, and 

 rain fell on twelve days. Much damage was done to the fields from v/ashing, and in 

 many cases deep gullies were cut out by the water. There was good sleighing only 

 from the 21st to the 23rd, and although 21-12 inches of snow fell, this was followed by 

 mild weather which soon melted it. February was also mild after the first week, and 

 there was little snow except from the 1st to the 6th to make sleighing, and as a result, 

 lumbering and getting out wood were seriously hampered. There was little rain during 

 the month, and although the temperatures for Feb. 2, 3, 4 and 5, were 9, 4, 2, 1 degrees 

 below zero, Fahr., after that time the temperature did not go below 10 degrees above 

 zero, which was very unusual. March was an even month with not enough snow at any 

 one time for sleighing, and no rain fell during the month, with the result that the usual 

 flooding from spring rains did not occur. 



METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS. 



Weather Observations taken at Experiment-al Station, Kentville, for 1014. 



