860 



EXPERIMEXTIL FIRMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, ROSTHERN, SASK. 



KEPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, WK. A. MUNRO. B.A., B.SA. 



WEATHER CONDITIONS, CROP NOTES, AND METEOROLOGICAL 



, RECORDS. 



The winter of 1914-15 was comparatively mild and scarcely more snow fell than 

 sufficient to make good sleighing. As a consequence there was little spring flood and 

 little time between the departure of snow and spring tillage. 



The hotbeds were started early in April and the ground was in shape in the open 

 about the middle of April. A good start was made in all the annual vegetables and 

 flowers and little interruption was met with due to bad weather. After the opening of 

 spring very little rain fell, the total rainfall for the growing season being the lowest in 

 five years. On June 12 the temperature went down to 24° F., which killed the tomatoes 

 and vine plants, injured a large number of blossoms of the small fruits, cut off the 

 potatoes, and killed the corn. On August 25 the temperature went down again to 

 31° F., which froze the corn and potatoes again. As a consequence of the exceptionally 

 dry season and of the unusually late spring and early autumn frosts the results in. 

 horticulture were less satisfactory in 1915 than for any previous year. The beans, 

 corn, cucumbers, melons, squash, and pumpkins gave no yield and the results tabulated 

 in tomatoes are from plants that were planted in the open after June frosts. 



Following is the meteorological record for the year: — 



Weather Observations taken at Rosthern Experimental Station, 1915. 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 

 October.... 

 November. 

 December. 

 Total 



Month. 



Average for years 1911, 12, 13, 14 



Total for five growing months April to August, 1915 



Average for five growing months, 1911, 12, 13, 14 



Temperature F. 



Highest 



Degree. 



30-3 



290 



430 



71-3 



78-8 



810 



84-2 



93-6 



791 



67- 1*- 



47-5 



28 



Lowest. 



Degree . 



-45-5 



-13-3 



-14-8 



13-7 



23-4 



24-2 



35 -8 



31-2 



11-8 



19-4 



-16-6 



-20o 



Mean. 



Degree . 



0-2 

 8-8 

 17-7 

 44-6 

 51-2 

 54-7 

 58-5 

 64-2 

 40-2 

 400 

 18-7 

 6-8 



Total 

 Precipita- 

 tion. 



Inch. 



0-60 

 0-50 

 100 

 0-30 

 115 

 100 

 312 

 0-28 

 107 

 0-32 

 0-95 

 082 

 1011 



16-24 



5-85 



10-62 



Total 

 Sunshine. 



Hour. 



103-6 

 134-7 

 190-6 

 242-1 

 297-8 

 219-9 

 246-0 

 319-4 

 107-8 

 171-7 

 119-9 

 83-2 

 2,236-7 



2,201-4 



1,323-2 



1,269-9 



