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tables in the footnotes* give the monthly and annual tem- 

 peratures and rainfall at Ithaca, New York, for the years 1905, 

 1906 and 1907. The normal temperature and rainfall are also 

 included. A table is also given showing the distribution of this 

 rainfall during the months of April, May and June of each 

 year, as these are the important months in the production of timothy. 



* Rainfall and temperature compiled from the records of the U. S. Weather 

 Bureau. 



TABLE A 



Monthly and Annual Mean Temperatures at Ithaca, New York 



January. . . 

 February. . 

 March . . . . 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August. . . . 

 September 

 October. . . 

 November. 

 December . 

 Annual. . . . 



Normal 



23 

 24 

 31 

 44 



57 

 66 

 70 

 67 

 61 

 50 

 38 

 28 



47 



1904 



16.8 

 17.0 



30-4 

 40 . 2 



59-6 



65.6 



68.4 



65.8 



59-6 



47 



36 



44 



1905 



20 . o 

 18.4 

 32.8 

 42.9 

 55-8 

 654 



70 

 67 

 61 

 50 

 36 



31 

 46 



1906 



31 



23 

 27 



44 



56 



67 



69.4 



71.0 



64.8 



50 .0 



37-2 



26 . 2 



47-4 



1907 



24. 2 



18. 1 

 36.6 

 38.8 



50-3 

 62 . 9 



69.7 



66.6 



63 . 2 



46.4 

 38.2 

 31.6 

 45-6 



TABLE B 



Monthly and Annual Precipitation at Ithaca, New York 



January. . . 

 February. . 

 March . . . , 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August .... 

 September. 

 October . . . 

 November. 

 December . 

 Annual. . . . 



Noi-mal 



2 

 I 

 2 

 2 



3 



3 



3 



3 

 2 



3 

 2 



. 2 



34 



17 

 93 

 52 

 22 



72 



71 



81 



37 

 78 

 16 



52 



49 

 40 



1904 



.46 

 .40 



2Q 



93 

 64 



77 



79 

 20 



93 



71 



0.S4 



2.08 

 50.04 



1907 



2.68 



2 .00 



.92 



3-70 

 2.51 



5-15 

 1-95 

 1 .64 



3 96 

 3-52 



1 . 92 

 3 52 



33-47 



