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Rainfall and evaporation for isS'J (\)\). -.{-.iJ). — Tabiilntcd diita are 

 jiiveii for .six rain <^aii.u('.s and tiic saiiu' niiinlMT nrrvaporiinctcrs placed 

 in diHi'UMit parts of tlie station larni. 'I'lic observations were made Ironi 

 April S to November 1, inclusive. 



Mktkouological iMorowT roR l.SDO, DeW. li. Dkack, I'li. 1)., and 

 II. X. Allen, B. S. (|)p. 33-7li). — This is a continuation of the observa- 

 tions for ISSS and 188!>, leportetl in IJuiletins Nos. <> and 15 of the sta- 

 tion (se<i ICxi)eriment Station liecord, vol. i, p. Ili3, and vol. ii, p. 240), 

 with the addition of data from six evaporimeters suspended at eleva- 

 tions of 4, 22, 10, 00, 80, and 100 feet, for the months of June to October 

 inclusive; from six rain ;jaiij;es lor the months of April to October, 

 inclusive; and from soil thermometers at depths of from 1 to 36 inches 

 for the months of INIarcdi to DeciMnber, inclusive. The yearly summary 

 is as follows: iVt'.v.swor (inches). — Maximum .■J0.08 ; minimunj, 20.30; 

 mean, 30.08; annual range, 1.62; maximum daily range, 0.85. Air 

 ti'niperaturc (degrees F.). — Maximum, 103; minimum, — 10; mean, 50,67; 

 annual range, 110 ; maximum daily ranj^e, 17. llnmidily. — ]\Iean rela- 

 tive hunddity, 07.05. rrecipitation. — Total (inclies), 14.81; number of 

 days on which 0.01 in(;h or more of rain fell, 55. Weather. — Number 

 of clear days, 13G; number of fair days, 144 ; number of cloudy days, 

 85. Wind. — Prevailing direction, N and S ; maximum velocity (miles 

 per hour), 58; total movement (miles), 116,005. Soil temperature (de- 

 grees F.). — Maximum and minimum from March to December, 1 inch, 

 105 to 19; 3 inches, 101.5 to 24; 6 inches, 04 to 29.5; 9 inches, 89.5 to 

 32.2; 12 inches, 84 to 31; 24 inches, 70.5 to 39; 36 inches, 07.5 to 41.7. 



Nevada Station, Third Annual Report, 1890 (pp. 38). 



IvEroRT OF Director, S. A. .Jones, Pu. D. (p. 4). — A brief state- 

 ment regarding the work of the station. 



Financial report (pp. 5, 6). — This is for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1890. 



Report of Agriculturist and IIobticulturist, W. S. Devol, 

 B. Agr. (pp. 6-30). 



Foraye plantK [\)\^. G-\(j). — Brief descriptive notes on the following 

 species of ])lants sown on fortieth-acre plats in 1889, with a view to 

 testing their ada[)tability to the dry climate of Coloratlo: Texas blue 

 grass [Foa araehnifcra), blue grass (F. })raten.sis), fowl meadow grass 

 (/*. serotina), wood meadow grass (7*. nemoralis), redtop {Aijrostis vtil- 

 garis), creeping bent grass {A. stolonifcra), orchard grass {Dacti/lis 

 glomerata), timothy {Fhlcnm pratense), Italian rye grass {Lolium itali- 

 cum), perennial rye grass {L.perenne), meadow fescue {Festnca pratensis)^ 

 tall fescue (F. elatior), red fescue {F. rubra), tall meadow oat grass 

 {Arrhenatherum avcnaccnni), meadow foxtail [Alopecurus pratcnsis), Ber- 

 muda grass {Cynodon dactt/lon), velvet grass {Holcus lanatus), Johnson 

 grass {Sorghum halepense), sweet vernal grass {Anthoranthum odoratum), 

 Hungarian grass {Setaria italica), golden millet [S. italica), pearl millet 



