ABSTMCTS OF PDBLICATIONS OF THE mm STATES DEPARTMENT OF 



AGRICULTUKE. 



DIVISION OF STATISTICS. 



Report 'No. 91 (new series), December, 1891 (pp. G37-G98). — 

 This includes articles on meteorology in relation to the crops of 1891, 

 statistics of the crops of the year, farm prices, condition of growing 

 crops, distribution of spring and winter wheat, cotton imports of the 

 United States, the canning industry, agriculture in Uruguay and in the 

 Guianas, European crop rei)ort for December, and rates of transporta- 

 tion companies. 



Meteorology in relation to the crops of 1891. — Summaries of the tem- 

 perature and precipitation during the growing season of 1891 are given, 

 and the relation of the conditions thus shown to the yields of different 

 crops is discussed with tlie aid of diagrams. The following table shows 

 the departures both in temperature and rainfall from the normal for 

 each month of the year ending with October, 1891, in four of the prin- 

 cipal agricultural regions of the United States : 



Months. 



1890 



October 



November 



December 



1891 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



Juue 



July 



August 



September 



October 



Middle Atlantic 

 states. 



Tempera- 

 ture. 



Degrees. 

 —1.3 

 +1.2 

 -2.9 



+2.9 



+ 4.4 



2 2 



+'10 

 —1.7 

 +0.2 

 —4.3 

 +0.9 

 +2.9 

 —2.7 



Rain- 

 fall. 



Inches. 

 +1.77 

 —2.73 

 + 0.53 



+ 1.08 

 +1.51 

 + 2.10 

 -1.11 

 —0.34 

 —1.15 

 +2.20 

 0.00 

 —1.50 

 +0.20 



Western Gulf 

 States. 



Tempera- 

 ture. 



Degrees. 

 —1.4 

 +2.8 

 +2.9 



+1.7 

 +1.2 

 —5.2 

 —0.9 

 —2.7 

 +0.5 

 —2.5 

 —1.8 

 +0.5 

 —1.7 



Rain- 

 fall. 



Inches. 

 +0.57 

 —0.87 

 —1.91 



+2.38 

 -1.45 

 —0. 34 

 —0. 15 

 -3.04 

 --1.20 

 + 1.40 

 -1.10 

 -1.20 

 —2.80 



Ohio Valley and 

 Tennea.see. 



Tempera- 

 ture. 



Degrees. 

 —1.7 

 +4.6 

 +1.1 



+ 4.4 

 +3.4 

 -3.0 

 + 2.1 

 —2.8 

 +2.C 

 -4.0 

 —0.8 

 +2.0 

 -1.8 



Rain- 

 faU. 



Inches. 

 +0.82 

 -1.49 

 -0.42 



—0.08 

 + 1.89 

 +2.03 

 —1.90 

 —2.04 

 +0.13 

 +0.80 

 -0.30 

 —1.00 

 —1.80 



Upper Missis- 

 sippi Valley. 



Tempera- 

 ture. 



Degrees. 

 —1.2 

 + 3.7 

 +3.9 



+9.3 

 +0.2 

 -5.4 

 +2.0 

 —1.0 

 +0.8 

 -5.8 

 —1.3 

 +5.4 

 +0.1 



Rain- 

 fall. 



Inches. 

 +0.26 

 —0.51 

 -1.38 



—0.01 

 -0.41 

 +0.36 

 —0.34 

 —1.90 

 —0.83 

 —0.80 

 +0.80 

 —2.50 

 —1. 40 



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