WATER SOILS. 



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of the earlier years of the series, so far as we can judge from the rather raca^er rec- 

 ords of those earlier years, yet tluTe is aflbrded no evidence of any considerable jiro- 

 gressive change in tlie climate of the State, toward either wetter or drier conditions." 



Meteorological summary for Ohio, 1895, C. A. Patton {Ohio 

 Sta. Bui. 66^ pp. 161-171). — Notes on the weather, and tabulated daily 

 and monthly sninmaries (»f observations at tlie station on temperature, 

 precipitation, cloudiness, diiection of the wind, etc., are given; and for 

 comparison similar data for previous years and for other parts of the 

 State are added. The following- is a summary of results: 



Summary of meteorological ohHervations. 



Temperature (° F.) : 



Mean 



Highest 



Lowest 



For the experiment station. 



1895. 



For 8 years. 



Kange 



Mean daily range 



Greatest daily 

 range. 



Least daily range 



Clear days 



Fair days 



Cloudy days 



Days rain fell 



Rainfall (inches) : 



Total 



Greatest monthly 



Least monthly. ".. 



Mean daily . .' 



Birection of wind 



47.8 ' 49.2 



98 (June 4) 99 (Aug. 8, 1891) . . 



— 6 (Jan. 12, 13, —20 (Jan. 20, 1892) 

 Feb. 5). 



104 119 



21.8 20.4 



55 (Oct. 6) 55 (Oct. 6, 1895)... 



For the State. 



499 



106 (July 20) . 

 -24 (Feb. 6) 



130 



23.4 



59 (Jan. 15. Mar. 

 29). 

 1 (Nov. 27) 1 (Kov.27, 1895). ..i (Feb. 7) , 



125. 



117. 

 123. 

 102. 



116. 

 127. 

 116. 

 124. 



143. 

 119. 

 103. 

 89.. 



For 13 years. 



50.50. 



108 (July 18, 1887). 



— 34 (Jail. 25, 1884). 



142. 

 20.5. 

 60 (Oct. 19, 1894). 



(Feb. 7, 1895). 



117.1. 



123.1. 



125.9. 



124.7. 



4.21 (Xov.) 7.89 (June, 1892). 



1 (Feb.) 37 (Oct., 1892)... 



28.46 37.74. 



0.07. 



sw. 



0.102. 



sw. 



The tornado at Paris, September 10, 1896, A. Axgot and J. Jaubert {Compt. 

 Rend., 123 {1896), So. 11, pp. 460-403). 



Meteorological observations during August and September, 1896, L. Met- 

 CAXF and J. L. Bartlett {Massachusetts Hatch Sta. Met. Bids. 93, pp. 4; 93, jjp. 4). — 

 The nsual notes on the weather and summaries of ol)servation8. 



Meteorological observations, July and August, 1896, II. B. Battlr and C. F. 

 VON Herrmann {North Carolina Sta. Met. Bids. S?,pp. 109-124, maps 2 ; 83, pp. 1S7- 

 142, map% 2). — The usual sunnnaries of observations by the North Carolina .section of 

 the climate and crop service of the U, S. Weather Bureau cooperating with tlie North 

 Carolina Station. 



Meteorology {South Dakota Sta. I\p1. 1894, pp. 8, 0). — A tajjulated monthly sum- 

 mary of observations on temperature, atmospheric i>ressure. and rainfall for the 

 period from May 17, 1888, to December 31, 1894, and a daily summary of observations 

 on humidity for the 6 months ending September 30, 1890. 



Notes on climate, J. D. Conlky ( rr(/'>'""*fi' Sta. Rpt. 1895, Appen., pp. 85-96). — A 

 reprint of Bulletin 23 of the station (E. S. K., 7, p. 286). 



WATER— SOILS. 



The number of inches of water required for a ton of dry matter 

 in Wisconsin, F. H. Kmcr ( ^y^H(■()mill Sta. Kpt. 1S!)I, pp. M0-24S).— 

 Experiments similar to those already reported (E. S. K., 7, p. 507) were 



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