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EXPEEIMENT STATION BECOBD. 



[Vol. 35 



Meteorology for 1913, H. D. Edmiston (Pennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 19H, pp. 

 S90-399, 497-518). — ^The observations here recorded are of the same character 

 as those reported in previous years (E. S. B., 34, p. 118). The summary for 

 1913 is as follows : 



Summary of meteorological observations at State College, Pa., 191S. 



Kind of observation. 



Barometer (Inches): Mean 



Temperature (°F.): 



Mean 



Highest 



Lowest 



Greatest daily range 



Least daily range 



Rainfall (Inches) 



Number of days on which 0.01 in. or more rain fell 



Mean percentage of cloudiness 



Number of days on which cloudiness averaged 80 per 

 cent or more. 



Last frost in spring 



First frost in fall 



1913 



30.02. 



50.6 



93.0 (July 1) 



4.0 (Feb. 2, Mar. 7)... 



37.0 (June 11) 



33.0(Apr. 28, Dec. 3). 



39.83 



127 



49.4 



79 



Growing season 

 (April-September). 



(July 1). 

 (Apr. 8). 

 (June 11). 



Ohio weather for 1915, J. W. Smith and C. A. Patton (Ohio Sta. Bui. 296 

 (1916), pp. S49-428, figs. 61). — The temperature and precipitation throughout 

 the State during each month are shown in charts. The usual summary tables 

 are given showing temperature and rainfall at Wooster and throughout the 

 State (1888 to 1915). 



The mean temperature for the year at Wooster was 48.9° F. ; for the State, 

 50.8°. The highest temperature at the station was 91°, July 16; for the State, 

 99", July 31. The lowest temperature at the station was —13°, January 24; 

 for the State, —22°, January 24. The annual rainfall at the station was 

 42.06 in. ; for the State, 40.83 in. The number of rainy days at the station was 

 132; for the State, 123. The prevailing direction of the wind was southwest 

 at the station and in the State at large. 



SOILS— FERTILIZERS. 



Soil survey of Polk County, Georgia, D. D. Long and M. Baldwin (U. 8. 

 Dept. Agr., Advance Sheets Field Operations Bur. Soils, 1914, PP- 46, fig. 1, 

 map 1). — This survey, made in cooperation with the Georgia State College of 

 Agriculture and issued July 5, 1916, deals with the soils of an area of 200,320 

 acres, comprising parts of the Appalachian and Piedmont Plateau provinces in 

 northwestern Georgia. The greater part of the county is rolling to hilly. 

 Drainage is said to be generally well established. The soils of the area are 

 of residual, alluvial, and colluvial origin. Exclusive of rock outcrop, 31 soil 

 types of 16 series are mapped, of which the Clarksville gravelly loam and the 

 Talladega slate loam cover 33 and 10.1 per cent of the area, respectively. 



Soil survey of Jessamine County, Kentucky, R. T. Allen (U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Advance Sheets Field Operations Bur. Soils, 1915, pp. 20, fig. 1, map 1). — This 

 survey, issued June 24, 1916, deals with the soils of an area of 110,080 acres 

 in the bluegrass region of east-central Kentucky. 



"In the southwestern part the county is hilly and broken, while the north- 

 em section is predominantly gently rolling. ... In general the county is 

 well drained." "The upland soils . . . comprising about 95 per cent of 

 the area, are residual from limestone, except in some comparatively small areas 



