18 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



METEOROLOGICAL RECORD KEPT AT THE CO- 

 COONERY OF THE POTOMAC SILK AKD AG- 

 RICULTURAL COMPANY. 



Lncation six miles N. R. of Fredericksburg, and four miles west 

 of the Pntoinac. Latitude 38^, or neiirly. Degrees measured 

 by Fahrenheit's thermometer. 



71 84 

 64 87 



7182 



13 63 90 



74 



Wind. 



N. W. 



Variable, 



Do. 



N. W. 



Remarks. 



N. E. 



N. 

 N. W. 



S. E. 

 S. W. 



71 [Variable 

 71 S. W. 

 i3 Do. 



6182 

 63 85 

 63 82 



66 78 



69 86 



65 



78 



71 



5|6ll75 



N. W. 



Calm. 



Variable, 



Calm 



Do. 



S. W. 



N. W. 



N. 



Variable 



S. E. 



S. W. 

 Variable 



71 



N. 



N. 



Clear. 

 Do. 



Rain with thunder in the 

 morning, clear in the 

 evening. 

 Clear in the morning, rain 

 in the evening with 

 high wind, thunder and 

 vivid lightning. Silk- 

 worms spinning ap- 

 parently undisturbed. 

 Thunder storms do not 

 kill silk- worms as some 

 have imagined. 



Rain. 



Clear. 



Do. Two-crop silk-worms 

 hatched on the 10th, 

 accomplished 1st moult- 

 ing. Mean temperature 

 of this age, 76°. 



Clear. 



Occasional showers with 

 thunder. 



CJpar. 



Do. 



Do. Two-crop silk-worms 

 hatched on the 10th, 

 accomplished tlie 2nd 

 moulting. Mean tem- 

 perature of this age, 73° 



Clear. 



Do. 



Cloudy with occasional 

 showers. 



Transient clouds. 



Cloudy. 



Cloudy with occasional 

 showers. 



Clear. Two-crop silk- 

 worms hatched on ihe 

 10th, accomplished the 

 3rd moulting. Mean 

 temperature of this age, 

 70°. 



Clear. 



Do. 



D)tto. Two-crop silk- 

 worms' eggs of 1838, 

 placed in the ice house 

 in March, and exposed 

 on 26th June, hatched 

 to day. 



Cloudy with copious rains. 



Clear in the morning, in 

 the evening cloudy with 

 thunder and lightning. 



Clear. Two crop worms 

 hatched 10th June, ac- 

 complished the 4th 

 moulting, antt entered 

 on the .5th age Mf-an 

 temperature of this age, 

 74°, 



Clear. 



1839 q 



July. 



Aug. 



62 



16 



87 



Wind. 



Remarks. 



66 



68 90 



72 90 



66 77 



75 



86 



88 

 88 



88 81 



71 



Variable. 



Calm. 

 Variable, 



N. E. 

 N. W. 

 Calm. 

 S. W. 

 Variable. 



Calm. 



N. 



S. E. 



do. 

 S. W, 



do. 



70 84 80 

 70 82 74 



70 82 

 73 86 

 73 91 



69 N. Clear. 



78 S. W. Recently deposited eggs 

 of mammoth yellow 

 silk-worms, hatched this 

 morning. 

 Clear in the morning, in 

 the evening cloudy with 

 thunder. 

 Clear. 



Clear in the morning, in 

 the evening cloudy with 

 thunder. 

 Clear, 

 Do. 

 Do, 



Cloudy with rain. 

 Dense fog in the morning, 

 rain with thunder in the 

 evening. 

 Clear. 



.Rain in the morning, clear 

 i in the evening. 

 I Clear. 

 iDo. 

 Cloudy all day, and rain 



in the evening. 

 Clear in the morning, rain, 

 with thunder in the e- 

 vening. 

 Do. do. 



Clear. 



Clear in the morning; in 

 the evening rain, with 

 thunder. 

 Do. do. 



Clear. Two-crop silk- 

 worms hatched on the 

 1st July, commenced 

 spinning. 

 Clear. 

 Cloudy with thunder and 



occasional showers. 

 Do. do. 



Clear. 



Clear in the morning, 

 thunder storm in the 

 evening. 

 N. W. Clear. 

 N. E. iCloudy with copious rain. 



N. jCloudy. 

 S. E. Transient clouds. Silk- 

 worms of five varieties 

 spinning in handsome 

 style. 



82 77 



74 70 



75 73 



76 76 



32 76 



8075 

 76|72 



6060 



do. 



N. E. 

 Variable. 



do. 

 do. 



N. E. 

 Variable. 



S. E. 



Calm. 



Variable, 



do. Cloudy. Eggs of two- 

 i cropsilk, laid 28th July, 

 I hatched. 

 .:Cloudy. 

 Thunder with rain in the 



evening. 

 Clear. 

 Do, 

 Do, 



Clear in the morning, 

 thimder storm in the 

 evening. 

 Clear. 

 Do. 

 Transient clouds with 



thunder. 

 Rain all day. 



Variable, 

 do, 



N, 



do. 



S, W, 



N. 

 do. 

 do. 



N. W. 



