XVIU 



BOARD OF ACiRICULTURE. 



[Jan. 



rent, is left unoccupied. The tendency is towards an increase in 

 the size of farms rather than iu the number, especially in districts 

 remote from the centres of po[)ulation. 



In this report was included an extract from a lecture before the 

 INIassachusctts Horticultural Society, by Prof. W. 0. Atwater of 

 Middletowu, Conn. 



The most important facts contained in the monthly reports 

 received from the Hatch Experiment Station are here tabulated, to 

 show the meteorological conditions affecting agricultural operations 

 in the western part of the State, particularly iu the Connecticut 

 valley. 



[Latitude, 42° 23' 48.-)" X. Loiujitude, 72° oJ' JO" IF.] 



May. 



June. 



July. 



August. 



Septem- 

 ber. 



Thunder and lightning occurred on the 10th, 14th and 24th of May; the 10th, 11th, 15th, 

 16th and 28th of June; 7th, Sth, 23d, 29th and 30th of July ; 2d, 14th and 23d of August; 17th 

 of September; and 1st of October. Frost occurred on 27th of May; 21st and 23d of Sep- 

 tember; and the 3d, 5th, Sth, 9th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 22d, 23d and 24th of Octo- 

 ber. Snow occurred on northern hills the 13th of October. Meteors were seen on the ISth 

 of July and the 2l8t of October. Auroras were seen on the 2l8t of October- A solar halo 

 was observed Jqoe 3, and a lunar halo on August 4. 



