1890.] 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 4. 



XIX 



In order to present figures relative to other sections of the 

 Commonwealth, it has been thought best to supplement the above 

 by the following tables made up from returns received from the 

 Hatch Experiment Station, the Signal Office at Boston, and from 

 amateur observers in the towns of Monroe and Leominster. Part 

 of the information here given was incorporated in the several crop 

 reports, and part has been obtained since : — 



Rainfall. 



Weather at Amherst and Boston compared. 



Clear Days. 



Fair Days. Cloudy D.ij's. 



May, 

 June, 

 July, . 

 August, . 

 September, 

 October, . 



Amher.st 

 Boston, 



Amherst 

 Boston, 



Amherst 

 Boston, 



Amlierst 

 Boston, 



Amherst 

 Boston, 



Amherst 

 Boston, 



13 

 9 



3 



4 



7 

 17 



11 

 14 



20 

 14 



5 

 13 



12 

 G 



3 



8 



G 

 10 



4 



8 



7 

 12 



18 

 10 



12 



8 



19 

 14 



IG 

 13 



Most of the agricultural societies are in a prosperous con- 

 dition. The rainy weather of September interfered with the 

 annual exhibitions of the several societies, causing in some 



