The Weather for July, 1905. 

 The cool weather which characterized the greater portiou 

 of June continued thi'ough the first four days of July, with 

 showery, unsettled weather. On the 5th there was a decided 

 rise in the temperature, and the hot weather continued with- 

 out cessation until the 20th, inclusive. During the warm 

 spell the mercury ranged in the 90s on nearly all days, and 

 during the nights the temperatures were exceptionally high. 

 The percentage of moistiu-e in the air was excessive, particu- 

 larly from the 6th to the 17th, inclusive, the humidity rang- 

 ing from 15 to 20 per cent above the average. The high 

 temperature, combined with the very moist atmosphere and 

 light wind movement, made the weather conditions the most 

 oppressive that have been experienced for some years. The 

 warm Aveathcr was broken on the 21st, and comfortable tem- 

 perature obtained, with slight exceptions, to the close of the 

 month. There was a preponderance of fair weather during 

 the month, although the percentage of sunshine was but 

 little if any above the average. The rainfall was exception- 

 ally light, except in a few instances of severe local storms, 

 when heavy downpours of rain occurred. The droughty 

 conditions did not unfavorably affect growing crops, for the 

 ground was well supplied with moisture from the general 

 and somewhat excessive rains of the preceding month, and 

 the fair weather was very favorable to harvesting and housing 

 the hay crop. The month as a whole wns very near the 

 normal as regards the temperature, the cool weather of the 

 opening and closing days offsetting the warm period. But 

 the rainfall of the month was one of the smallest of record 

 for July. 



In the circular to correspondents, returnable July 21, the 

 following questions were asked : — 



1. What insects are proving most troublesome in your 

 locality ? 



2. What is the condition of Indian corn, and Avhat pro- 

 portion of the crop will be put into the silo ? 



3. What is the quantity and quality of the hay crop as 

 compared with former years ? 



