REMARKS. 



The weather conditions of the past month have been unusually 

 favorable to the growth of all kinds of vegetation. The month was 

 somewhat more windy and hotter than usual ; but while the mean 

 temperature was nearly two degrees above normal the rainfall was 

 abundant and well distributed, so the crops are in excellent condition 

 and pastures and lawns are unusually green for the season. 



The hay crop, which has been harvested, proved heavier than was 

 anticipated early in the season, in consequence of the abundant rain- 

 fall of the month. There is moreover an excellent prospect of a 

 good crop of rowen in fields from which the hay was cut early in the 

 season, except iu the few cases where the army worm fed upon the 

 new growth as it started. Tobacco has been topped in most fields 

 and is growing rapidly. 



It will be noticed that certain changes have been made in the bul- 

 letin for this month. The temperature readings in the observatory 

 tower will not be published henceforth as it is believed that the vari- 

 ation in the tower and ground readings is, at times, as much due to 

 difference in exposure as to difference in elevation. All temperature 

 observations, therefore, which are published, are taken in the old 

 ground-shelter, which stands on the side of the campus, several hun- 

 dred feet from any buildings or large trees. The mean daily tem- 

 perature, as figured from the maximum and minimum temperature 

 readings, is also given, as is the daily mean sensible temperature, 

 (being the mean of the 7 a.'m., 2 p. m., and 9 p. m. wet-bulb ther- 

 mometer readings) . 



LEONARD IMETCALF, INIeteorologist. 

 JAMES L. BARTLETT, Observer. 



