Meteorological Summary for three months ending March 31, 1886. 



Highest temperatnre, 

 Lowest temperature, 

 Mean temperature, 

 Total Precipitation, 

 Total snow fall, 

 Prevailing winds. 

 No. of days on which cloudi- 

 ness averaged 8 or more 



on scale Of 10, 11 6 11 



No. of days on which .01 inch 

 or more of rain or melt- 

 ed snow fell, 8 8 7 

 The temperatures of the given months wei;e close to the averages 

 of previous years but the range was unusually great. The precipi- 

 tation for January was above the average, but the snow fall has been 

 light. At the close of the period the ground is without snow and in 

 many places free of frost: a condition in advance of average years. 



VALUATION OF FERTILIZERS 



ANALYSES OF FERTILIZERS. 



The valuation of a fertilizer is based on the average trade value of 

 the fertilizing elements specified by analysis. The money value of 

 the higher grades of agricultural chemicals and of the higher priced 

 compound fertilizers, depends in the majority of cases on the amount 

 and the particular form of two or three essential articles of plant food, 

 i. e., phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash, which they contain. The 

 valuation which usually accompanies the analyses of these goods 

 shall inform the consumer, as far as practicable, regarding the cash- 

 retail price at which the several specified essential elements of plant 

 food, in an efficient form, have been offered of late for sale, in our 

 large markets. 



