



MASSACHUSETTS STATE 



Agricultural Experiment Station. 



AUGUST, 1892. 



BuaijiLiETiisr isro. 43. 



CONTENTS. 



1. Weather Observations. 



2. Winter Feeding Experiments with Lambs. 



3. Miscellaneous Analyses of Materials Used for Manurial 



Purposes. 



4. Analyses of Licensed Commercial Fertilizers. 



METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY 



for seven months ending July 31st, 1892. 



The absolute maximum temperature for the above seven months, 

 viz. 94.5° June 14, exceeds that of last year by 1.5°. 



The absolute minimum temperature is -10°, J^an. 17th. Another 

 cold wave was experienced in February when the minimum thermom- 

 eter registered -8.° on the 18th ; -5.5° was the lowest recorded tem- 

 perature of last year. 



