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Agricultural Experiment Station 



BXJLj-iETinsr isro. S4. 



AUGUST, 1894. 



Meteorological Summary, for July, 1894. 



Highest temperature, ... 98.00° 



Lowest temperature, - - . 48.00° 



Mean temperature, ... 71.90'° 

 Total raiu fall (inches), - - 1.60 



Prevailing wind, - - - - S. W. 



The month of July was very hot and dry, the mean temperature 

 being 4° above that of July, 1893. The rain fall, viz 1.60 inches, 

 was about 3 inches below the normal and 1 inch belo:v that for the 

 same month last year. 



All crops have suffered for want of rain. Potatoes and onions 

 have been greatly injured by the drought, so light crops are expect- 

 ed. The hay crop was about the average in this section, but the 

 rowen crop will be very light. 



