Agriculturi^Mriment Station. 



OCTOBER, 1894. 



Meteorological Summary, for August and September, 1894. 



AUG. SEPT. 



Highest temperature, _ - . 91.00° 91.00^ 



Lowest temperature, - - . 36.00° 32.00'^ 



Mean temperature, - . 6G.90° 63.73° 



Total precipitation (inches), - - .32 4.11 



Prevailing wind, - - . S. S. W. 



The mean temperature for "August, viz. 66.90°, was 1.23'' below 

 that of August, 1893. On the night of the 22d there was a light 

 frost, slightly injuring vegetation on low lands. 



The rainfall, viz. .32 inches, was about four inches below the nor- 

 mal, the average for the month of August, being 4.34 inches, in this 

 section. 



The mean temperature for September, viz. 63.73°, was 8.02'^ above 

 that, for the same month, last year, us recorded at this station. 



The rainfall of 4.11 inches, was 1.54 inches greater than that for 

 Sept., '93. 



The continued drouth of July and August caused a scarcity of 

 water in many instances. AH crops suffered and the rowen crop in 

 most cases was a total failure. 



