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March. — Greatest heat, 76° Fah. ; least heat, 41. Clear, 8 

 days; cloudy, 12 ; covered sky, 5 ; rain, 5; snow, 1. Prevailing 

 wind S. W. 



April. — Greatest heat, 82^ ; least, 33°. Clear, 3 days ; cloudy, 

 20 ; covered sky, 5 ; rain, 2. Wind from south. 



May. — Greatest heat, 93° ; least, 33*^, Clear, 8 days ; cloudy, 

 18 ; covered sky, 2 ; rain, 1 ; stormy, 2. Wind S. W. 



June. — Greatest heat, 103° ; least, 46°. Clear, 8 days ; cloudy, 

 18; covered sky, 1 ; rain, 2. Wind N. W. 



July. — Greatest heat, 113^; least, 47*=*. Clear, 19 days ; cloudy. 



August.— Greatest heat, 108°; least, 45°. Clear, 18 days; 

 cloudy, 9 ; rain, 4. Wind N. and N. W. 



September. — Greatest heat, 101^; least, 41°. Clear, 2 days; 

 cloudy, 25 ; rain, 2; storm, 1. Wind N. W. 



October.— Greatest heat, 77° ; least, 33^, on the 12th of the 

 month. Clear, 3 days; cloudy, 21; rain, 5; fog, 2, Wind S.W. 

 and N.W. 



November.— Greatest heat, 77° ; least, 30^, on the 6th of the 

 month. Clear, 7 days; cloudy, 14; covered sky, 3; rain, 5; 

 fog, 1. Wind, S. W. 



December. — Greatest heat, 67°; least, 26^, on the 1st of the 

 month. Clear, 12 days; cloudy, 6; covered sky, 5 ; rain, 2 ; fog, 

 2. Wind N. W. 



MANURES— PROPER DEPTHS FOR BURYING THEM. 



Prof. Mapes — No subject connected with agriculture is more 

 misunderstood than the above, and simply because part and not 

 all the laws connected with the retaining powers of the soil and 

 of the actions of the roots of crops are taken into account. 



First, then, as to farm-yard and all other analogous manures, 

 and their actions, the following facts should be borne in mind : 



