18 



The sunshine record for Indianapolis, tin- nearest station at which 

 sunshine records were kepi, is shown in (he following table: 

 Meteorological data for IiiiHinm/mli*," ///</.. ////. 



" Fifty nine milrs suiithcast >f Lafaydtr, Jnl. 



AS will he seen from the preceding pao-. the rainfall at Lafayette 

 was \ci-y small. iM'iii^oiily \(\.4[ inches as compared with :-5n.:>^ inches 

 in UMM). and, moreover, t-lie distrilmtion was very unfa\ orahle. In 

 July, which is the principal tjTowinn' month, there was scarcelv smv 

 rain at all, while the supply for August was very moderate, and that 

 for Septeml>er still less. On the other hand, during October, the 

 harvesting season, the rainfall was excessive. Thus it is seen that the 

 distrilmtion of the rainfall was not at all favorable to the production 

 of the crop. 



The temperatures for the ^row in^- season were above the maximum 

 for the production of beets of the highest (juality. bein^ '. decrees 

 above 70 F. for June, LI. 1 degrees above TO V. for July, and 5.5 

 degrees above TO U F. for August. There is a remarkable contrast 

 between the character of the beets grown at Lafayette and lho-e 

 at Washington, D. C., where it appears that the high temperature 

 interfered very seriously with the production of sugar in the beet. 

 Tn the case of Lafayette this effect does not appear, and the conclusion 

 to be drawn from these data would be contrary to that reached at the 

 Washington station. In this case it seems to be the latitude which is 

 the predominating factor. The distribution <>f clear and cloudy da\ s 

 was very irregular, October having the largest number of dear day-. 

 although it was a month of heavy precipitation. July coming next and 

 September third. The total number of dear days was In greater than 

 in 1900, and the percentage of sunshine, as observed for Indianapolis, 

 was ;">. 1 per cent higher. 



The meteorological data for Indianapolis, about .V. miles .southeast 

 of Lafayette, are interesting for comparison. It is seen that the tem- 

 perature and precipitation average about the same for the two points, 

 but the distribution of the rainfall is slightly different, being heavier 

 during August at Indianapolis and lighter during September. The 



