Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments at Wohurn. 129 
Produce of Eotation Mangolds in the Years 1878, 1879, and 1880. 
I'KODDCE ri;i! Acre. 
Roots. 
Leaves. 
tons. 
cwts. 
qrs. 
lbs. 
tons. 
cwts. 
qro 
lbs. 
187S 
13 
2 
1 
0 
2 
15 
1 
0 
JL iOt 1 . . ' 
1870 
4 
10 
1 
8 
2 
2 
1 
14 
1880 
19 
10 
2 
20 
3 
15 
3 
20 
1878 
11 
16 
0 
0 
2 
15 
0 
21 
Plot 2 ..■ 
1879 
4 
9 
3 
18 
2 
1 
0 
17 
1880 
18 
19 
3 
6 
3 
6 
2 
16 
1878 
18 
13 
0 
20 
3 
13 
3 
0 
Plots .. 
1879 
7 
19 
0 
26 
2 
19 
1 
8 
1880 
24 
10 
1 
25 
15 
2 
6 
1878 
12 
15 
1 
12 
I 
3 
3 
5 
Plot 4 .. 
1879 
15 
3 
22 
3 
3 
0 
1880 
20 
18 
1 
13 
3 
6 
2 
20 
The character of the season as regards rainfall will be seen 
from the following Table, showing the rainfall at Aspley, a 
village about half a mile from the Woburn experimental field : 
Rainfall taken at Aspley, about half a mile from the Woburn 
Experimental Field. 
Year. 
Montb. 
Puiinfall in 
Inches. 
No. of Wet Days. 
1879 
1880 
( October 
\ November 
( December 
/January 
j February 
1 March . . 
/ April 
/ May .. .. 
\ June 
July .. .. 
1 August 
^ September 
•69 
•67 
■56 
•41 
2^46 
1-71 
1^62 
•94 
1-74 
6-21 
•46 
4-36 
10 
11 
10 
5 
19 
6 
15 
10 
20 
24 
8 
12 
Total .. 
2l^83 
150 
In the first 6 months 6*50 inches fell in 61 days. 
In the second 6 months 15'33 inches fell in 89 days. 
On the 14th of July, 1880, 2*21 inches fell in a single day, 
which, with two exceptions, is the heaviest rainfall on record 
since 1856. 
VOL. XYII.— S. S. K 
