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BULLETIN 1438, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 2. — Weather damage test, Raleigh, N. C, November 20, 1918, to June 9, 1919 
[For position of bales, see p. 4] 
Date of weighing 
Weight of bales by number on specified dates 
Rainfall 
between 
No. 1 
No. 2 
No. 3 
No. 4 
No. 5 
No. 6 
No. 7 
dates of 
weighing 
1918 
Nov. 20 
Pounds 
488 
487 
487 
486 
486 
486 
487 
486 
487 
487 
486 
485 
485 
486 
486 
486 
486 
486 
485 
483 
483 
484 
485 
485 
486 
485 
485 
483 
Pounds 
473 
479 
485 
477 
500 
503 
502 
492 
488 
487 
494 
500 
481 
490 
494 
501 
500 
506 
497 
493 
491 
494 
501 
505 
517 
518 
528 
507 
Pounds 
475 
479 
478 
480 
484 
487 
488 
479 
477 
478 
472 
475 
476 
479 
483 
485 
484 
486 
490 
488 
486 
487 
492 
496 
497 
494 
496 
474 
Pounds 
481 
490 
500 
487 
518 
523 
524 
518 
515 
525 
532 
550 
540 
545 
548 
554 
547 
545 
549 
546 
544 
545 
577 
647 
700 
741 
824 
732 
Pounds 
479 
485 
497 
487 
501 
512 
513 
508 
505 
510 
511 
524 
512 
517 
521 
525 
530 
527 
526 
523 
521 
524 
529 
534 
540 
547 
620 
605 
Pounds 
475 
481 
487 
483 
500 
500 
499 
498 
496 
500 
499 
507 
500 
506 
511 
515 
516 
514 
513 
511 
513 
515 
519 
524 
537 
540 
576 
561 
Pounds 
485 
492 
496 
490 
506 
515 
516 
509 
505 
510 
509 
514 
505 
511 
514 
516 
512 
508 
512 
513 
515 
516 
521 
526 
539 
536 
564 
514 
Inches 
Nov. 25 
0.07 
Dec. 2 
1.56 
Dec. 9 
.16 
Dec. 17 
3.01 
Dec. 23... 
.70 
1919 
m 
.31 
Jan. 7 
.70 
Jan. 13 
.00 
Jan. 20 
.84 
Jan. 27 
1.60 
Feb. 5 - 
.57 
Feb. 17 
.69 
Feb. 24 
.49 
Mar. 3 
.77 
Mar. 10 
1.31 
Mar. 17 
.07 
Mar. 24 
.05 
Apr. 7 
1.13 
Apr. 14 . 
.37 
Apr. 21 . 
.94 
Apr. 28 
.05 
.92 
May 12 
1.65 
May 19 . 
2.21 
May 26 ... -. . 
1.40 
.09 
1.47 
Weight at beginning 
of test and total 
488 
479 
473 
444 
475 
464 
481 
272 
479 
387 
475 
390 
485 
422 
23.13 
Weight after recon- 
Loss in weight . 
9 
29 
11 
209 
92 
85 
63 
Percentage loss in 
Per cent 
1.8 
Per cent 
6.1 
Per cent 
2.3 
Per cent 
43.5 
Per cent 
19.2 
Per cent 
17.9 
Per cent 
13.0 
