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TABLE 8. 
PRECIPITATION, 1897. 
Jan. 
01 
March 
a 
<1 
cc 
2 
1 
a 
3 
l-S 
July 
August 
1 
Sept. ! 
i 
1 ! 
Oct. 
s 
12; 
6 
0) 
0 
Year 
Pinkhampton 
1-50 
1.35 
2.20 
1.95 
2.06 
2.62 
2.41 
1.38 
0.55 
0.45 
1.10 
2.00 
19.. 57 
Eates Park 
1.55 
1.20 
1.96 
1.35 
1.60 
1.50 
1.85 
1.29 
0.95 
1.10 
0.55 
0.25 
15.15 
Gleneyre 
1.00 
0.70 
2.90 
2.00 
0.50 
0.20 
0.40 
0.30 
1.20 
1.60 
1.65 
Westlake 
T 
0.88 
4.70 
1.80 
Watenlale 
0.18 
0.50 
2.32 
1.82 
3.61 
2.30 
2.42 
1.09 
0.84 
1.07 
0.82 
0.64 
17.61 
Fort Collins 
0.18 
0..54 
2.15 
1.39 
2.06 
1.69 
2.65 
1.74 
0.75 
0.75 
0.67 
0.67 
15.24 
Loveland 
0.15 
0.54 
1.98 
0.94 
1.21 
0.39 
0.59 
0.63 
Rocky Ford 
0.75 
0.37 
0.20 
0.44 
0.73 
0.79 
2.64 
0.19 
1.06 
Cheyenne Wells.. 
0.26 
0.10 
1.58 
1.20 
1.44 
2.22 
4.21 
3.24 
0.92 
2.73 
0.10 
0.20 
18.20 
Leroy 
0.60 
0.72 
1.66 
1.77 
3.98 
2.24 
1.39 
2.79 
0.41 
2.61 
0.40 
0.81 
18.48 
I The record incomplete until the 12th, rest of month lacking. 
SOIL TEMPERATURES. 
§56. I'he weekly averages of soil temperatures down 
to depths of six feet are shown in tables 2 and 10 and are 
represented graphically in figure 16. 
§ 57. Two sets of thermometers have been in use dur- 
ing the year. Set A in the instrument plat on the lawn 
west of the engineering building, where they were placed 
Jan. 15, i8q 7, and set C on a high knoll near the college 
barn. The exposure for set A was nearly the same as at 
the former location, a removal from which became neces- 
by the construction of the new chemical laboratory. The 
surface of the ground was covered with grass, but was sub- 
ject to inundation when the adjacent lawn was irrigated. 
This was considered a serious drawback to the location, but 
afterwards resulted in an unique illustration of the effect of 
irrigation on soil temperature, which is mentioned later. 
§58. d'he temperature of the soil varies according to 
the character and color of the soil, the kind of covering and 
the exposure to the heat of the sun, as well as to a number 
of accidental infiuences. d'hose soils spoken of, especially 
in the East, as early, owe their character principally to their 
greater temperature, which accelerates the germination and 
growth of the plant. 
