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Journal of Agricultural Research 
Vol. XIV, No. II 
CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT AN UNFAVORABLE SEASON 
WEATHER OF SEASON of 1912 
The weather of the crop season of 1912 as a whole, as may be seen 
from Table VI, did not depart widely from the normal, but the practically 
rainless month of May with a hot wind near its close was very unfavorable 
for winter wheat, meadows and pastures. This dry period was, in so far 
as the winter wheat crop was concerned, the most severe we had an 
opportunity to observe during our seven years' connection with the 
Nebraska Experiment Station. The 30-day period, April 22 to May 31, 
with a total precipitation of 1.07 inches would have fallen within the defi¬ 
nition of drouth mentioned above, except for the rain of 0.32 inch on 
May 4. 
Table VII .—Daily precipitation at the Nebraska Experiment Station frdm March I to 
August 31, IQ12 
3 - 
4 - 
5 - 
6 . 
7 - 
8. 
9 - 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
3 ° 
3 i 
Day. 
March. 
April. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
August. 
Trace. 
0. 50 
Trace. 
0. 01 
O. IO 
O. 50 
O. 16 
O. 04 
•32 
. 10 
Trace. 
I. 30 
.08 
Trace. 
. 01 
•03 
0 0 
•30 
. 21 
•24 
. 08 
•33 
• IS 
• °s 
. 06 
• 3<5 
2*35 
. 10 
.81 
• os 
. 26 
•43 
. 06 
.04 
. 26 
I. 8s 
. 02 
•38 
Trace. 
.42 
. 21 
•95 
• 76 
. 02 
•25 
Trace. 
.07 
. 10 
. 60 
•i 5 
• *9 
. 12 
•03 
Trace. 
•32 
Total. 
2. 06 
2. 23 
.69 
4*03 
2. 68 
4 - 15 
The precipitation and temperatures of the last four months of 1911 
had been more favorable than normal to the accumulation of moisture 
