Report of the Director. 
To the Board of Control of the New York Agricultural Experiment 
Station. 
GENTLEMEN.—I herewith submit my fourth annual report, for 
the calendar year 1885. 
The year upon the whole has been a favorable one for experiment, 
although the climatic conditions have been exceptional. ‘The cold 
of the winter was severe, a drought in the spring, abundance of rain- 
fall yet none too much during midsummer, and an excess of water 
in the late summer. The summary of our weather records, the de- 
tails of which appear elsewhere, may be consulted in the tables below; 
the assumed average being the twelve year records of Professor Wil- 
son, as published in our second report. 
1885. 
No. of days on Rain. Average rain- 
which rain fall: fall for 12 
was recorded. inches. years. 
etme: Olle eee aha BW ay 8 ea oe ig 1.594 
i 2) Se iD He Le Se a ae (eG Demers ere nten ks oe 
G1 gs 5 ga Menagp ay DPA De a AN alan 1.888 
Sites 1. Se ia afin Sala el: SI a bea er Se Pare 8.375 
Brava. yee 2 UN sree ik RNa A Gita ts sigan aye AN en aE 2.933 
Bee el ony IR aI ane RE aR AS Medea I 2.121 
1h ae Ac) Aa A ee lie Re A Of e oars seeos eOL 
Ja ae NECA ot aa Se ae syd Oa LS eS 3.690 
2 a De OLORA oe ea PRN A Nie RT RR De 2.499 
SS LO re uke ain 3 ey SO Eat ate eee ate 3.122 
Mere get Lips, OR SUE pep ieee Md oe OO ee eee 2.254 
St) ee eee pees EAM LAE OFT OMIA ithe 12 2.027 
Ca 1.94 in. in 5 hours. 
Aug. 21-22 ...--2.02 in. in 4 hours. 
The temperature records show the greatest heat and greatest cold 
recorded during any one month, the mean of the highest and lowest 
daily readings, and the mean of the three daily readings from which 
is derived the mean temperature of each month, which last is to be 
compared with the twelve year average. 
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