

S) 
A TEMPERATURES, 
Greatest Greatest Mean of Mean of Mean 12 years’ 
heat cold max. tem. min. tem. monthly average 
3 temp. mean mon. 
tem. 
ps wen BoE. a. pee Pade 
Jan ..... 52.5 SelB IOs week 2G. O 204 ATih UE tees GO OA. basa Y 25.29 
Febivent - 49.0 ven LU een eb SONI. VIO e.., ists BBO T es fe 25.39 
Mariivn.. 4% OP aa eric hae’ © SH 37.0 OD tite ances 2 Bew yay oe «lyon OG 
ADT) 220.5 80.5 eee A ota 11) RES SEE I 2 irs ee aa OU ee a sa 43.21 
May a. Cie ae A fp Rae s Git Peer aes 45.7 Lien: Sitios: 55.66 
JUNG?) 52, Borie t ti aeeare wee LE ete eae Go Se ata et CRP s 3 eke 64.93 
July..... 15.1 Re ae ANOLE I) 21 78.7 SDR PION Aas 70.28 
AULA 774). 91.5 The (fi Fe SNe at Pe 57.4 Uae gedsey wate 68.08 
Sept Sa HAC A a AO Ey” Dee BOE Le. sows ES Been) Oe B50 2 ie) s'tirehahy 60.47 
Gtr. Rees i cy: AAO Sa E Res an aS! A Ripa yea 51.1 .49.66 
Nov a. 68.2 a 44.6 29.0 sy EW Macs ogulere 39.12 
Dees, 4 SUH ca see sick FP Wee ae 29.1 PEAS Fee hi) PHD we SEN: 25 56 
The hottest average for the day, in twelve year records, 
was July 20, 1854, the mean temperature being 84.79. In 
1886 the hottest average day was July 6, 82.1°. 
The coldest average day for twelve years was —14.2° on 
Feb. 6, 1885. In 1886, the coldest average day was January 
12, being —5.2°., 
The hottest and coldest points reached during the twelve 
years was 96.5° and—18.5°; the hottest and coldest re- 
corded by us during 1886 was 95° and —18.7°. 
SUNSHINE. 
The sunshine records, as recorded by the Negretti and 
Zambra instrument, has been as follows: 
Hours time. Per cent. of possible sunshine. 




1885. 1886. 1886, 
CUES yg ES SSSI Sh a 48-15....... are Oe ore 14.8 
eM ee ha ———.. ........ LEST JPR Pi Sre ea ae ey Ferrer eM ubee 1 SN 26.7 
Ue eset de gels Oe AE ene cahal obec Wa lyinia Slnanpodiar sant ea U nm hla ae Ul 22.3 
_ tn gee 5 Sa aaa ————.........., PARA a ts berbers Sh pg) danas 36.3 
UE an ee aes Re) Ui Oe BM ED via We oh has Me as ee is lm 51.9 
BG ome SESE UB i aaa 202-15....... Stop AA BM iret ae aN 55.2 
0514 Ra AOR Ee. cit 243-15 Bis i > A co Me 2923/6 
LAST ae A ae oe TGS-O0e ee. acy RAOS ES ee ELD. RL sees ERCP 56.0 
Sept PUG tO herereises: BOOS BOT Pueciiee. AAe Wan. Feit gy: 53.7 
i Se bodies (P sits oe Cyl oon Ae” Cae ee tiene Meee oy BOND Weg tenst. Leas sie 41.8 
Pavers Da A ce oe ed 1A POSER | Ye ds ei i Us ae 18.1 04.8 
on ee eae 50- 0. GOaBiye ya tee .¥ aS Seen se . 24.2 
REFLECTIONS UPON AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS. 
The leadin 
g work of an experiment station must, in 
order to be effective, be that which shall tend to discover 
the application of 
agricultural subje 
general and special laws and principles to 
cts, and which shall enable control to be 
assumed for the purposes of gain. The complexities of the 
