Report of the Director for the Year 1806. 
The principal subjects of inquiry and lines followed during 
the past year may be concisely stated as follows: 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
These have been continued during the past year, as pre- 
viously, at Storrs, where records have been made of tem- 
perature, barometric pressure, wind velocity, humidity, raiffall, 
and snowfall. In addition, records of rainfall during the eTow- 
ing season have been made in other places in the State by 
farmers who have cooperated with the Station. 
IRRIGATION. 
A new line of experimenting was undertaken in 1895, in the 
form of tests of the effects of irrigation upon the production of 
strawberries. ‘The work was done in codperation with one of 
the prominent strawberry growers of the State, Mr. J. C. Eddy, 
of Simsbury, Conn., upon his own fields. ‘The results were 
very successful and tend to confirm the impression that irriga- 
tion, not only of small fruits, but of other crops as well, may 
prove a much greater aid in their cultivation than has here- 
tofore been supposed. 
Owing to severe winter killing of the plants, and to large 
rainfall during the strawberry season, these experiments were 
of little value the last year. It is hoped to continue them, 
however, another season. 
FIELD EXPERIMENTS. 
‘These have been with fertilizers and with forage plants. 
The experiments with fertilizers have been conducted mainly 
at the Station. Their object has been to study the influence of 
the different materials upon the amount and the feeding value 
of the crop; especially the influence of nitrogenous fertilizers 
upon the protein of the crop. ‘The results indicate more and 
more clearly the advantage of nitrogen in fertilizers for grasses. 
and cereals, and the bad economy of its use for legumes. 
