Meteorological data for Huron, Dak., in 1887-Continued. • F. F. 59 70 67 70 69 74 72 74 80 65 63 65 77 70 81 Per ct. Miles. Per ct. In. 40 Tr. 69 237 212 316 360 190 60 371 441 234 38 4,386 3,907 1,178 34 4,463 3,984 1,212 32 4,538 4,059 1,244 30 4,611 4, 132 | 1,274 4,682 4,203 1,302 22 4,747 4,268 1,324 20 4,810 4,331 1,344 17 4,870 4,391 1,361 16 4,929 4,450 1,377 22 4,994 4,515 1,399 26 5,063 4,584 1,425 30 5,136 4,657 1,455 34 5,213 4,734 1,489 27 5,283 4,804 1,516 30 5,356 4,877 1,546 5,429 4,950 1,576 29 5,501 5,022 1,605 20 5,564 5,085 1,625 21 5,628 5,149 1,646 175,698 5,219 1,663 29 5,770 5,291 1,692 30 5,843 5,364 1,722 33 5,919 5,440 1,755 33 5,995 5,516 1,788 28 6,066 5,587 1,816 39 6,148 5,669 1,855 25 6,216 5,737 1,880 27 6,286 5,807 1,907 38 6,367 5,888 1,945 43 6,453 5,974 1,988 37 6,533 6,054 2,025 Meteorological data for Huron, Dak., in 1887—Continued. 69 276 93 65 167 60 56 174 3 163 80 169 80 166 27 55 63 °F. °F. °F. °F. 26 6,602 6,123 2,051 17 a6,772 6,193 2,068 19 6,844 6,265 2,087 24 6,911 6,332 2,111 28 6,982 6,403 2,139 24 7,049 6,470 2,163 18 7,110 6,531 2,181 24 7,177 6,598 2,205 29 7,249 6,670 2,234 35 7,327 6,748 2,269 30 7,400 6,821 2,299 28 7,471 6,892 2,327 31 7,545 6,966 2,358 31 7,619 7,040 2,389 26 7,688 7,109 2,415 29 7,760 7,181 2,444 33 7,836 7,257 2,477 27 7,906 7,327 2,504 25 7,976 7,395 2,529 19 8,038 7,457 2,548 21 8,102 7,521 2,569 25 8,170 7,589 2,594 36 8,249 7,668 2,630 28 8,320 7,739 2,658 23 8,386 7,805 2,681 29 8,458 7,877 2,710 25 8,526 7,945 2,735 20 8,589 8,008 2,755 22 8,654 8,073 2,777 27 8,724 8,143 2,804 23 8,790 8,209 2,827 23 8,856 8,275 2,850 27 8,926 8,345 2,877 24 8,993 8,412 2,901 26 9,062 8,481 2,927 22 9,127 8,546 2,949 25 9,195 8,614 2,974 14 9,252 8,671 2,988 8 9,303 8,722 2,996 10 9,356 8,775 | 3,006 9 9,408 8,827 3,015 12 9,463 8,882 3,027 20 9,526 8,945 3,047 26 9,595 9,014 3,073 21 9,659 9,078 3,094 24 9,726 9,145 3,118 24 9,793 9,212 3,142 a On and after July 17 the numbers in the column "Sums of all temperatures" must be diminished by 100. Meteorological data for Huron, Dak., in 1887-Continued. The record of the plantings and general condition of the corn for the season of 1888 is taken from the station Bulletin No. 9 by Prof. Luther Foster, director and agriculturist, and is as follows: The corn experiment embraced a set of 39 plats, each containing 60 rows 24 hills in length. Thirty-three of these plats were planted with different varieties of corn, 18 of Dent and 15 of Flint, the rest being used for experiments in deep and shallow cultivation. On the first 33 plats the planting began on the 7th and 8th days of May. Two rows of each plat were planted every day for thirty consecutive working days. It may, perhaps, be unnecessary to state that these daily plantings were made with the object of determining the corn growing season, when germination begins, and the extreme length of planting time. Preparation of soil. The land used is a sandy loam, with a subsoil of clay, and slopes slightly to the northwest. It was plowed the previous August to a depth of 6 inches, and thoroughly harrowed in the spring just before planting. It had produced two crops of small grain, and had never been manured. Planting. The rows were made with a marker 3 feet 6 inches each way. Part of the corn was dropped by hand and covered with the hoe, the rest being put in with hand planters. Of the Dent corn, the hills contained 3 and 4 grains; of the Flint, 4 and 5. The stand. The early part of the season was not favorable for corn growing, being cold and wet. The coming up was quite irregular, from six to ten days frequently elapsing between the appearance of the first and last hills in a row. This was especially true of the first fifteen days' planting. The stand in general was poor, resulting in part from unfavorable weather and bad seed, but principally from the work of ground squirrels. This latter evil was the most persistent and damaging one with which the corn experiment had to contend. The per cent taken depended upon location of the variety, whether more or less remote from the unbroken prairie. Notwithstanding all efforts to destroy the squirrels, the damage done was very great. For several successive days previous to planting poisoned corn was placed in every squirrel hole that could be found. This was done not only on the experiment ground, but also on the whole 80 acres and on the edges of the land immediately surrounding it. This work, reenforced with the trap and shotgun, was continued throughout the whole planting season. Cultivation.-All the plats were given four different cultivations, a six-shovel corn plow and a double spring-tooth cultivator being used for the purpose. In addition to this they were twice hoed. Cultivation began on the 11th day of June and ended on the 17th day of July. General remarks.-It was observed in all the plats that the earlier plantings grew larger and stronger than the after ones and that the silks and tassels made their appearance more regularly. The ears of nearly all varieties of the Flint corn were infested with a species of worm. These did but little damage beyond marring the appearance of the ears. The Dents were not disturbed by the worms. Immediately after the killing frost on the night of September 11 the corn on all the plats was cut and shocked. It was allowed to stand a few weeks before husking. The results of a single season's work are only entitled to the public attention as showing the scope of the experiment undertaken. Definite results of any practical value to the farmer can only be obtained by a continuance of the same experiment under a system of careful observations extending through a number of years. Of this a beginning has been made. Tabulated statement. In the following table that date of planting is taken which shows the least number of days from time of planting to maturity. The first seven to ten days planting came up and matured at the same time, while the coming up of the rest varied quite regularly with the time of planting. The items in the columns headed "Up," "In tassel," "In silk,” |