. Bulletin - Amherst Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts. Agriculture. â r-rs MASSAChDl§&f4^'§ BXJLI-.]ETI3Sr IsTo. tSCD. AUGUST, 1S8S. June. Jnlv. '^ ^ ^' 16.^ ° ^ ill. ill Meteorolorfleal Summary for tivo months ending July 31st, 1888. Highest teniix'vatiiri'. Lowest temperature, Mean temperature, Total percipitation, Prevailing winds. No. of days on wiiieli cloudi- ness averaged 8 or more on a scale of 10, 4 No. of days on which of an inch or more of rain fell, 11 The mean temperature for the month of Jul\ for the same mo
. Bulletin - Amherst Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts. Agriculture. â r-rs MASSAChDl§&f4^'§ BXJLI-.]ETI3Sr IsTo. tSCD. AUGUST, 1S8S. June. Jnlv. '^ ^ ^' 16.^ ° ^ ill. ill Meteorolorfleal Summary for tivo months ending July 31st, 1888. Highest teniix'vatiiri'. Lowest temperature, Mean temperature, Total percipitation, Prevailing winds. No. of days on wiiieli cloudi- ness averaged 8 or more on a scale of 10, 4 No. of days on which of an inch or more of rain fell, 11 The mean temperature for the month of Jul\ for the same month since 1874. The month of mean and maximum temperature. The continued cool weather of the past spring has shown a marked effect in retarding the growth of the corn crop. Westeily. N. \V. s the lowest <A any June shows a higher 534. NOTES ON FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITII PIGS. (EIGHTH P:XPERIMENT). Our annual report for 1887 contains a description of seven suc- cessive feeding experiments with growing i)igs, wliich were instituted mainly for the purpose of ascertaining the cost of the feed required for the production of a definite weight of dressed pork. In the first and second experiments, creamery buttermilk and home-made skim milk with corn meal had furnished the sole ingredients of the daily diet of animals ou trial ; whilst during the five succeeding ones, wlieat bran and gluten meal had been added as fodder constituents. For details see Fifth Annual Report, pages 55 to 83. In comparing the final results of the dift'erent experiments from a financial stand-point, ado[)ting in all cases, for obvious reasons a, corresponding local market value of the various fodder articles usedâ or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts State Agricultural Experiment Station. Amherst, Mass
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