. Bulletin. Agricultural experiment stations -- United States; Agriculture -- United States. 17 This wus chiofly duo to the light snowfall, which in 1S89 was only inches in January, Fehruary, and March, and in 1!»()0 o.'24: inches dur- ing five of the winter months. The years of heavy precipitation were and 1S92. In 1880 inches fell during the winter months of January, February, March, Noveml)er, and L)eceml)er, and in 1892 inches in the same time. The yearly fluctuation of the fall of rain and snow from 188(» to 1!»()1 is shown by figure 1. In the monthly distribution of the
. Bulletin. Agricultural experiment stations -- United States; Agriculture -- United States. 17 This wus chiofly duo to the light snowfall, which in 1S89 was only inches in January, Fehruary, and March, and in 1!»()0 o.'24: inches dur- ing five of the winter months. The years of heavy precipitation were and 1S92. In 1880 inches fell during the winter months of January, February, March, Noveml)er, and L)eceml)er, and in 1892 inches in the same time. The yearly fluctuation of the fall of rain and snow from 188(» to 1!»()1 is shown by figure 1. In the monthly distribution of the precipitation, (xallatin Valley, and in fact the entire State, is highly favored. The greatest precipi- tation occurs (luring the months following seedtime (fig. 2). April,. /fffiff a/ ~5i~~53 ^ <?S ta S^ &3 Ss "90 aT 9^ 93 94 9S '96 ^ '90 '99 /900 '0/ Fig. 1.—Totrtl annual precipitatinii, Bozuman, Mont., ISSO to 1901. May, and June are the wettest months of the year. For the past twenty-two years the average precipitation for these months has been , , and inches, respectively, or 7i inches in all. This quantity of moisture, which falls either as rain or soft snow, is nearly all absorbed by the properly tilled soil and supplies moisture not only to bring the plant well above the surface but to bring it well along toward maturity. August is the. driest month, averaging inch. The average for July is inches. This midsummer period of dry, sunshiny weather enables the farmer to harvest his crops in good con- dition and at the least 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 United States. Office of Experiment Stations. Washington : G. P. O.
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