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Excerpt from Annual Report for 1909: With the Supplement to the "Guide to the Experimental Plots," Containing the Yields Per Acre, Etc
HE weather of 1909 was on the whole favourable to growth, though the constant rains and low temperatures prevailing in the summer resulted in prolonged vegetative development and unripened produce. Up to the end of 1908 the weather was very warm and open, and as somewhat severe weather set in towards the end of January, a good deal of winter killing of perennial plants and vegetables took place, although no very low temperatures were recorded. February was a cold month, indeed the minimum thermometer on the grass fell below freezing point on every night from the 6th of February until the 18th of March, the lowest temperature recorded being 13� on the 5th of March. April and May were favourable months and gave all the cr0ps a good start. From June onwards there was an excess of rain, and particularly of rainy days, with day temperatures much below the average and a lack of sunshine, the exception being a fortnight of very bright weather at the beginning of August, with a maximum temperature of 82� on the 12th. The harvest was only got in with considerable delay and difficulty, after which again wheat seeding was much delayed because of the continuance of damp and rainy weather throughout October and November. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
