Show gives report on Preci precipitation pita tion lave we had bad more moisture since I 1 the first of 0 the year than we had to la the corresponding period last year or the year before or have we had less legs uld did we have more precipitation la in 1927 than in 1926 or did we have less those are arc the questions being asked and which the farmers particularly are interested in response to request INI L zell Sk augard voluntary operator cooperator co with the weather bureau who has been keeping the records tor for several years has given us the following information in this regard for or the information of 0 times readers inches total precipitation for 1926 1027 total precipitation tor for 1927 1277 precipitation to april 20 1926 precipitation to april 20 1927 precipitation to april 20 1928 from the foregoing it will be noted that despite the general impression that 1927 was an awfully dry year the total precipitation was 25 inches heavier than during the previous year the rainfall at this time last year was also 19 inches more than it has been this year OT |