Show RECORD OF RAINFALL value increases as facts thus gathered accumulate after growth has begun development of plant Is largely a matter of adequate water supply and heat dy by D A sr alfy from se seed it time to harvest the tiller ot of the toll lot I 1 is continually dependent upon tho the weather there Is little use ot of box sowing ing tho the seed unto s the soil fell Is in the right state as regards warmth and mols moisture turo to start the process s of germination as the germ in the seed will deray deay it tile tho ground Is too wet and cold or will dra up anil and die under the effects ot of a parching sun after growth has begun tho the devel of the plant Is largely i i matter of adequate rater nater supply and heat granted that the soil Is fertile and properly culah cultivated abed careful expert merits have shown that a viler nater supply auppl of about pounds Is required for the product production Jon of one pound of coin this amount of water must be carried up through the roots of the corn plant distributed through its cell structure and evaporated orated through its surface of stalk and loaves leaves in order that one pound of corn may grow grons and ripen with but halt half the require 1 water nater supply needed for complete develop ment the plant will reach out only halt its normil normal size and w eight it if the weather Is cold and cloudy a plant cannot gross normally normal it is ii true that iome bome forms of vegetation urilio uri iio the temperature ot of the frigid zone but it Is equally equall well known that the growth here Is stunted and sickly compared with that found in temperate and tropical regions decided benefits may bo be derived at tims it if through the aid of proper in Et st weather changes can be foreseen and a properly exposed rain gauge is the best indicator ot of the amount ot of rain that hit falls at tin an time keeping a rainfall record is one or ol the most interesting tasks that a far mer iner or gardener gor dener can undertake B by adding the depth of 0 eich each rainfall to the combined depths of those pieced ing he may ma find exactly what the seasons supply supple his h been and by b noting the condition ot of a given crop from time to time he may bo be able to form an idea as to how it has been at af fectea b bv tho the moisture mois tuie received fur iu r thedmore ther more the pre preservation eri atlon ot of these records will enable him to compare the rainfall and crop conditions for ana an seaon with those of other ober seasons any cylindrical vessel vesel epo ed in an open space where sui roundIng trees or buildings are fir far enough av away avay ay not to stop the rain will vall indicate the amount of rainfall an ordinary tin can with nith straight sides will nill servo sero the put pui I 1 iose ose it if the top bo be entirely re moved it Is thit that the depth ot of water vater collected in a vessel having flaring sides boull not represent the actual rainfall and it is alpo alo evident eident that the iho correct catch aitch v not be ob Lain cil even enen with nith a good gauge it if it were placed under tile the caves cases of a building or near a wall or atiee which ifould shelter it the rainfall is measured mci regularly and evening b inserting a rule and observing how high the rule Is tho the ordinary rule marked aff in eighths and sixteenths ot of an inch maw mav I 1 to c used but in order to commare tho the results with nith the records of tile tho weather neather bureau it Is biell to use a rule marked off in tenths ot of an inch such a simple rain gauge has this objection that the rainfall in any one lay Is frequently so EO beall that it can lot bo be measured mea measure surel 1 anith accuracy ro fo obviate this difficulty the receiving ing may be made with ith a funnel shaped bottom to which Is attached below belou a tube with an 01 ening whose lrea Is one tenth of tho the rec receiving cling nes set lei A rainfall which would measure me inch in the upper vessel essel will then neasure ten inches in the measuring tube the readings therefore can be more accurately made the readings reading taken alien from the measuring tub tube must if course be divided ba b 10 in order to tc ret tho the actual rainfall |