Excerpt from A First Report on the Relations Between Climates and CropsSeveral experts in agricultural science having stated to me their need Of a systematic summary of the present state of our knowledge with regard to the specific in¿uence of climate in agriculture and its relation to or absolute effect on the percentages of the resulting har vest, and the subject being one in which I had long been interested, I therefore presented the matter to the Chief Signal Officer, who thereupon issued an instruction, dated February 25, 1891, authorizing me to prepare this work, completing it before June 30 of that year. The present report is a rapid compilation from a wide range Of sources, and presents a preliminary view of 'the condition of our knowledge at that time as to the effect of climate upon the growth and distribution of our staple crops. As far as practicable I have presented, in the words of the respective authors, the results of their own investigations on the points at issue, my own duty being not to undertake any extensive original study, but to merely connect their results together in a logical manner, to collect data for future general use, and to suggest, or stimulate, further inquiry on the points here presented. I regret that the report could not have been published in 1891, as many of the ideas presented therein have by delay thus been withheld from their practical applications to the benefit of agriculture.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.