4 AiNNUAL KEPORT OF THE OfiE. Doc. 



The average rainfall lor the State duriug the niumh ol June \va« 4.0 

 inches, which is approximately an inch above noruial. iS'early ail 

 this precipitation occurred previous lo ihe iOth. Previous to the ISth 

 of the mouth decidely cool weather prevailed with frosts in exposed 

 places doing considerable damage and letardiug agricultural opera- 

 tions. This cool weather was especially prevalent in the vicinity oi 

 rhiladelphia where the average temperature for the llrst twelve days 

 of the month was lower than for any corresponding period for 

 Jorty years. 



1'he drought for July 1*J10 was so prevalent throughout the JState, 

 that with one single exception, that of Slate College, there was a 

 deficiency of raiufall, varying from .038 of an inch in Berks county 

 to 0.75 inches at Selinsgrove, Snyder county. 



There were no general rains during the month of June, after the 

 19th, and local showers w^ere usually quite limited in extent and du- 

 ration. This deficiency of rainfall and the intense heat that pre- 

 vailed, caused serious damage to garden crops, corn and pasture, and 

 a shortage in the water supply for household purposes and farm 

 animals. The wide-spread deficiency in rainfall continued during 

 the entire month of Aftgust, and had it not been for the cooler weather 

 prevailing during the month, conditions w^ould have been still more 

 serious. Deficiency of rainfall, with two exceptions, viz: at Philadel- 

 phia and West Chester, varied from 0.03 of an inch to 2.57 inches for 

 the State. 



Deficiencies in rainfall occurred during September, October, No- 

 vember and December, aggregating iov the year in parts of Monr- 

 gomery county 11.72 inches, in York county 8.54 inches, in Adams, 

 5.77 i»ches, in Franklin 5 inches, in Bedford 8.70 inches, in Somer- 

 set 8.56 inches, in Fayette 7.42 inches, in Greene 5.14 inches, in 

 Washington 10.25 inches, in Indiana 5.99 inches, in Clinton 5.88 

 inches, in Cameron 5.33 inches, in Carbon 5.18 inches and in Pike 

 7.99 inches. Only four counties of the State report an excess of rain- 

 fall, Lawrence 2.20 inches, Luzerne 1.09 inches, Centre 0.20 and 

 Bucks 0.18 inch. There was a deficiency of approximately lour inches 

 of rainfall over the entire State for the year, and as one inch of rain- 

 fall amounts to a little over 112 tons of water per acre, each acre 

 of the State received about 448 tons of water less than usual with 

 which to produce the agricultural crops of the year. It is evident that 

 the eastern farmer, if present methods are to be pursued, needs to 

 study eastern dry farming. 



STAPLE FAEM CHOPS FOE 1910 



The estimate of the staple farm crops given here include, Corn, 

 Wheat, Oats, Rye, Buckwheat, Barley, Hay, Potatoes and Tobacco, 

 and amounts to |172,362,500. 



CORN 



The corn crop, with more than ordinary dry Aveather in many of 

 the corn growing sections of the State during the months of July 

 and August shows, that farmers are beginning to learn some of the 

 lessons available for supplying, through cultivation, what the regu- 

 lar summer showers in former years supplied. 



