ELEVENTH ANNUAL YEAH BOOK PAUT 1 



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enough advanced toward maturity to escape injury. The precipitation 

 was slightly above the normal and fairly well distributed. The rains 

 stimulated the growth of grass, replenished the water supply, put the 

 soil in fine condition for plowing and started the growth of fall sown 

 grain. Threshing was practically finished and more seed corn was gath- 

 ered than ever before during the month of September. 



October was unusually warm, dry and pleasant. Corn husking began 

 during the third week and became general during the fourth week of 

 the month. The temperature was sufficiently high to ripen strawberries 

 in many localities. The first general killing frost with freezing tempera- 

 tures did not occur until the 28th-29th. 



November and December were pleasant and dry with the temperature 

 slightly below the normal. The corn harvest was finished early in De- 

 cember and all of the crop was secured in excellent condition. 



Notwithstanding the fact that 1910 was the driest year on record 

 and the spring months were abnormal, the year as a whole was a pro- 

 fitable one to the farmers in the state. The yields of corn and small 

 grain were considerably above the average but the yield of hay and po- 

 tatoes were materially reduced by the drouthy conditions and practically 

 all fruit was killed by the severe freezing temperatures in April. 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— ANNUAL. 



Temperature 



Precipitation 



a 



1890 

 1891 

 1893 

 18d« 

 1S94 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 18)8 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 190:2 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 19CC 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 



48.0 

 47.3 

 46.6 

 45.7 



49.7 

 47.2 

 48. 6 

 47.8 

 47.7 

 47.3 

 49.3 

 49.0 

 47.7 

 47.2 

 46.3 

 47.2 

 48.4 

 47.4 

 49.5 

 47.4 

 4S.6 



July 13 



August 9 



July 11 _. 



July* 13 



July 26 



May 28 



July 3 



July* 23 



August 20 



September 6— 



August 3 



Julv 22 



July 30 



August 24 



July 17 



August 11 



July 21 



July 5 



August 3 



August* 15 



July 16 - 



—27 

 -31 

 -38 

 -36 

 —37 

 -33 

 -20 

 -30 

 —25 



—10 

 —27 

 -31 

 —31 

 —27 

 —32 

 —41 

 —32 



—SI 

 —18 

 —26 

 —35 



January 22 



Febuary 4 



January 19 



January 14 



January 25 ... 



February 1 



January 4 



January 25 



December 31 . 

 February 11 __ 

 February 15 — 

 December 15 . 

 January 27 ... 

 December 13 . 

 January 27 ... 

 February 2 ... 

 Februarv 10 .. 

 February 5 .. 

 January 29 ... 

 February* 15 

 January 7 



fa. 



Mte 



2 1 



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34.2 

 37.2 

 19.2 

 26.0 

 22.6 

 38.8 

 40.3 

 23.4 

 25.8 

 38.5 

 28.0 

 19.4 

 29.2 

 38.3 

 32.8 

 21.0 

 22.7 

 49.0 

 23.4 



And other dates 



