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conclusively as it can be answered from the record. He does not claim to be the 

 first to show that the rainfall in Kansas is increasing, or to note the fact of period- 

 icity in rainfall. Prof. F. H. Snow and others have noted these facts. 



The following table of annual rainfall of places in Kansas, taken mainly from the 

 Fifth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, is the data that I 

 have u.*ed. The rainfall for 1891 is computed from the observed rainfall for the first 

 eight months and the mean monthly rainfall for the remaining four months: 



TABLE NO. 1. 



* Figures obtained by interpolation. 



The records of Fort Leavenworth, Manhattan and Lawrence are the only ones 

 extending over a period of sufficient length to be of much value in answering this 

 question. 



The accompanying chart shows the annual rainfall line drawn to scale for these 

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