FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



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Table III.— Mean Temperature of Kansas in comparison with that of other States, from January 

 first, 1865, to January first, 1870. 



Kansas 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massacliusetts 



Connecticut 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



Maryland 



Kentucky 



Ohio....! 



Michigan 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



Nebraska 



Mean for twenty States 



Spring. 



52.02 



40. 7 



41. 7 



40. 4 

 45. 

 45. 



43. 9 

 49. 8 

 47. 3 



51. 7 

 54. 4 

 49. 4 



42. 4 

 .50. 4 

 47. 6 



41. 8 

 39. 4 



44. 5 



52. 5 



45. 9 



46. 3 



Summer. 



75.05 



66. 4 



66. 7 



66. 1 



68. 6 



69. 1 

 69. 7 

 72. 3 



71. 7 

 74. 2 

 74. 5 



72. 6 



67. 8 



71. 2 



75. 5 



73. 4 



Autumn. 



54.03 

 46. 6 



46. 6 

 45. 6 



49. 7 



50. 4 



50. 



54. 3 



52. 



55. 6 

 55. 7 

 .52. 7 

 49. 1 



53. 2 

 52. 



47. 8 

 45 3 



48. 9 

 55. 



51. 



50. 8 



Winter. 



29.01 



19. 8 



20. 4 

 18. 4 

 25. 5 

 25. 8 

 24. 9 

 30. 3 



28. 1 

 32. 4 

 35. 2 



29. 1 



24. 2 



29. 7 



25. 8 

 20. 5 

 14. 

 20. 3 



30. 7 

 22. 9 



Year. 



52.08 

 43. 4 



43. 8 

 42. 7 

 47. 2 

 47. 6 



47. 1 

 51. 7 



49. 7 



53. 5 



54. 9 



50. 9 



45. 9 



51. 9 

 49. 6 



44. 7 

 41. 6 



46. 2 

 53. 4 



48. 4 



48. 3 



RANGE OF TEMPERATURE. 



In estimating the influence of climate upon agriculture, it is im- 

 portant to know not only the mean temperature, but also the range 

 of temperature for each month and season. The horticulturist will 

 not wisely place his chief dependence upon a kind of fruit which is 

 liable to be entirely cut off by the extreme cold of winter or the severe 

 frosts of spring. The farmer will not wisely venture his all upon a 

 crop which the intense heat of an exceptionally hot summer would 

 certainly destroy, nor can he safely delay his harvesting beyond the 

 time when the records show the possible occurrence of the first 

 " killing frost " of autumn. 



The following table gives the extremes of temperature for each 

 month of the past five years : 



Table IV.— Extremes of Temperature for each month at Lawrence, Kansas, from January first, 



1868, to January first, 1873. 



Month. 



January 



February .. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 



October 



November . 

 December.. 



1868. 



Ma.xi 

 mum. 



64.^0 



72. 

 93. 



83. 



84. 

 99. 



101. 



93. 



93. 



82. 



73. 

 53. 



Mini- 

 mum. 



— 7."0 



—3. 



22. 



25. 



49. 



57. 



70. 



.57. 



29. 



25. 



17. 



-16. 5 



Maxi- 

 mum. 



.Mini- 

 mum. 



e.-^o 



—5. 



-1. 



18. 



25. 



37. 



47. 



56. 



30. 



15. 



23. 



4. 



1870. 



Maxi- 

 mum. 



56.° 5 



69. 



71. 

 91. 

 90. 



102. 



99. 



98. 



88. 5 



79. 



72. 

 64. 



Mini- 

 mum. 



-l.°0 



-4. 



1. 



19. 



44. 



44. 



.55. 



53. 



53. 



29. 



17. 



■10. 



1871. 



Maxi- 

 mum 



67.° 5— 5. 

 71. 5—6. 



Mini- 

 mum, 



78. 



92. 



92. 



96. 



103. 



100. 



92. 5 



90. 



72. 5 



58. 



Mean 

 month- 



ly 



range. 



61. °8 



73. 9 



65. 9 



63. 1 



47. 6 



46. 



39. 2 



44. 



53. 6 



58. 6 



59. 5 

 69. 



