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there on the 5th of November. From observations made in San 

 Francisco the beginning and the ending of the rainy season since 1860 

 are shown as follows : 



186-2-'63 

 1863-'64 

 1864-'65 

 1865-'66 



1866-'67 

 1867-'68 

 1868-'69 



Mean . 



Years. 



1860-'61 Octolier 4 



1861-'62 November 1 



Fii'st rain. 



November 5 

 September 19 

 November 15 

 September 24 

 November 3 

 September 14 

 October 1 



Last rain. 



May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May- 

 June 

 May 

 June 

 Mav 



22 

 12 

 19 

 17 

 19 

 8 

 17 

 23 

 19 



RAINY SEASON. 



Bearins. 



December 6 

 November 10 

 December 18 

 November 1 1 

 November 23 

 November 13 

 November 16 

 November 19 

 December 17 



November 28 



Ends. 



April 5 

 April 14 

 April 23 

 April 4 

 March 4 

 Marcli 31 

 April 12 

 April 13 

 March 29 



AprU 10 



The middle of January is considered the dividing point in the rainy 

 season In January, 1802, the rain-fall amounted to 18 inches. In Jan- 

 uary of 1860, 1861, 1861, the rainfall w^as only a fraction above one inch in 

 each mouth. It requires 7 to 10 inches in the coast counties, distributed 

 very evenly, to insure a moderate crop. 



STOCK SALES. 



The Forest Hill herd of short-horns of Mr. J. H. Spears, Tallula, Illi- 

 nois, was sold at auction on the 23d ultimo : Major Jones, oue-j^ear-old 

 bull, sold to D.B.Canfleld, of Philadelphia, Penusylvania,for$700; Major 

 Story, two years old, to Timothy Day, Winchester, Iowa, $555 ; Duke 

 of Forest Hill, two years old, to same, $520. Two other one-year-old 

 bulls sold for $505 and $310, respectively ; and one, 18 months old, for 

 $455. Three bull calves sold for $500, $125, and $95, respectively. Of 

 the cows sold, a seven-year-old and a two-year-old sold for $1,000 

 each; a two-year-old at $795; a five-year-old, $760; a seven-year-old, 

 $710; a six-year-old, $500 ; a four-year-old, $160; and seven others, 

 from two to nine years old, at prices ranging from $150 to $370 per head. 

 Seventy-two Berkshire pigs sold at an average of $27 per head. The 

 average is lower from the fact that 23 of the pigs were small. 



Mr. J. H. Davis, of Chesterfield farm, near Danville, Kentucky, re- 

 cently sold about half of his herd of thorough-bred cattle. Ten bulls 

 bringing an average of about $100 per head ; the highest price realized 

 beiug $103, the lowest, $00. Twenty-one cows and heifers averaged 

 about $151 per head; highest, $260, lowest, $57. A number of Berk- 

 shire pigs, imported, brought prices ranging from $11 to $171 for the 

 boars, three to six months old ; and from $13 to $90 for sows, three to 

 four months old. Pigs bred by Mr. Davis sold at from $26 to $60 per 

 head. 



