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Plymouth, Wis —Thunder-storms on 14th, 15th, 16th, 23d, and 24th; first 
wheat sown 30th. 
Milwaukee, Wis.—Furious snow-storm on 1st; ‘March comes in like a lion.” 
Very warm and pleasant on 31st; ‘“ March goes out like a lamb.’’ More rain 
this month than in any month since September, 1865. 
Waupacca, Wis.—Month remarkable for mild weather; the 31st as warm as 
any day in May last year. 
St. Paul, Monn.—Mississippi opened to foot of Lake Pepin 21st, and to the 
head on 24th. 
Minneapolis, Minn —Sleighing ceased on 19th; first thunder-storm 24th; 
wheat sown 27th; ice went out of the Mississippi 30th. 
Clinton, lowa—On 1st furious storm from northeast ; snow, rain, and snow; 
after that grew mild; farmers sowed a great breadth of wheat, and month closed 
with a week of steady northeast wind, without rain. 
Monticello, Iowa. —Very pleasant month; farmers all done sowing wheat. 
Guttenberg, lowa.—In 19 years I never ‘saw flowers open so early, nor such 
fine weather in March. 
Near Independence, lowa—Month unusually warm and pleasant; nearly all 
the wheat sowed; there is still a scarcity of water in the wells. 
Independence, Jowa—The winter and the month have been mild. A resident 
here for 27 years says he never saw so fine a March for farmers as this. 
Waterloo, Iowa.—The warmest March I ever knew in Jowa. 
Algona, lowa.—Most of the month quite warm and pleasant; first wheat 
sown on 31st. 
Boonsboro’ Iowa.—Myriads of grasshopper eggs hatched about 15th; since 
then three broods have been frozen, but now (3let) myriads more are coming 
out. No storms here like those in States east of us. Mean temperature of the 
month 7° higher than usual. 
Logan, Iowa—The warmest March in 10 years; children barefooted, and 
lambs cropping prairie grass. 
Whitesboro’, lowa.—Wheat sowed in February, coming up on 29th; season 
four weeks earlier than last year. 
Rolfe, Iowa—First prairie flower (Anemone Nuttalia) on 31st, 36 days 
earlier than last year. 
Allenton, Mo.—Thunder and lightning on 1st, 16th, 24th, and 25th-; heavy 
gales on Sth, 16th, and 17th; frosts on 30th and 31st, but no damage to peach- 
buds. 
Hermitage, Mo.—Vegetation a fortnight earlier than last year. 
Oregon, Mo.—Great hail-storm on the 16th, preceded by heavy thunder and 
lightning. Spring wheat sprouting on 17th. 
Hematite, Mo.—Six inches snow during the winter; ground frozen 11 
inches, an unusual depth; frost all out on 12th. 
Atchison, Kan.—First steamboat from above on 4th, and from below on 7th. 
Council Grove, Kan.—An “Indian summer” month, and 21 days earlier than 
any March since this became a State. 
Lawrence, Kan—Snow to whiten the ground on the Ist; and a flurry on the 
26th. 
Elkhorn, Neb—Month exceeded in warmth only by March, 1860; wheat 
and oats generally sown, and an immense breadth of the former. 
Salt Lake City, Utah.—Planting going on well till 23d, when a snow-storm 
eommenced which laid five inches deep on 24th, though much melted as it fell. 
It extended over a large district. 
Helena, Montana.—Month unprecedented here in the memory of residents 
for fine weather and absence of storms. The frost is out of ground; the Mis- 
souri river ope ened two weeks ago, but the water is lower than last fall, with 
little snow in the mountains to raise it. 
