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OF GENERAL INTEREST. 



Average Annual Rainfall in the United States. 



Place Inches 



Xeali Bay, Wash 123 



Sitka, Alaska 83 



Ft. Haskins, Oregon 66 



Mt. Vernon, Alabama 66 



Baton Rouge, Louisiana 60 



Meadow Valley, California. . . 5 / 



Ft. Towson, Oklahoma 57 



Ft. Meyers, Florida 56 



Washing-ton, Arkansas 5i 



Huntsville, Alabama 54 



Natchez, Mississippi 53 



New Orleans, Louisiana 51 



Savannah, Georgia 48 



Spriugdale, Kentucky 48 



Fortress Monroe, Virginia. . . 47 



Memphis, Tennessee 45 



Newark, New Jersey 44 



Boston, Massachusetts 44 



Brunswick, Maine 44 



■ Cincinnati, Ohio 44 



New Haven, Connecticut. ... 44 



Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. 44 



New York City, N. Y 43 



Charleston, South Carolina.. 43 



Gaston, North Carolina 43 



Richmond, Indiana 43 



:\larietta, Ohio -. 43 



St. Louis, Missouri • • 43 



Muscatine, Iowa 42 



Baltimore, Maryland 41 



New Bedford, Massachvisetts . 41 



Providence, Rhode Island. ... 41 



Ft. Smith, Arkansas 40 



Place Inches 



Hanover, New Hampshire ... 40 



Ft. Vancouver 38 



Cleveland, Ohio ..• 37 



Piftsburgh, Pennsylvania .... 37 



Washington, D. C 37 



White Sulphur Springs, Va.. .37 



Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma 36 



Key West, Florida 36 



Peoria, Illinois 35 



Burlington, ^'ermont 34 



Buffalo, New York 33 



Ft. Bro\\Ti, Texas 33 



Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. ... 31 



Detroit, Michigan 30 



Milwaukee, Wisconsin 30 



Penn Yan, New York 28 



Ft. Kearney 25 



Ft. Snelling, Minnesota 25 



Salt Lake City, Utah 23 



Mackinac, Michigan 23 



San Francisco, California. ... 21 



Dallas, Oregon 21 



Sacramento, California 21 



Ft. Massachusetts, Colorado.. 17 



Ft. Marcv, New Mexico 16 



Ft. Randall, Dakota 16 



Ft. Defiance, Arizona 14 



Ft. Craig, New Mexico 11 



San Diego, California 9 



Ft. Colville, Washington 9 



Ft. Bliss, Texas 9 



Ft. Bridger, Utah 6 



Ft. Garland, Colorado 6 



How Deep in the Ground to Plajit Corn. 



The following is the result of an experiment with 

 Indian Corn. That which was planted at a depth of 



1 inch, came up in • SV2 days. 



11/2 inches, came up in 91/2 days. 



2 inches, came up in 10 days. 



21/2 inches, came up in 11^2 days. 



3 inches, came U2:) in 12 daj'S. 



31/2 inches, came up in 13 days. 



4 inches, came up in . 13^/2 days. 



