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principles, nor even the local facts. The result is a lack of articulation be- 

 tween the teaching and the practice. Farming is founded on the facts of the 

 locality; no business can hope for the best success until it has exact know- 

 ledge of its underlying conditions." 



10 



Less than 8 8-9 9-10 10-11 Over 11 



Scale of Shades in inches 



FIG. 10. PRECIPITATION. 



The distribution of precipitation during the spring months, March, April and 

 May, is shown on this chart. Lines are drawn for each Inch of rain, from 8 Inches 

 to 11 inches, and the different areas shaded to correspond with the scale at the 

 bottom of the chart. The least fall is near the Lake and the greatest in the central 

 counties and near the Ohio river. 



This you say is surely an elaborate program. To this we must heartily 

 agree, but would add that if the work is not conceived in the beginning in its 

 full breadth and scope the little which we can do while making the start will be 

 largely wasted on misdirected effort and be lost to the future. And again, that 



4 AD. BD. AGR. 



